- Explain project characteristics, project phases, schedules, roles and responsibilities, cost controls, and project constraints within technology environments.
- Review the fundamental aspects of agile methodology and how project management approaches support small to medium-sized IT projects.
- Understand how project variables and influences affect scope, schedule, communication, quality, cost, resource availability, and stakeholder expectations.
- Apply exam-aligned scenarios that require identifying project properties, project roles, delivery constraints, and appropriate project management responses.
CompTIA IT Project Management Certification Training Course
CompTIA Project+ Certification Training Course
Prepare for CompTIA Project+ V5 and build practical project management capability for small to medium-sized IT projects, including project concepts, life cycle phases, tools, documentation, communication, change control, governance, and delivery support.
Course focus: Project management concepts, project life cycle phases, tools and documentation, and basics of IT and governance aligned with the current CompTIA Project+ V5 PK0-005 exam objectives.
Course Overview
Develop the practical project management skills required to plan, execute, document, govern, and close small to medium-sized IT projects.
Advance your project management capability with Accumentum’s CompTIA Project+ Certification Training Course. This comprehensive program is designed for IT professionals, project coordinators, technical contributors, and emerging project leaders who need to manage small to medium-sized projects with effective communication, resource management, schedule control, documentation, change control, and governance awareness.
CompTIA Project+ V5 validates the entry-level skills IT professionals need to successfully manage technology projects from start to finish. The certification showcases the ability to plan, execute, deliver, and support projects on time and within scope while addressing practical project challenges such as constraints, risks, issues, communication, stakeholder coordination, project documentation, and project governance.
The course aligns with the current CompTIA Project+ PK0-005 exam structure across four major objective areas: Project Management Concepts, Project Life Cycle Phases, Tools and Documentation, and Basics of IT and Governance. Learners build readiness across project characteristics, methodologies, agile and waterfall approaches, change control, risk management, issue management, schedule management, quality and performance management, communication, meeting management, team and resource management, procurement, project initiation, planning, execution, closing, project tools, productivity tools, documentation, ESG, information security, compliance, privacy, IT infrastructure, cloud models, software basics, and IT change control.
Through expert-led instruction, objective-based review, scenario discussion, project planning exercises, documentation reinforcement, schedule and risk analysis, stakeholder communication practice, governance awareness, and exam readiness support, this course helps learners prepare for the Project+ exam while building the practical judgment required to support successful IT project delivery in fast-paced technology environments.
Course Objectives
Build Project+ certification readiness and practical IT project management capability.
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Understand Project Concepts
Apply project characteristics, methodologies, frameworks, agile and waterfall criteria, roles and responsibilities, constraints, communication needs, and core delivery concepts.
02
Manage the Project Life Cycle
Support discovery, initiation, planning, execution, and closing activities through charters, stakeholders, resource assignment, schedules, deliverables, phase gates, and closure actions.
03
Use Tools and Documentation
Utilize project tools, productivity tools, dashboards, logs, registers, charts, schedules, issue tracking, change tracking, and documentation to support project success.
04
Apply IT Governance Awareness
Connect project work to ESG, information security, compliance, privacy, infrastructure, cloud models, software basics, change control, CI/CD, and production versus staging environments.
Who Should Attend
- IT professionals seeking structured Project+ PK0-005 certification preparation through Accumentum’s expert-led Project+ Training Course.
- Project coordinators, project team members, technical contributors, business analysts, team leads, support specialists, and technology professionals who support project delivery.
- Professionals responsible for project documentation, schedules, stakeholder communication, issue tracking, risk coordination, change control, vendor support, and resource coordination.
- Career changers, workforce development candidates, military-connected learners, and early-career professionals preparing for IT project coordinator, project analyst, junior project manager, or project support pathways.
Recommended Experience
- CompTIA recommends the equivalent of 6–12 months of hands-on experience managing projects in a technology environment before attempting the Project+ PK0-005 certification exam.
- Learners should be prepared to work with project phases, schedules, roles, responsibilities, cost controls, agile fundamentals, waterfall concepts, communication methods, and change control processes.
- Experience participating in projects, coordinating team activity, tracking issues, documenting deliverables, joining status meetings, supporting stakeholders, or managing small project tasks will help learners apply course topics effectively.
- Familiarity with IT concepts such as infrastructure, cloud models, software basics, information security, privacy, compliance, and change control provides additional context for the Basics of IT and Governance domain.
Pathway Map
The CompTIA Project+ training course covers the complete IT project delivery lifecycle.
