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Affinity Estimation
After watching this video; you will be able to describe how to use affinity estimation in an Agile project.
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Agile Contracts
After watching this video; you will be able to contrast contracts that are suitable for Agile projects versus contracts that are suitable for traditional projects.
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Agile Modeling
After watching this video; you will be able to describe agile modeling and its role in the agile design and development process.
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Agile Project Management Model
After watching this video; you will be able to describe characteristics of the agile project management model.
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Agile Quality Processes
After watching this video; you will be able to identify the agile quality processes used throughout development.
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Agile Values and Principles
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the Agile Manifesto and identify agile principles and values.
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Assigning User Stories to Iterations
After watching this video; you will be able to describe how to assign user stories to iterations in an Agile project.
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Backlog Grooming
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the purpose of backlog grooming and the role of backlog grooming meetings.
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BDD
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the role of behavior driven development (BDD) in Agile projects.
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Breaking Stories into Tasks
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the process of breaking up agile stories into tasks.
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Calculating a Project Buffer
After watching this video; you will be able to describe how to calculate a buffer for an agile project.
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Chartering a Project
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the concept of chartering an agile project.
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Charting Iteration and Project Relase Information
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the tools that can be used to chart iteration and project release information.
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Choosing an Agile Model
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the considerations in selecting one or more agile models.
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Creating a Product Vision
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the steps in creating an agile product vision or product roadmap.
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Creating an Iteration Backlog
After watching this video; you will be able to identify the steps in creating an iteration backlog.
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DAD
After watching this video; you will be able to describe disciplined agile delivery (DAD) methodology and how it can be used to extend Scrum.
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Decision Gradient
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the use of a decision gradient in an agile project.
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Defining Project Scope
After watching this video; you will be able to describe Agile project scope and project roadmap.
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Documentation
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the role of documentation in an Agile project.
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Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the user of the developmental mastery model; Dreyfus model of skill acquisition; with an agile team.
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Engaging Stakeholders in Agile Projects
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the types of stakeholders and strategies for engaging them.
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Engaging with Stakeholders and Development Teams
After watching this video; you will be able to identify how to engage with stakeholders and teams in an agile environment.
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Estimating a Team's Velocity
After watching this video; you will be able to describe how to estimate an Agile team's velocity.
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Estimating Tasks
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the process of estimating the duration of agile tasks.
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Estimating User Story Points
After watching this video; you will be able to describe how to estimate user story points for an Agile project.
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EVM for Agile Projects
After watching this video; you will be able to describe how to measure earned value management (EVM) and use agile KPIs for an agile project.
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FDD Processes and Tools
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the Agile feature driven development (FDD) Agile methodology.
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FishBone Diagram Analysis
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the use of fishbone diagram analysis for root cause analysis in agile projects.
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From Waterfall to Agile
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the evolution from waterfall to agile development.
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Initiating an Agile Project
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the considerations involved in initiating an agile project.
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Introduction to Agile
After watching this video; you will be able to contrast the characteristics of agile project development with traditional project development.
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Introduction to Iteration Planning
After watching this video; you will be able to identify the main considerations for agile iteration planning.
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Introspectives
After watching this video; you will be able to describe how intraspectives can be used periodically to assess current state and steps for improvement.
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Iteration Planning Activities
After watching this video; you will be able to identify the main activities in agile iteration planning.
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Iteration Planning for Complex Projects
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the considerations for iteration planning for complex projects.
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Key Agile Thinking Tools
After watching this video; you will be able to identify key Agile thinking tools that users transitioning to Agile should adopt.
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Lean Principles and Tools
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the characteristics of lean development.
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Manage a Product Backlog
After watching this video; you will be able to practice identifying the considerations for creating and managing a product backlog in an Agile project.
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Monitoring Iteration Progress with Daily Standups
After watching this video; you will be able to describe how to monitor iteration progress with daily standups.
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Move to Agile Project Management
After watching this video; you will be able to identify the considerations in selecting and adopting one or more Agile methodologies and strategies for engaging stakeholders in an Agile project.
