Manage projects more effectively and apply structured project management practices across business and IT environments.
This course teaches core project management principles including project planning, scheduling, budgeting, stakeholder communication, documentation, risk management and change control using industry-recognized project management methodologies.
- Why get trained: Learn how to manage project scope, schedules, budgets, risks and stakeholder communication using structured project management methodologies and best practices.
- Why it matters: Project management capabilities help organizations improve project delivery, reduce operational risks and coordinate cross-functional initiatives more effectively.
- Who should attend: Project coordinators, business professionals, IT teams and aspiring project managers looking to build foundational project management capabilities.
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Overview
CompTIA Project+ Opens the Door to Your Project Management Career!
With a median annual salary of $104360 for Project+ certified professionals in the United States and Canada, CompTIA Project+ is ideal for IT professionals who manage smaller, less-complex projects as part of their job duties but still require foundational project management skills. Project+ is versatile because it covers essential project management concepts beyond the scope of just one methodology or framework.
Skills Covered
- Project Basics: The properties of project, phases, schedules, roles and responsibilities, and cost controls, as well as the basic aspects of Agile methodology
- Project Constraints: The impact of various constraint variables and influences throughout the project and the importance of risk strategies and activities
- Communication and Change Management: The appropriate communication methods of influence and change control processes within the context of a project
- Project Tools and Documentation: Various project management tools and project and partner-centric documentation
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites required to attend this course.
Target Audience
CompTIA Project+ is ideal for IT professionals who manage smaller, less-complex projects as part of their job duties but still require foundational project management skills. Project+ is versatile because it covers essential project management concepts beyond the scope of just one methodology or framework.
Module 1: Preparing for the Project
- Understand project management basics
- Develop the business case
- Explain the value of artifacts in the discovery/concept preparation phase for a project
- Summarize basic environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors related to project management activities
- Identify project characteristics
- Explain the basic characteristics of a project and various methodologies and frameworks used in IT projects
- Perform basic activities related to team and resource management
Module 2: Selecting the Project Framework
- Identify project methodologies
- Explain the basic characteristics of a project and various methodologies and frameworks used in IT projects
- Compare and contrast quality management concepts and performance management concepts
- Explain operational change control processes during an IT project
- Perform basic activities related to team and resource management
- Compare Agile and Waterfall projects
- Compare and contrast Agile vs. Waterfall concepts
Module 3: Initiating the Project
- Build a project team
- Perform activities during the project initiation phase
- Use the appropriate tools throughout the project life cycle
- Prepare project initiation documents
- Compare and contrast quality management concepts and performance management concepts
Module 4: Facilitating Effective Meetings
- Lead effective meetings
- Compare and contrast communication management concepts
- Apply effective meeting management techniques
- Perform basic activities related to team and resource management
- Perform activities during the project execution phase
- Use project management tools
- Use the appropriate tools throughout the project life cycle
- Compare and contrast various project management productivity tools
- Analyze quality and performance charts to inform project decisions
- Create a communication plan
- Perform activities during the project planning phase
Module 5: Implementing Solution Design
- Create a solution design document
- Perform activities during the project initiation phase
- Analyze quality and performance charts to inform project decisions
- Evaluate IT infrastructure needs
- Explain relevant information security concepts impacting project management concepts
- Explain relevant compliance and privacy considerations impacting project management
- Summarize basic IT concepts relevant to IT project management
Module 6: Managing Resources
- Describe the resource life cycle
- Perform basic activities related to team and resource management
- Conduct a needs assessment
- Perform activities during the project planning phase
- Analyze quality and performance charts to inform project decisions
Module 7: Managing Risk
- Identify and analyze risk
- Perform risk management activities
- Perform issue management activities
- Perform activities during the project planning phase
- Treat and monitor risk
- Use the appropriate tools throughout the project life cycle
Module 8: Creating a Project Schedule
- Define units of work
- Apply schedule development and management activities and techniques
- Perform activities during the project planning phase
- Sequence the activities
Module 9: Creating a Project Plan
- Refine the timeline
- Apply schedule development and management activities and techniques
- Use the appropriate tools throughout the project life cycle
- Establish project baselines
- Perform activities during the project planning phase
- Create a quality assurance plan
- Compare and contrast quality management concepts and performance management concepts
- Explain operational change control processes during an IT project
Module 10: Procuring Solutions
- Compare procurement options
- Explain important project procurement and vendor selection concepts
- Explain the value of artifacts in the discovery/concept preparation phase for a project
- Evaluate and select vendors
- Perform activities during the project execution phase
Module 11: Managing Project Execution
- Document progress
- Perform basic activities related to team and resource management
- Perform activities during the project execution phase
- Use the appropriate tools throughout the project life cycle
- Communicate progress
- Apply schedule development and management activities and techniques
- Analyze quality and performance charts to inform project decisions
Module 12: Managing Issues and Changes
- Resolve issues
- Perform risk management activities
- Perform issue management activities
- Apply schedule development and management activities and techniques
- Analyze quality and performance charts to inform project decisions
- Control changes
- Apply the change control process throughout the project life cycle
- Explain operational change control processes during an IT project
Module 13: Managing Performance
- Measure performance
- Apply schedule development and management activities and techniques
- Compare and contrast quality management concepts and performance management concepts
- Perform activities during the project execution phase
- Use the appropriate tools throughout the project life cycle
- Maintain the project schedule
Module 14: Wrapping Up the Project
- Prepare for project closure
- Perform activities during the project execution phase
- Explain the importance of activities performed during the closing phase
- Close the project
Dates & Locations
August 17, 2026 - August 21, 2026
August 17, 2026 - August 21, 2026
November 30, 2026 - December 4, 2026
November 30, 2026 - December 4, 2026
Exam & Certification
Entry-level PM skills for IT pros have become necessary as the industry becomes more regulated and more emphasis is placed on risk management. In addition, agile and waterfall methodologies are used more frequently for a wider variety of IT projects. Hiring managers need their staff to manage projects, determine project risk, and communicate with project teams.
This makes CompTIA Project+ the ideal certification for IT pros looking to learn those hands-on, entry-level project management skills. The Project+ exam ensures the candidate has the knowledge and skills required to:
- Manage the project life cycle
- Coordinate small-to-medium-size projects
- Establish an appropriate communication plan while managing resources and stakeholders and maintaining project documentation
- Support the completion of larger projects within an IT environment
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