Certified - CompTIA Project+ Audio Course

Welcome to CompTIA Project+

14 Oct 2025

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Episode 87: CI/CD, Beta Environments, and Tiered Architecture

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we explore modern deployment practices and infrastructure structures. Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) processes ...

Episode 86: Change Control: Downtime, Rollback, Validation, and Notifications

17 Aug 2025

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This episode examines change control processes specific to IT infrastructure and software projects. We explain how to plan for downtime or maintenance...

Episode 85: Software Platforms: ERP, CRM, CMS, and Records Systems

17 Aug 2025

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This episode reviews major categories of enterprise software platforms and their roles in project environments. We cover Enterprise Resource Planning ...

Episode 84: Cloud Models: SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, and XaaS for PMs

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we explain the primary cloud service models—Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service...

Episode 83: IT Infrastructure Fundamentals: Architecture, Networking, Storage

17 Aug 2025

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This episode introduces core IT infrastructure concepts relevant to project management. We explain the components of computing architectures, includin...

Episode 82: Global Privacy Laws: Country, State, and Industry Requirements

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we focus on privacy laws that vary across jurisdictions and industries. We explain the implications of regulations such as the EU’s...

Episode 81: Compliance and Confidentiality: Regulatory and Legal Impacts

17 Aug 2025

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This episode explores how compliance requirements and confidentiality obligations influence project planning and execution. We discuss key regulatory ...

Episode 80: Corporate IT Policies: Branding, Access, and Behavior

17 Aug 2025

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This episode examines how corporate IT policies shape project work by defining rules for branding, access control, and acceptable use. Branding polici...

Episode 79: Data Classification: IP, PII, PHI, and National Security Data

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we focus on classifying data according to sensitivity and regulatory requirements. We define categories including intellectual proper...

Episode 78: Digital Access: Remote Access, Permissions, and MFA

17 Aug 2025

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This episode covers the digital access controls used to secure systems and data in projects. We explain how to manage permissions through role-based a...

Episode 77: Operational Security: Screenings, Clearances, and Role Restrictions

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we focus on operational security measures designed to protect projects from insider threats and ensure only authorized personnel have...

Episode 76: Physical Security: Devices, Media, and Facilities

17 Aug 2025

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This episode examines the physical security measures that protect project assets, covering devices, removable media, and facilities. For devices, we d...

Episode 75: Governance, Values, and Brand Alignment in Projects

17 Aug 2025

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This episode focuses on the governance aspect of ESG, explaining how adherence to corporate policies, ethical guidelines, and regulatory frameworks sh...

Episode 74: Environmental and Social Impacts of Project Decisions

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we dive deeper into the environmental and social components of ESG. Environmental impacts may include energy use, waste generation, a...

Episode 73: Understanding ESG: What It Means for Project Managers

17 Aug 2025

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This episode opens Domain 4 by defining Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors and their relevance to project management. Environmental a...

Episode 72: Analyzing Charts: Pareto, Burnup, Velocity, and Decision Trees

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we examine data visualization tools that guide decision-making and performance assessment. Pareto charts identify the most significan...

Episode 71: Case Management and Ticketing Tools in Support-Heavy Projects

17 Aug 2025

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This episode focuses on case management and ticketing systems, which are essential in projects involving significant customer or user support. Case ma...

Episode 70: Scheduling Tools: Cloud vs. On-Premise and Local Installations

17 Aug 2025

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This episode examines the different deployment models for project scheduling tools. Cloud-based solutions offer accessibility, scalability, and easier...

Episode 69: Office Productivity: Word Processors, Spreadsheets, and Diagrams

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we review core productivity software that supports project documentation, planning, and reporting. Word processors create formal docu...

Episode 68: Meeting Tools: Calendars, Polling, Print Media, and Conferencing

17 Aug 2025

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This episode explores meeting-focused tools that support planning, engagement, and participation. Calendaring tools coordinate availability and send r...

Episode 67: Workflow and E-Signature Platforms in the Project Environment

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we focus on workflow automation and e-signature platforms, both of which streamline project processes. Workflow platforms coordinate ...

Episode 66: Collaboration Tools: Real-Time Editors, File Sharing, Wikis, and Whiteboards

17 Aug 2025

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This episode examines collaboration platforms that enable teams to work together efficiently, regardless of location. Real-time editors allow multiple...

