Project+
Hours: 40 Days: 5

Description
This course, for the computer professional, will greatly enhance your business, interpersonal, and project management skills. These skills enable you to successfully manage an IT project to completion.
Intended Audience

eginning IT project managers in the computer industry.

Students who want an internationally-recognized credential as an IT project management professional

Individuals currently preparing for the Project+ Certification exams

Non-IT project managers (i.e. marketing managers, HR managers, and consultants)

Course Objectives

Perform discovery and analysis to determine the true nature of the problem or opportunity, ascertain is relevance and feasibility, and identify associated risks

Establish the high-level timetable and budget for the project

Create the project planning documents, including Scope Statement, Project Charter, and Statement of Work.

Create the documents that lay the foundation for the project

Conduct the management planning activities that result in the development of the project plan, used to control the execution process of the project.

Determine the ideal team composition, recruit, negotiate for, and assign team members.

Define a strategy for monitoring the project iteratively, calculate schedule and budget variances, manage the critical path, team, and vendor relationships, and monitor quality metrics.

Identify variances and outline corrective action, negotiate changes, and identify the proper course of action to avoid scope creep.

Execute the project transfer steps, including documentation, transfer process, sign-off, final project report, and a project team lessons-learned debriefing.

Course Benefits

Vendor- and product neutral course.

Increase earnings potential.

Stay ahead of the competition in this desirable industry.

Earn an established industry credential that validates your networking expertise.

Use Network+ Training as a jumping off point to obtain higher level certification.

Required Prerequisites

Vendor- and product-neutral course.

Increase earnings potential.

Stay ahead of the competition in this desirable industry .

Earn an established industry credential that validates your project management expertise.

Exams
PKO-002 : Project+ Certification

Next Steps

Microsoft Project 2002: Level 1

Microsoft Project 2002: Level 2