The curriculum connects PK0-005 exam objectives with practical project work across project characteristics, methodologies, constraints, risks, issues, schedules, communication, meetings, resources, procurement, life cycle phases, project tools, documentation, ESG, security, compliance, privacy, IT concepts, and change control.
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Project Management Concepts
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Agile, Waterfall, Roles, and Constraints
3
Change, Risk, Issue, and Schedule Management
4
Communication, Meetings, Teams, and Procurement
5
Discovery and Project Initiation
6
Planning, Execution, and Closing
7
Project Tools, Logs, Registers, and Dashboards
8
Productivity Tools and Performance Charts
9
IT, Security, Privacy, Compliance, and Governance
10
PK0-005 Exam Readiness
Course Content
Full CompTIA Project+ curriculum breakout.
- Compare agile and waterfall approaches by reviewing criteria for selection, team composition, communication methods, and delivery expectations.
- Analyze how project methodology decisions influence collaboration, schedule management, stakeholder interaction, documentation, and change control.
- Review roles and responsibilities across project teams, stakeholders, vendors, sponsors, and project support functions.
- Practice scenario-based methodology selection that considers project requirements, delivery environment, communication needs, and project constraints.
- Apply project-specific change control and management processes to evaluate requests, document approvals, communicate updates, and maintain project alignment.
- Identify project risks, analyze response strategies, assign roles and responsibilities, and understand how risk activities support delivery success.
- Track project issues, document outcomes, escalate appropriately, and distinguish issue management from risk management.
- Manage schedules by identifying milestones, sequencing activities, estimating resources, maintaining timelines, and responding to schedule changes.
- Compare quality and performance activities including retrospectives, sprint reviews, service-level agreements, key performance indicators, audits, and testing cycles.
- Assess communication methods, develop communication platforms, and manage project communication for varied stakeholder needs.
- Conduct meeting management activities such as setting agendas, assigning roles, timeboxing discussions, and documenting action items.
- Analyze resource gaps, manage team performance, define roles, and evaluate procurement and vendor selection methods.
- Explain discovery phase artifacts such as business cases, prequalified vendors, and financial concepts that inform project justification and planning.
- Develop project initiation artifacts including project charters, stakeholder identification materials, responsibility assignment matrices, and kickoff meeting materials.
- Connect initiation activities to project authorization, stakeholder alignment, scope clarity, resource planning, and communication expectations.
- Apply scenario-based exercises that require selecting appropriate artifacts for discovery and initiation phases.
- Support project planning by assigning resources, developing communication plans, defining scope, creating schedules, and performing risk assessments.
- Manage project execution through tasks, vendors, meetings, budgets, conflicts, communication updates, and phase gate reviews.
- Close projects by validating deliverables, closing contracts, releasing resources, archiving documentation, and conducting closure meetings.
- Connect life cycle activities to delivery control, stakeholder satisfaction, documentation completeness, governance expectations, and lessons learned.
- Use project tools such as Gantt charts, burndown charts, PERT charts, issue logs, change logs, risk registers, dashboards, and time-tracking tools.
- Determine which tools support schedule visibility, issue management, change tracking, risk monitoring, status reporting, and delivery control.
- Review how project tools help teams coordinate work, communicate status, manage constraints, and maintain accountability across a project.
- Apply tool-selection scenarios that connect project conditions to the most appropriate chart, register, dashboard, or documentation method.
- Compare productivity tools used for communication, collaboration, meetings, documentation, scheduling, ticketing, and project coordination.
- Create project and partner-centric documentation that supports project success, stakeholder alignment, decision tracking, and implementation readiness.
- Analyze quality and performance charts such as histograms, Pareto charts, scatter diagrams, fishbone diagrams, burnup and burndown charts, and decision trees.
- Connect documentation and charting practices to project communication, performance analysis, quality management, and stakeholder reporting.
- Summarize environmental, social, and governance considerations, including project impacts on the environment, regulations, company values, and brand value.
- Explain information security concepts including physical, operational, digital, and data security considerations within project environments.
- Understand compliance and privacy concepts such as confidentiality, legal impacts, and privacy regulations.
- Summarize IT concepts including infrastructure, cloud models, software basics, IT infrastructure change control, software change control, CI/CD, and production versus staging environments.
- Review all four Project+ V5 exam domains: Project Management Concepts, Project Life Cycle Phases, Tools and Documentation, and Basics of IT and Governance.
- Prepare for the PK0-005 exam format, including multiple-choice and performance-based questions that assess practical project management capability.
- Reinforce the official skills learned: understanding project properties, analyzing constraints and risks, implementing communication and change control, and using project management tools and documentation.
- Complete certification-focused review activities that help learners connect Project+ technical objectives to scenario-based exam decision-making.