Episode 65: Communication Tools: Email, SMS, Video, and Enterprise Social

17 Aug 2025

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This episode focuses on communication platforms and their roles in project management. We compare email for formal correspondence, SMS and chat for ra...

Episode 64: Version Control, Time Tracking, and Requirements Traceability Matrix

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we cover three distinct but interconnected tools. Version control systems manage document and file changes over time, ensuring accura...

Episode 63: Using Logs and Registers: Issue, Risk, Defect, and Change Logs

17 Aug 2025

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This episode explains the role of logs and registers in tracking and controlling project elements throughout the life cycle. We define issue logs, ris...

Episode 62: Dashboards and Organizational Charts for Project Visibility

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we examine two tools that enhance transparency and coordination in projects: dashboards and organizational charts. Dashboards consoli...

Episode 61: Project Tracking Charts: Gantt, Milestone, PERT, and Network Diagrams

17 Aug 2025

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This episode opens Domain 3 by focusing on visual tools used to track and manage project progress. We explain how Gantt charts present task timelines ...

Episode 60: Project Closure: Contracts, Documentation, and Celebration

17 Aug 2025

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This episode concludes Domain 2 by detailing the activities involved in formally closing a project. We’ll discuss validating deliverables, finalizin...

Episode 59: Conflict Management and Phase Gate Reviews

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we address conflict management strategies, including smoothing, forcing, compromise, collaboration, and avoidance. You’ll learn whe...

Episode 58: Meetings, Vendor Oversight, and Status Reporting

17 Aug 2025

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This episode focuses on three execution-phase activities that keep projects on track: running effective meetings, managing vendor relationships, and m...

Episode 57: Project Execution: Organizational Change Management

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we explore how to guide a project team and stakeholders through organizational change during execution. You’ll learn how to assess ...

Episode 56: What Goes into a Project Management Plan

17 Aug 2025

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This episode examines the comprehensive project management plan, the master document that integrates all subsidiary plans into a single reference for ...

Episode 55: Risk Planning, QA Plans, and Transition Strategies

17 Aug 2025

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This episode covers the critical planning activities of identifying risks, creating quality assurance (QA) plans, and preparing for project transition...

Episode 54: Schedule Development and Budget Considerations

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we examine how to create a project schedule that aligns with resources, scope, and constraints. You’ll learn how to establish caden...

Episode 53: Scope Definition: WBS and Backlog Fundamentals

17 Aug 2025

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This episode explains how to clearly define project scope during planning, starting with a detailed scope statement that outlines deliverables, bounda...

Episode 52: Building the Team: Assignment and Training Activities

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we explore how to assemble an effective project team by assigning roles and responsibilities based on skills and availability. You’...

Episode 51: Planning Phase: Resource Pools and Early Procurement

17 Aug 2025

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This episode introduces the planning phase with a focus on evaluating available resource pools and determining early procurement needs. You’ll learn...

Episode 50: RACI and Records Management in the Initiation Phase

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we explain how to develop a Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RACI) to clarify roles and responsibilities from the outset. You’ll l...

Episode 49: Stakeholder Analysis and Communication Channels

17 Aug 2025

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This episode focuses on identifying, categorizing, and engaging stakeholders during the initiation phase. You’ll learn techniques for assessing stak...

Episode 48: Project Initiation: Charter, Objectives, and Scope

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we break down the project initiation phase starting with the creation of the project charter. You’ll learn how the charter outlines...

Episode 47: Client Constraints and Preexisting Agreements

17 Aug 2025

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This episode examines how client-imposed constraints and existing agreements can shape a project before work begins. Constraints may include budget li...

Episode 46: Discovery Phase: Business Case and ROI Analysis

17 Aug 2025

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This episode begins Domain 2 by focusing on the discovery or concept preparation phase of a project. We explain how the business case establishes the ...

Episode 45: Recap of Domain 1: Project Concepts You Must Know

17 Aug 2025

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This episode consolidates the key concepts from Domain 1 of the PK0-005 exam, reinforcing your understanding of project definitions, methodologies, ch...