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Moving to Agile
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the considerations in moving to Agile.
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Overview of Agile Planning
After watching this video; you will be able to outline at a high level the features of Agile planning.
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Overview of Crystal Methodologies
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the characteristics of the Crystal family of methodologies.
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Participatory Decision Making
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the role of participatory decision making in agile projects.
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Plan and Monitor Iterations
After watching this video; you will be able to identify the considerations for planning and monitoring iterations in an agile project.
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Pre-Mortem Activities
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the use of pre-mortems to avoid potential problems occurring in agile projects.
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Principles of DSDM
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the principles underlying the Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM) agile project management and systems delivery framework.
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Prioritizing User Stories with MoSCow Model
After watching this video; you will be able to describe how to prioritize Agile user stories with the MoSCoW model.
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Priority Matrices
After watching this video; you will be able to describe how to use priority matrices in Agile projects.
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Product Feedback Loops
After watching this video; you will be able to describe agile product feedback loops.
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Relative Sizing
After watching this video; you will be able to describe how to use relative sizing in an Agile project.
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Retrospectives
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the purpose of retrospective meetings at the end of iterations.
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Scrum-ban
After watching this video; you will be able to describe Scrum-ban; the combination of Scrum and Kanban.
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Splitting and Combining Stories
After watching this video; you will be able to describe how split and combine user stories in an Agile project.
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TDD
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the role of test-driven development (TDD) and behavior-driven development (BDD) in agile projects.
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Testing in Agile
After watching this video; you will be able to describe how testing is incorporated into agile development.
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The APM Model
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the phases of the agile project management model (APM) and the type of stakeholder engagement that should occur at each phase.
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The Five Why's
After watching this video; you will be able to describe how the five whys can be used for root cause analysis in retrospective and describe its limitations in agile projects.
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Traditional Project Manager versus Agile Project Leader
After watching this video; you will be able to contrast the role of traditional project manager with that of agile project leader.
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Traits of the Agile Project Leader
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the characteristics of an Agile project leader.
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Tuckman's Model of Group Development
After watching this video; you will be able to describe how to apply Tuckman's model of group development with an agile team.
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Types of Scheduling Buffers
After watching this video; you will be able to identify the types of agile scheduling buffers.
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Updating Release Plans
After watching this video; you will be able to identify how agile release plans may need to be updated during and after iterations.
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Use Cases and Personas
After watching this video; you will be able to describe use case and personas within the context of Agile software design.
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Using a Decision Gradient - Case Study
After watching this video; you will be able to use a case study to illustrate the use of a decision gradient in an agile project.
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Using Ideal Days
After watching this video; you will be able to describe how to estimate using ideal days in an Agile project.
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Using Story Maps
After watching this video; you will be able to describe how story maps can be used in an Agile project.
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Using the Kano Model
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the use of the Kano model for prioritizing requirements in Agile projects.
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Value Based Prioritization
After watching this video; you will be able to describe how to use value-based prioritization in an Agile project.
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Value Stream Mapping
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the use of value stream mapping in agile projects.
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Variance and Trend Analysis
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the use of variance and trend analysis to assess an iterations.
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Visualizing User Stories
After watching this video; you will be able to describe how to create user stories for an Agile project.
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Wideband Delphi and Planning Poker
After watching this video; you will be able to describe how to use Wideband Delphi and Planning Poker in an agile project.
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Work in Progress Limits
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the use of work in progress (WIP) limits in an agile project.
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XP Practices
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the characteristics of the XP agile development methodology.
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Continuous Integration
After watching this video; you will be able to describe how continuous integration is used in agile projects.
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Overview of Kanban
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the characteristics of Kanban and its role in agile development.
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Risk Management
After watching this video; you will be able to describe risk management in agile iterations.
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Scrum
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the characteristics of the Scrum agile project management methodology.
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Managing Projects—The RASCI Approach
RASCI assigns responsibility for bringing projects to a conclusion.
