CompTIA Project+ Study Guide: Exam PK0-004

This edition is so much better than the Comptia books. It covers information that isn’t in CompTIA books but IS on the test.Makes the material simpler to understand as well. Passed my exam after about two weeks with this book. Versus failing after about 6 months with the other.

I passed the PK0-004 today after using the book to cram all night. I was previously employed as a project coordinator and am currently a project manager so am familiar with a lot of the concepts and terms. I must say that you do not want to do like I did and cram all night; it's better to read through this book and do the included practice exams over the course of a few weeks. However, I was pressed for time so that's how I did it. One thing I appreciated is the way the author reinforces topics with reminders about previously learned concepts as you progress through the reading. This is also a good stopping point on your way to studying for the PMP since a lot of concepts are from the PMBOK.I have used Sybex books for Network+, Security+, and CCNA exams and they have never let me down.

I passed today after a second attempt. August 7, 2022. This is the best book to learn about this certification. Dont waste your money in other books. Use the practice questions book too. Do not take the test without practicing what you learned. That was my mistake.

This book helped me study and is filled with excellent detail and knowledge about each domain and how to pass the exam.

Love these series books of CompTIA study guides. Nice easy clear concise overview of material. Provides a nice simple PM framework to apply to your everyday IT PM work for smaller projects. Combining this nice framework overview with my small business IT PM experience and had no problems passing the exam. But rest assured it is a difficult and tricky exam with many, very subjective based PM decision "choose the best answer or next step" thinking questions. The book cannot really help you pass these types of decision making trees that are in the majority of the exam questions. Very, very few questions were based on memorizing facts. My experience and intuition ultimately got me through the exam which was CompTIA's objective on having an "experienced based" exam vs pure book smarts.

I'll get straight to the point. I needed to get the CompTIA Project+ certification for work. I bought this guide and read it cover-to-cover, did all of the chapter quizzes, and logged into the web interface and did the sample quizzes and flashcards. I'm not the greatest test taker but I still managed to pull a 777 (710 is the minimum passing score) and get my certification!This book is a great guide and a straight forward read. The author puts everything in plain speak. While the questions are "in the spirit" of the ones on the exam, they are not identical. In reality, you will still have to do your due diligence and know the information. That being said, this is a great place to start.

Overall this will help enhance your knowledge. The only critic I have is for the answers to be together with the questions after each chapter instead of the answers being in the back of the book. Its a preference thing though.

Topic is pretty dry but honestly this is probably the best study material to prep for the exam. I used Wiley study material for all my CompTIA certifications and I have been successful so far.

I needed this book for a course I'm taking.

The books is well-written with modern terms and great for junior project managers as a guide.

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I passed the PRINCE2 Practitioner exam (though I never used PRINCE2 in anger), and I was a project manager when I retired from full-time work ten years ago. I was interested to see how this methodology compares with PRINCE2.I have to assume that the book covers the exam topics. It goes well beyond PRINCE2 in covering such topics as people aspects and financials. (As a previous reviewer said, some of the financials are in American, but if you need a qualification which happens to be US-biased that’s the way it is, as I found when doing CISA long ago.)Where the book, and therefore presumably the qualification, falls short for me is coverage of agile development, which was just taking off when I retired. The CompTIA website says “the new release of Project+ also covers agile methodology at a high level.” High level indeed - four pages (shoehorned into the chapter on change control and procurement management) giving no hint on how to manage agile as part of a “conventional” project. This contrasts strongly with the counter-claim I’ve read that “PRINCE2 Agile is a solution combining the flexibility and responsiveness of agile with the clearly defined framework of PRINCE2.”Gripe over – I should be reviewing the book, not the methodology it’s describing. It is well-structured and well laid out, and benefits from the real(ish) life scenarios. I did most of the self-assessment tests, and the feedback on the answers is good.I was able to register easily for the on-line features. Their quality, however, is patchy; the quizzes are the same as the tests in the book, and as you have three page loads per question (submit/feedback/next) it is quicker to use the book version. There are supposed to be two practice exams, but it looks as if there are 110 questions and you can do the first 55 or all 110, rather than two separate ones of 55. I was impressed that both quizzes and exam show feedback both after each question and for all questions at the end. I couldn’t work out how to use the supposed option to create sets of flashcards. Perhaps this is a beta release, or the acceptance criteria were inadequately defined – physician heal thyself …Overall, though, I suppose it will meet the objective of helping you to pass the exam. The questions are more about the qualification: is it the best for UK PMs, and do you want more integration with management of agile methodologies?

A comprehensive study guide. As a student new to the Project+ exam (but not new to Sybex books, project management, or CompTIA exams) I had a fair idea of the structure, requirements, and how to approach both this subject and study.This is a horribly dry subject matter; I can't blame the authors for failing to to set the world alight while I read the contents of this - and it is a cover-to-cover read, requiring highlighting, note-taking, and re-reading the more convoluted concepts. The errata for the book is useful, and pleasingly for this title, quite minimal. You can find this on the publisher website.I would recommend this along with real-world experience and some guided practice questions as enough to pass the Project+ exam. If you haven't done any real-world project management and have nothing to map concepts to, then you may struggle and require either further experience or more extensive study materials.