Episode 44: Action Items, Follow-ups, and Effective Meeting Closure

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we explain how to transition meetings into actionable outcomes. You’ll learn how to document action items clearly, assign ownership...

Episode 43: Meeting Roles, Agenda Design, and Timeboxing

17 Aug 2025

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This episode focuses on structuring meetings for maximum productivity. We define key roles such as facilitator, scribe, and attendees, explaining how ...

Episode 42: Meeting Types: Collaborative, Informative, Decisive

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we break down the main categories of project meetings and their distinct purposes. Collaborative meetings, like workshops and brainst...

Episode 41: Maintaining and Securing Project Communication Records

17 Aug 2025

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This episode covers the practices for preserving and protecting project communication records, which are essential for compliance, traceability, and k...

Episode 40: Overcoming Communication Barriers: Time, Culture, Tech

17 Aug 2025

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This episode addresses common challenges to effective communication in projects, including time zone differences, cultural variations, and technologic...

Episode 39: Communication Methods: Synchronous, Asynchronous, Formal

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we examine different communication methods and their application in project environments. Synchronous methods, like meetings and call...

Episode 38: Verification, Validation, and Post-Implementation Support

17 Aug 2025

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This episode clarifies the difference between verification and validation, two concepts frequently tested on the PK0-005 exam. Verification ensures th...

Episode 37: Testing Types: Unit, Regression, UAT, Stress, Smoke

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we review the various testing methods used to verify deliverables before project completion. Unit testing checks individual component...

Episode 36: SLAs, KPIs, and Variance Analysis for Projects

17 Aug 2025

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This episode focuses on the measurement tools and performance indicators that help project managers track progress and maintain accountability. We def...

Episode 35: Quality vs. Performance: Understanding the Distinctions

17 Aug 2025

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This episode examines the difference between quality management and performance management in projects. Quality focuses on meeting requirements and de...

Episode 34: Sprint Planning, Critical Path, and Rebaselining Techniques

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we link Agile sprint planning with traditional scheduling concepts like critical path analysis. You’ll learn how sprint planning de...

Episode 33: Estimating Resources, Buffers, and Story Points

17 Aug 2025

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This episode covers estimation techniques for project resources, contingency buffers, and Agile story points. You’ll learn how to determine resource...

Episode 32: Successor and Predecessor Relationships in Detail

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we focus on the four primary types of task relationships: finish-to-start, start-to-start, finish-to-finish, and start-to-finish. We’...

Episode 31: Dependencies: Hard Logic, Soft Logic, Internal, External

17 Aug 2025

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This episode explains the different types of task dependencies that influence project scheduling. Hard logic, or mandatory dependencies, represent rel...

Episode 30: Milestones and Activity Identification in Project Scheduling

17 Aug 2025

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This episode introduces the first steps of project scheduling, beginning with identifying milestones and defining activities. We’ll explain how mile...

Episode 29: Workarounds, Documentation, and Final Outcomes

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we explore temporary solutions—known as workarounds—that allow projects to continue despite unresolved issues. You’ll learn how...

Episode 28: Creating Resolution Plans and Prioritizing Severity

17 Aug 2025

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This episode covers how to develop structured resolution plans for project issues, starting with root cause analysis to identify the underlying proble...

Episode 27: Project Issues: Tracking, Escalation, and Roles

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we focus on effective issue management, beginning with proper identification and tracking. You’ll learn the importance of using a c...

Episode 26: How Risks Connect to Issues and Change Requests

17 Aug 2025

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This episode explains the relationships between risks, issues, and project changes, a concept that often appears in PK0-005 exam scenarios. We’ll cl...

Episode 25: Responding to Risk: Avoid, Mitigate, Exploit, Transfer

17 Aug 2025

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This episode examines common strategies for responding to both negative and positive risks. For negative risks, you’ll learn how to avoid, mitigate,...

Episode 24: Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Assessment Explained

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we compare qualitative and quantitative risk assessment techniques, detailing their purposes and applications. Qualitative analysis f...

Episode 23: What Is Project Risk? Identifying and Categorizing Threats

17 Aug 2025

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This episode introduces the fundamentals of project risk management, starting with the definition of risk as any uncertain event that can positively o...