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What Matters Most to Make Projects Work
Conduct periodic “health checks” that score projects for 1) review processes that keep things on track; 2) planning, coordination, and risk assessment; 3) stakeholder engagement to ensure the desired outcomes; and 4) the leader’s skills and style.
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Nemawashi
Adopt nemawashi, a Japanese practice of preplanning and alignment to alleviate the frustration of being expected to perform on a project that has little or no formulation on how to accomplish it.
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Don't Sit On Bad News In Project Management
Bad news doesn't improve over time. Shell Canada's CEO Clive Mather shares insights that will help you respond effectively when problems arise.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Resource Management Concepts
After watching this video, you will be able to match the definitions of various resource concepts.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Personnel Management
After watching this video, you will be able to define the activities and attributes needed to successfully manage teams.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Project Influences
After watching this video, you will be able to choose the project influence that best matches the given scenario.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Types of Organizational Changes
After watching this video, you will be able to identify the types of organizational change.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Selecting the Project Team
After watching this video, you will be able to label assignments using a RACI matrix.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Specify Requirements and Activities
After watching this video, you will be able to specify the methods for gathering stakeholder requirements, list the six components of a scope statement and name the four types of dependency relationships.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Project Team Organizational Structures
After watching this video, you will be able to classify examples of project team organizational structures.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Setting Dependencies, Sequencing, and Prioritizing
After watching this video, you will be able to identify relationships between tasks, and prioritize and sequence them.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Determining Critical Path and Start/Finish Dates
After watching this video, you will be able to identify the critical path and calculate its duration, and label start and finish dates.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Compressing and Optimizing the Schedule
After watching this video, you will be able to recognize the schedule compression techniques of crashing and fast tracking, and the schedule optimization techniques of leveling and smoothing.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Allocating Resources
After watching this video, you will be able to specify necessary resources to complete scheduled tasks, and establish baseline.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Tools for Communication and Documentation
After watching this video, you will be able to recognize the types of communication and documentation tools.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Scope, Schedule, and Cost Baselines
After watching this video, you will be able to define the scope, schedule, and cost baselines in the context of a project plan.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Common Project Constraints
After watching this video, you will be able to list the common constraints to project success.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: The Change Control Process
After watching this video, you will be able to list the steps of the change control process.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Factors Influencing Communication Methods
After watching this video, you will be able to distinguish between the different factors that influence communication methods.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Communication Triggers and Target Audience
After watching this video, you will be able to identify the various communication triggers.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Communication Methods
After watching this video, you will be able to identify the various methods of communication.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Risk Activities
After watching this video, you will be able to identify the various risk activities.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Risk Strategies
After watching this video, you will be able to list the various risk strategies.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: SWOT analysis
After watching this video, you will be able to distinguish between the different parts of a SWOT analysis; Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Identify Team Stages and Risk Responses
After watching this video, you will be able to list the stages of team development, name the four risk responses for threats and specify the four quadrants of a SWOT analysis.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: The Business Case
After watching this video, you will be able to recognize the business reasons for the project.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Project Selection Methods
After watching this video, you will be able to distinguish between the different project selection methods.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Role of the Project Manager
After watching this video, you will be able to recognize the role of the project manager in comparison to other project roles.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Project Properties
After watching this video, you will be able to specify the properties of a project.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Project Scope Statement
After watching this video, you will be able to identify the components of the project scope statement.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Work Breakdown Structure
After watching this video, you will be able to define the work breakdown structure.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Tasks and Milestones
After watching this video, you will be able to specify tasks and milestones.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Duration Estimation Techniques
After watching this video, you will be able to use estimation techniques to determine activity durations.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: The Project Charter
After watching this video, you will be able to list the common elements of a project charter.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Identifying Project Properties and Roles
After watching this video, you will be able to identify the properties of a project, define the role of the project manager and list the project process stages.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Project Requirements
After watching this video, you will be able to identify project requirements.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Other Project Roles and Responsibilities
After watching this video, you will be able to match project roles and responsibilities.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Stakeholder Analysis
After watching this video, you will be able to classify stakeholders based on their roles and relationship to the project.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Project Phases and Life Cycle
After watching this video, you will be able to distinguish between predictive and adaptive life cycles and identify multi-phase projects.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Project Process Stages
After watching this video, you will be able to distinguish between the different project process stages.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Quality Control
After watching this video, you will be able to distinguish between quality control tools.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Lessons Learned
After watching this video, you will be able to identify sources of lessons learned.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Closing the Project
