Your perfect companion to prepare for and pass the CompTIA Project+ PK0-004 exam Key Features Manage project changes and deliver desired project outcomes Gain confidence in passing the PK0-004 exam with the help of practice questions Obtain insight from J. Ashley Hunt, an accomplished subject matter expert Book DescriptionThe CompTIA Project+ exam is designed for IT professionals who want to improve their career trajectory by gaining certification in project management specific to their industry. This guide covers everything necessary to pass the current iteration of the Project+ PK0-004 exam. The CompTIA Project+ Certification Guide starts by covering project initiation best practices, including an understanding of organizational structures, team roles, and responsibilities. You'll then study best practices for developing a project charter and the scope of work to produce deliverables necessary to obtain formal approval of the end result. The ability to monitor your project work and make changes as necessary to bring performance back in line with the plan is the difference between a successful and unsuccessful project. The concluding chapters of the book provide best practices to help keep an eye on your projects and close them out successfully. The guide also includes practice questions created to mirror the exam experience and help solidify your understanding of core project management concepts. By the end of this book, you will be able to develop creative solutions for complex issues faced in project management. What you will learn Develop a project charter and define team roles and responsibilities Plan the project scope, schedule, budget, and risks Process change requests and work with procurement documents Close a formal project or phase and get an overview of Agile Project Management principles Create a work breakdown structure (WBS) and dictionary Discover best practices for identifying, analyzing, and responding to risk Gain important exam information and discover the next steps Who this book is forThe CompTIA Project+ Certification Guide is for entry-level project managers who are looking for a common language and best practices in the IT project management space as well as a certification to excel in their career.

Leverage Jira's powerful task management and workflow features to better manage your business processes Key Features The book covers all major applications of Jira, which are Jira Software, Jira Core, Jira Service Desk. Configure project workflows and the fields that will be used in the project with the help of Jira's features Create tickets for issues and manage your projects using the Jira software Book DescriptionJira is an issue tracker and project management system. With their latest release, the Jira team has now expanded their user base to agile teams as well as business teams. This book provides a comprehensive explanation covering all major components of Jira, including Jira Software, Jira Core, and Jira Service Desk. This book starts with an introduction to Jira's unique features and how it can be used as an issue-tracking tool. It will then teach you about how a new project is created by a Jira administrator, what responsibilities there are, and using correct and relevant schemes in your project. You will then learn how to configure project workflows and fields for project screens. You will understand the various permissions used in projects and the importance of project roles in Jira. Then, the book talks about the concepts of versions acting as milestones and using components when handling issues in your projects. It will then focus on analysing data using built-in reports and creating dashboards in Jira. At the end, it will discuss various best practices for users as well as project managers or project administrators. What you will learn Implement Jira as a project administrator or project manager Get familiar with various functionalities of Jira Configure projects and boards in your organisation's Jira instance Understand how and when to use components and versions in your projects Manage project configurations and Jira schemes Learn the best practices to manage your Jira instance Who this book is forThis book will be especially useful for project managers but it's also intended for other Jira users, including developers, and any other industry besides software development, who would like to use Jira for project management.

Learn best practices for testing with Jira and model industry workflows that can be used during the software development lifecycle Key Features Integrate Jira with test management tools such as Zephyr, Test Management, and SynapseRT Understand test case management, traceability, and test execution with reports Implement continuous integration using Jira, Jenkins, and automated testing tools Book DescriptionHands-On Test Management with Jira begins by introducing you to the basic concepts of Jira and takes you through real-world software testing processes followed by various organizations. As you progress through the chapters, the book explores and compares the three most popular Jira plugins-Zephyr, Test Management, and synapseRT. With this book, you'll gain a practical understanding of test management processes using Jira. You'll learn how to create and manage projects, create Jira tickets to manage customer requirements, and track Jira tickets. You'll also understand how to develop test plans, test cases, and test suites, and create defects and requirement traceability matrices, as well as generating reports in Jira. Toward the end, you'll understand how Jira can help the SQA teams to use the DevOps pipeline for automating execution and managing test cases. You'll get to grips with configuring Jira with Jenkins to execute automated test cases in Selenium. By the end of this book, you'll have gained a clear understanding of how to model and implement test management processes using Jira. What you will learn Understand QMS to effectively implement quality systems in your organization Explore a business-driven structured approach to Test Management using TMap NEXT Implement different aspects of test planning, test strategy, and test execution Organize and manage Agile projects in Scrum and Kanban Uncover Jira plugins available in the Atlassian Marketplace for testing and project management Configure a DevOps pipeline for continuous integration using Jira with Jenkins Who this book is forIf you're a quality assurance professional, software project manager, or test manager interested in learning test management best practices in your team or organization, this book is for you. Prior knowledge of test management and Jenkins will be beneficial in understanding the concepts covered in this book.

Plan, track, and release great software Key Features Learn to create reports and dashboard for effective project management Implement your development strategy in JIRA. Practices to help you manage the issues in the development team Book DescriptionAs teams scale in size, project management can get very complicated. One of the best tools to deal with this kind of problem is JIRA. This book will start by organizing your project requirements and the principles of Agile development to get you started. You will then be introduced to set up a JIRA account and the JIRA ecosystem to help you implement a dashboard for your team's work and issues. You will learn how to manage any issues and bugs that might emerge in the development stage. Going ahead, the book will help you build reports and use them to plan the releases based on the study of the reports. Towards the end, you will come across working with the gathered data and create a dashboard that helps you track the project's development. What you will learn Create your first project (and manage existing projects) in JIRA Manage your board view and backlogs in JIRA Run a Scrum Sprint project in JIRA Create reports (including topic-based reports) Forecast using versions Search for issues with JIRA Query Language (JQL) Execute bulk changes to issues Create custom filters, dashboards, and widgets Create epics, stories, bugs, and tasks Who this book is forThis book is for administrators who wants to apply the Agile approach to managing the issues, bugs, and releases in their software development projects using JIRA.