Episode 22: Scope Change vs. Scope Creep: How to Manage Both

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we distinguish between legitimate scope change and uncontrolled scope creep. We define scope change as a formally approved adjustment...

Episode 21: Communicating, Implementing, and Validating Change

17 Aug 2025

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This episode covers the final stages of the change control process, focusing on effective communication, implementation, and validation. You’ll lear...

Episode 20: Impact Analysis, Approval, and Change Boards

17 Aug 2025

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This episode continues the change control process by examining impact assessments and decision-making. You’ll learn how to evaluate potential effect...

Episode 19: Change Control Processes: Request to Documentation

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we break down the first stages of change control, beginning with the creation or receipt of a change request. You’ll learn how to p...

Episode 18: When to Choose Agile, When to Choose Waterfall

17 Aug 2025

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This episode provides practical decision-making guidance for selecting between Agile and Waterfall. We start with criteria such as project complexity,...

Episode 17: Team Structures, Roles, and Communication Styles

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we explore how team composition and communication styles vary between methodologies and project environments. We’ll define common r...

Episode 16: Agile vs. Waterfall: Flexibility, Budget, and Time

17 Aug 2025

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This episode dives deeper into the comparative strengths and weaknesses of Agile and Waterfall, focusing on their handling of flexibility, budget cont...

Episode 15: PRINCE2, DevOps, and Framework Comparisons

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we examine PRINCE2, a process-driven project management methodology that emphasizes governance, documentation, and clearly defined ro...

Episode 14: Scrum, XP, SAFe, and the Agile Landscape

17 Aug 2025

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This episode focuses on specific Agile frameworks and practices you’ll need to recognize for the exam. We begin with Scrum, detailing its roles, eve...

Episode 13: Project Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid

17 Aug 2025

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Here, we introduce the most widely used project management methodologies and explain their relevance to the PK0-005 exam. You’ll learn how the linea...

Episode 12: Programs, Portfolios, and Project Uniqueness in IT

17 Aug 2025

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This episode explores how projects relate to larger organizational structures, focusing on programs and portfolios. We’ll define a program as a coll...

Episode 11: What Defines a Project? Key Characteristics and Purpose

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we define what makes an initiative a true project under PK0-005 standards, differentiating it from ongoing operations. We’ll examin...

Episode 10: Project Plus Glossary: Q to Z

17 Aug 2025

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The final glossary installment covers terms from Q to Z, completing your reference set for the PK0-005 exam. Definitions are introduced with precision...

Episode 9: Project Plus Glossary: H to P

17 Aug 2025

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This episode continues the glossary series, covering terms from H to P. Each definition is presented with clarity, showing how the term is used in bot...

Episode 8: Project Plus Glossary: A to G

17 Aug 2025

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This glossary-focused episode covers foundational terms from the letters A to G, all of which are critical for success on the PK0-005 exam. We begin b...

Episode 7: Time Management During the Exam and While Studying

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, we explore techniques to manage your time effectively during both preparation and the actual PK0-005 exam. You’ll learn how to crea...

Episode 6: Using Official Resources, Books, and Practice Exams

17 Aug 2025

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This episode focuses on leveraging official CompTIA resources and high-quality third-party materials to strengthen your study plan. We’ll discuss wh...

Episode 5: Tips for Memorizing Key Terms and Processes

17 Aug 2025

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This episode offers techniques to help you commit critical definitions, acronyms, and process flows to memory for both the exam and real-world applica...

Episode 4: Understanding the Domains and Exam Format

17 Aug 2025

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Here, we break down the PK0-005 exam structure so you know exactly what to expect on test day. The episode explains the four domains—Project Managem...

Episode 3: How to Study for the PK0-005 Exam Effectively

17 Aug 2025

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This episode focuses on building a study plan that maximizes your readiness for the exam while fitting into your existing schedule. It covers how to b...

Episode 2: What Is the Project Plus Certification and Who Should Take It?

17 Aug 2025

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In this episode, you’ll gain a detailed understanding of what the CompTIA Project+ certification is, including the knowledge areas it covers and the...

Episode 1: Welcome to the Project Plus PrepCast

17 Aug 2025

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This opening episode sets the stage for your Project Plus certification journey by introducing the structure, objectives, and intended learning outcom...