After watching this video, you will be able to list the steps required to close a project or phase.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Traditional vs Agile Project Management
After watching this video, you will be able to distinguish between traditional and agile project methodologies.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Earned Value Management
After watching this video, you will be able to use earned value management formulas to determine cost and schedule performance.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Budget Forecasting
After watching this video, you will be able to use earned value management formulas to forecast the final project costs and variance from the budget.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Project Schedule Control
After watching this video, you will be able to apply scheduling tools and techniques to determine project performance.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Common Project Changes
After watching this video, you will be able to recognize the types of common project changes.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Vendor Selection and Contract Documentation
After watching this video, you will be able to identify common vendor documents.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Specify Communication and Manage Change
After watching this video, you will be able to list the three classifications of communication methods, name the three triple constraints, and specify the steps of reviewing a change request.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Project Cost Control
After watching this video, you will be able to identify project expenditures and compare actual spending against the plan.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Agile Methodologies and SCRUM
After watching this video, you will be able to identify the basic aspects of agile methodologies and SCRUM.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Identify Project Performance and Methods
After watching this video, you will be able to identify Earned Value Management formulas, list the seven basic quality tools and specify the four Agile values.
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Effective Project Management
Brian Tracy provides a step-by-step overview of how to manage projects effectively.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Agile and Lean Quality Concepts
After watching this video, you will be able to recognize agile and lean quality tools and techniques.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Quality Terminology
After watching this video, you will be able to distinguish between quality and grade, precision and accuracy, and recognize the impact of gold plating.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Specify Contract Types and Cost of Quality
After watching this video, you will be able to specify the types of procurement contracts, identify the elements of cost of quality and list the eight forms of waste, or muda.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Quality Control
After watching this video, you will be able to list the characteristics of quality control.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Quality and Change Control
After watching this video, you will be able to recognize the types of change requests that arise from quality processes.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: The Quality Assurance/Quality Control Relationship
After watching this video, you will be able to recognize the relationship and distinction between quality assurance and quality control.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Cost Reimbursable and Time and Materials Contracts
After watching this video, you will be able to identify characteristics of cost reimbursable and time and materials contracts.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Fixed-price Contracts
After watching this video, you will be able to identify characteristics of fixed-price contracts.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Quality Assurance
After watching this video, you will be able to list the characteristics of quality assurance.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Cost of Quality
After watching this video, you will be able to distinguish between the four cost of quality categories.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Control Charts
After watching this video, you will be able to use a control chart to determine when a process is out of control.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Estimate at Completion, Scenarios 3 and 4
After watching this video, you will be able to recognize how the choice of EAC formula depends on the project situation.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Make or Buy Analysis
After watching this video, you will be able to perform a make or buy analysis and determine the breakeven point.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Communication Channels
After watching this video, you will be able to calculate the number of communication channels, given the number of members on a team.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Estimate at Completion, Scenarios 1 and 2
After watching this video, you will be able to determine the estimate at completion, using the formulas for scenarios 1 and 2.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Project Performance, Scenario #2
After watching this video, you will be able to utilize work performance data to determine project performance.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Planned Value and Earned Value
After watching this video, you will be able to calculate the planned value and earned value, given the budget, % of time passed, and % of work completed.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Fast Tracking
After watching this video, you will be able to recognize if fast tracking is the most appropriate schedule compression technique, given a scenario.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Cost Variance and Cost Performance Index
After watching this video, you will be able to calculate the cost variance and cost performance index, given the earned value and actual costs.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Schedule Variance and Schedule Performance Index
After watching this video, you will be able to calculate the schedule variance and schedule performance index, given the earned value and planned value.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Resource Leveling
After watching this video, you will be able to recognize if resource leveling is the ideal resource optimization technique, given a scenario.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Schedule Network Diagram Exercise
After watching this video, you will be able to recognize how to create a schedule network diagram from a table.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Schedule Crashing
After watching this video, you will be able to recognize if crashing is the most appropriate schedule compression technique, given a scenario.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Resource Smoothing
After watching this video, you will be able to recognize if resource smoothing is the ideal resource optimization technique, given a scenario.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Project Performance
After watching this video, you will be able to determine project performance, given a set of raw data points.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Critical Path Identification
After watching this video, you will be able to identify the critical path and its characteristics.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Critical Path Method - The Backward Pass
After watching this video, you will be able to perform a backward pass using the critical path method.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Critical Path Method - The Forward Pass
After watching this video, you will be able to perform a forward pass using the critical path method.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Critical Path Method - Free Float
After watching this video, you will be able to identify the free float of each activity on a noncritical path.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Critical Path Method - Total Float
After watching this video, you will be able to identify the total float of each noncritical path.
