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Standardize your team on Project+ with a structured CompTIA training path — virtual labs, a blueprint-weighted practice exam, and team admin reporting included on every CBT Nuggets training subscription.

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Course
$390
Exam cost
1
Practice exam
6
Core skills
IT operations team at help desk workstations with ticket queues and network diagrams
Difficulty
Difficulty: 3 of 5 (Moderate)
Moderate
Exam cost
$390
Courses on path
1
Official source
Vendor cert page
Exam code
  • PK0-005

Exam datasheet

Exam length
90 minutes
Questions
Maximum of 90
Passing score
710 on a scale of 100-900
Prerequisites
None
Recommended experience
6–12 months of hands-on experience managing projects in a tech environment
Recertification
Indefinite
Hiring-market salary
$70,000 - $90,000 USD
Certified professionals
Over 100,000
Testing centerExam blueprint

Public hiring-market data — not a CBT Nuggets guarantee.

Skills your team builds

Project managementProject lifecycle managementResource managementStakeholder communicationRisk managementAgile methodologies

Training path

Your team's training path

One CBT Nuggets course covers the full Project+ path. Your team can start today and have admin reporting visible from day one.

  1. Start here · primary course

    Project+

    This CompTIA Project+ certification training prepares you to become a certified project manager. You’ll learn to think like a project manager by grasping essential project frameworks and best practices. You'll complete hands-on exercises for breaking down complex projects into manageable, measurable tasks. You’ll also develop the ability to communicate clearly, managing stakeholders and timelines with ease. With unlimited practice exams included, this course prepares you for the PK0‑005 exam while reinforcing real-world application. Earn your Project+ certification and advance your project management career across any industry.

    Simona Millham, Bob Salmans
    103 videosPractice exam12h
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Every certification includes

Expert-led video training
Virtual labs
Certification practice exams
Per-team completion reporting

CompTIA career ladder

Where Project+ sits in your team's CompTIA progression

The cert your team is on now, plus the levels above and below. Use this to map an engineer's next-step credential or to plan headcount coverage across tiers.

  1. Entry level

    2 certs

    A+

    Core 1: 220-1201, Core 2: 220 …

    Security+

    SY0-701

  2. Associate level

    5 certs

    AutoOps+

    AT0-001

    Data+

    DA0-002

    Network+

    N10-009

    Project+

    PK0-005

    You are here

    Server+

    SK0-005

  3. Professional level

    7 certs

    Cloud+

    CV0-004

    CloudNetX

    CNX-001

    CySA+

    CS0-003

    DataAI

    DY0-001

    Pentest+

    PT0-003

    SecurityX

    CAS-005

    Tech+

    FC0-U71

Customer outcome

Make PK0-005 a coverage number your auditor can quote

Project+ certified engineers are easy to count and easy to prove. CBT Nuggets bundles the prep into a single team playlist so leadership sees who's on the path, who finished, and who's exam-ready — without spreadsheets.

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1 path
from foundation to credential — assigned and tracked as one playlist

Coverage proof

Make PK0-005 a number on your team capability sheet, not a single engineer’s certificate.

Standardizing your team on PK0-005 gives leadership and auditors a coverage number they can quote — and gives CompTIA incident response a baseline of capability you can predict instead of hoping for.

Credential: Project+

Exam
  • PK0-005

Frequently asked questions about Project+ training

Common questions IT directors ask when evaluating Project+ training for their team.

How does Project+ fit into our internal compliance and governance program?

Team reporting in CBT Nuggets documents assigned training, completion, and certification coverage for internal governance or external audit conversations. Pair the Project+ path with your auditor's control crosswalk for the formal compliance mapping your specific framework requires.

What's the ROI of certifying our team on Project+?

IT Directors typically frame Project+ ROI in operational terms — faster troubleshooting, defensible role coverage, predictable onboarding velocity, and audit-ready training documentation. The metrics that matter aren't seat-time or completion percentages; they're mean time to resolve, time-to-productivity for new CompTIA hires, and certification coverage by role.

How does CBT Nuggets Project+ training compare to Pluralsight, LinkedIn Learning, or Udemy Business?

CBT Nuggets Project+ courses are built by named expert trainers (not crowd-sourced contributors), include hands-on virtual labs in many courses, and include certification practice exams mapped to the vendor's published exam objectives. Team admin reporting tracks assignment, completion, and exam-readiness per engineer — the surface managers actually use to manage team training programs. See /compare for the full feature comparison.

How do I assign and track Project+ training for my team?

From the admin console, managers create a training playlist (one or more courses on the Project+ path), assign it to specific engineers or role groups, and track completion + practice-exam scores per learner. Team-wide reporting rolls up to a single dashboard you can export for monthly leadership reviews or quarterly compliance reporting. No spreadsheet, no per-engineer license fiddling.

How long does it take to certify a team on Project+?

Depends on the cert and the team's starting baseline. Entry-level CompTIA certs typically run 4–6 weeks per engineer from a cold start; associate-level certs run 8–12 weeks; professional/expert tracks can run 3–6 months. Most teams budget the full quarter for any associate-level certification so engineers have time to actually apply the lab work before the exam.

What if CompTIA updates the Project+ exam objectives?

CBT Nuggets updates CompTIA course content as exam objectives refresh — typically within weeks of the vendor's release. When CompTIA restructures or renames a track (a common pattern), the assigned training paths stay aligned with the same team training plan; managers don't have to rebuild the playlist from scratch. The training stays current without anyone losing their certification status mid-stream.

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