Course Features
Designed for practical Project+ training and PK0-005 certification preparation.
Project Concepts Review
Participate in expert-led review across project characteristics, phases, schedules, roles, cost controls, methodologies, agile basics, waterfall comparison, constraints, and governance.
Life Cycle Practice
Build readiness across discovery, initiation, planning, execution, and closing activities using project artifacts, stakeholder alignment, schedules, resources, risk assessments, and closure tasks.
Tools and Documentation Focus
Strengthen understanding of Gantt charts, burndown charts, PERT charts, logs, registers, dashboards, time tracking, productivity tools, documentation, and quality charts.
IT and Governance Alignment
Connect project work to ESG, security, compliance, privacy, infrastructure, cloud models, software basics, change control, CI/CD, and production versus staging environments.
Certification Exam
Prepare for the official CompTIA Project+ V5 PK0-005 certification exam.
Project+ PK0-005 Exam Readiness
Accumentum’s Project+ Training Course prepares learners to plan, execute, document, communicate, govern, and close small to medium-sized IT projects while supporting schedules, resources, risks, issues, and change control.
Upon completing the CompTIA Project+ Certification Training Course with Accumentum, you will be prepared to pursue the official CompTIA Project+ certification exam. The current Project+ exam version is V5, and the current exam series code is PK0-005.
The PK0-005 exam validates project management skills across four major domains: Project Management Concepts at 33%, Project Life Cycle Phases at 30%, Tools and Documentation at 19%, and Basics of IT and Governance at 18%.
CompTIA’s Project+ V5 exam details include a maximum of 90 questions, multiple-choice and performance-based question types, a 90-minute testing window, a passing score of 710 on a 100–900 scale, English, Japanese, and Thai language availability, and a launch date of November 8, 2022.
CompTIA recommends the equivalent of 6–12 months of hands-on experience managing projects in a technology environment. The certification is designed to demonstrate the practical skills needed to manage small to medium-sized IT projects from start to finish.
Frequently Asked Questions
Understand how Accumentum’s CompTIA Project+ Certification Training Course supports PK0-005 exam preparation, hands-on IT project management skills, project life cycle readiness, documentation, governance, communication, tools, and career advancement.
CompTIA Project+ is an industry certification designed to teach IT professionals the entry-level skills needed to successfully manage small to medium-sized projects.
Accumentum’s CompTIA Project+ Training Course prepares learners for the current CompTIA Project+ V5 certification exam, exam code PK0-005.
This course is designed for IT professionals, project coordinators, technical contributors, project support staff, team leads, business analysts, and professionals who support or manage small to medium-sized technology projects.
CompTIA recommends the equivalent of 6–12 months of hands-on experience managing projects in a technology environment before pursuing the Project+ PK0-005 exam.
The course covers project management concepts, project life cycle phases, tools and documentation, and basics of IT and governance. Topics include methodologies, agile and waterfall, change control, risk, issues, schedules, quality, communication, meetings, team resources, procurement, discovery, initiation, planning, execution, closing, tools, productivity platforms, ESG, security, privacy, compliance, infrastructure, cloud models, software basics, and IT change control.
The Project+ V5 exam domains are Project Management Concepts at 33%, Project Life Cycle Phases at 30%, Tools and Documentation at 19%, and Basics of IT and Governance at 18%.
The Project+ PK0-005 exam includes a maximum of 90 questions.
The exam includes multiple-choice and performance-based questions.
The official CompTIA Project+ PK0-005 exam duration is 90 minutes.
The passing score for CompTIA Project+ PK0-005 is 710 on a scale of 100–900.
Enrollment
Enroll in the CompTIA Project+ Certification Training Course with Accumentum.
Enroll in Accumentum’s CompTIA Project+ Certification Training Course to prepare for the PK0-005 certification exam and strengthen IT project management readiness across the official Project+ V5 objective areas.
You will gain structured exam-aligned preparation across project management concepts, project life cycle phases, tools and documentation, and basics of IT and governance while reinforcing the skills needed to understand project properties, analyze constraints and risks, implement communication and change control, and use project management tools and documentation.
This course is ideal for professionals advancing into IT project coordinator, project analyst, junior project manager, technical project support, team lead, business analyst, and project delivery support roles. For detailed information, upcoming course dates, cohort availability, and enrollment support, visit Accumentum’s registration page linked below.
Build practical IT project management capability with CompTIA Project+ training.
Prepare for the CompTIA Project+ PK0-005 certification exam while strengthening skills across project concepts, life cycle phases, tools, documentation, communication, change control, risks, issues, schedules, resources, governance, compliance, and IT change management.