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Focusing on What Works
Jurgen Wolff presents two companies, Apple and Pixar that, in his opinion, have really been successful at focusing on what works.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Terminology and Acronyms for Tools and Governance
After watching this video, you will be able to distinguish between terms and acronyms for project tools and governance.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Procurement Terminology to Solicit Vendor Proposals
After watching this video, you will be able to distinguish between procurement vendor solicitation terminology and acronyms.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Quality and Resource Terminology and Acronyms
After watching this video, you will be able to distinguish between quality and resource terminology and acronyms.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Schedule Terminology and Acronyms
After watching this video, you will be able to distinguish between schedule terminology and acronyms.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Integrated Change Control Documents
After watching this video, you will be able to identify change requests and the change log.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Work Performance Documents
After watching this video, you will be able to distinguish between work performance data, information, and reports.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Procurement Terminology and Acronyms
After watching this video, you will be able to distinguish between procurement terminology and acronyms.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Earned Value Management Terminology and Acronyms
After watching this video, you will be able to distinguish between earned value management terminology and acronyms.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Identify Project Documents and Terminology
After watching this video, you will be able to specify the types of work performance documents, and identify earned value management and procurement terminology.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Quality Control Documents
After watching this video, you will be able to identify quality checklists, checksheets, metrics, and measurements.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Documents from Planning Resources
After watching this video, you will be able to identify the resource breakdown structure, resource calendars, project staff assignments and team performance assessments.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Documents from Planning Cost
After watching this video, you will be able to identify activity cost estimates and the basis of estimates.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Documents from Planning Procurement
After watching this video, you will be able to identify documents to solicit vendor proposals, seller proposals, source selection criteria, and procurement statement of work.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Documents from Planning Risk
After watching this video, you will be able to identify the risk register and its elements.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Project Management Plan and Subsidiary Plans
After watching this video, you will be able to identify the purpose of the project management plan and subsidiary plans.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Project Initiation Documents
After watching this video, you will be able to identify the project statement of work, business case, and project charter.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Documents from Planning the Schedule
After watching this video, you will be able to identify the activity list, activity attributes, milestone list, and project schedule network diagrams.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Documents from Scope Planning
After watching this video, you will be able to identify the project scope statement, work breakdown structure (WBS), WBS dictionary, and requirements traceability matrix.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Identify Project Planning Documents
After watching this video, you will be able to identify documents from scope planning, planning procurement, and planning the schedule.
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CompTIA Project+ PK0-004: Documents from Stakeholder Planning
After watching this video, you will be able to identify the stakeholder register and issue log.
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Producing Remarkable Projects
Rules for producing remarkable projects are, be passionate about the project or get passionate by developing new skills in the project, work with others, develop habits of commitment-making and fulfilling, and create a story about the project that lifts you up.
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Project Kick-Off Meetings
Project kick-off meetings are critical to your project's success. Here's how to make your kick-off a success!