CompTIA Project+
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Felix Bauchspiess
Last position:
Digital Consultant and Solution Manager at Vorwerk SE & Co. KG
Launch of a new digital product in the Chinese market as part of a global growth strategy.
Key contact and coordinating interface between central product management, local Chinese teams, and international stakeholders.
Managed the full program management for coordinating complex digital projects.
Successful market launch of a digital product in China (including successful certification for the Chinese market).
Balanced local requirements with global priorities, taking tax and regulatory conditions into account.
Introduced a new way of working to improve collaboration and management across locations.
Developed and implemented a scaling strategy for the digital business model in China.
Used Jira, Confluence, Miro, Scrum, Agile work, SAFe.
Project language: English.
Marco Steidel
Last position:
IT Interim Manager & Digitalization Consultant at paarprojekt GmbH
- Project management and consulting services with a focus on IT interim management: digitalization of corporate management including processes and applications
- Assessment of the entire IT infrastructure including applications, core processes, and contracts, including cost optimization
- Evaluation and introduction of solutions to promote digitalization in the company in the areas of: property management, CRM, invoice review & approval processes, smart metering, DMS, time tracking
- Digitization of file folders and introduction of SharePoint and Microsoft Teams as the central document & communication platform
- Design and delivery of AI workshops including rollout of AI tools to increase efficiency and transparency in key business processes
- Creation of training materials and delivery of user training for newly introduced digital processes and solutions
Alwin G.
Last position:
IT Interim Manager & AI Strategist
- AI product development: Design of an AI-supported GRC platform to automate compliance processes.
- AI expertise: Strategic deepening in Agentic AI and GenAI as a core asset for modern IT governance
- IT interim management and strategic consulting
Chris Wolf
Last position:
Senior Strategy Advisor, Transformation Lead – program realignment with target picture, governance, and priority steering at Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe | S-Communication Services
In-house consulting provider and driver of transformation within the group, multi-stakeholder environment and C-level.
Realignment and stabilization of a cross-functional transformation and scaling program within the group. Sharpening the target picture, priorities, and set of measures, as well as building reliable governance, planning, and steering structures. Structuring roles, responsibilities, and strategic initiatives while including AI and IT automation ideas.
Designed program realignment and project portfolio management
Developed strategy model and target picture for IT projects
Structured portfolio, roadmap, and priorities
Established governance and regular meetings
Worked out operating model for flagship projects
Assessed AI and automation ideas
Clarified roles and responsibilities
Implemented change measures
Developed, moderated, and evaluated workshops
Transformed 17 initiatives into a steering model
Increased transparency and decision-making ability
Strengthened commitment in steering
Sharpened the operating model structurally
Integrated three top-5 institutes
Involved over 80% of stakeholders
Governance
Portfolio steering (PPM)
Change management
Artificial intelligence
Workflow automation
AI use case assessment
Confluence
Jira
Stakeholder management
Peter Jetter
Last position:
external SPC & SAFe Trainer, Scrum Master at Siemens Energy
support SAFe adoption at team, ART and Portfolio level with consulting, coaching and training. Establish hierarchical enterprise backlog and Kanban Systems integrating portfolio, value stream and team level. Make e2e value stream flow across organisational boundaries visible and measurable. Teach "stop starting, start finishing" and Limit WiP.
Maciej Sawicki
Last position:
Product Owner at Bundesagentur für Arbeit
- As part of the project, the further development of the identity management system was driven forward. This included a comprehensive refactoring of the interfaces to the connected target systems. In addition, several special systems were successfully connected to the IAM to ensure end-to-end identity and authorization management.
- Technical design and solution proposals for IAM system development
- Requirements analysis and requirements management (IREB, BABOK)
- Alignment of the strategy with the future target architecture (TOGAF)
- Prototyping of solutions
- Documentation of requirements (Innovator)
- Analysis and documentation of requirements and creation of process models (UML, BPMN, ArchiMate)
- Modeling of requirements and system functionalities (OOA/OOD, UML)
- Further development of interfaces (SOAP, REST)
- Carrying out architecture reviews
Matthias Schneider
Last position:
Overall Project Coordinator at Bundeswehr Informatik (BWI GmbH)
- PMO lead for Security Clearance 2 (SÜ2) cleared
- Reporting to sub-program management GMN
- System maintenance 25+
- Functional control and coordination of Jira setup
- Preparation of decision papers (e.g. project planning, steering model, communication plans, controlling models, role and responsibility matrices)
- Development of program-wide knowledge management using Confluence, creation of Jira concept
- Development of an access concept for all project tools
- Analyzing existing processes, identifying improvement potential, and designing solutions to increase efficiency and effectiveness
- Development of a concept for introducing automation approaches in existing tools
- Creating intranet articles as project marketing
- Responsible for project governance through reporting and resource planning in the sub-program
- Agile further development of the project method
- Gathering customer requirements (requirements engineering)
- Preparation and support of contract negotiations (7-year term, budget of over 500 million)
Sabine Liberty
Last position:
Communications consultant for crisis communication/issue management at AQIM – Association for Quality in Interim Management
Planning, execution & moderation of crisis communication and reputation management
AQIM is a non-profit organization based in Austria. An association of interim managers from Germany and Austria. Founded in December 2024. Multi-part training with workshops and consulting for preventive crisis communication, in cooperation with the founding members and those responsible for communication. To assess crisis potential for the market entry strategy and ahead of a digital campaign.
The project in a nutshell:
Consulting and training for the purpose of:
- Analysis of crisis potential as a new market entrant and its internet-based communication activities
- Planning and developing crisis communication with targeted measures
- Developing a crisis plan to minimize reputation risks in an emergency
- Conducting training and information sessions
Success:
- What started as a one-time consulting event for preparing an information campaign became a multi-part workshop on preventive crisis communication. This not only gave the organization expertise and confidence in the event of acute challenges, but also gave the participating interim managers new skills for their day-to-day work on assignments
- The workshop enabled those responsible to launch the information campaign that was being prepared at the time and planned for six months, as scheduled at the end of January 2026 on social media
- Careful scheduling and defining how to handle critical voices in terms of terminology and tone, as well as compliance rules, ensured a smooth start and run of a 3-month information campaign
Wolfgang Orgler
Last position:
Business Analyst at DekaBank
Lead Business Analyst – Analysis and optimization of private banking processes
Responsibility for the business analysis and further development of business processes in private banking, with a focus on CRM, customer data management, and master data processes
Carrying out a comprehensive business process analysis to identify optimization potential, business gaps, and improvement opportunities along the customer lifecycle
Gathering, analyzing, and structuring business requirements in close cooperation with business units, management, IT architecture, and development teams
Creating and aligning business concepts, process models, user stories, and requirement documentation as the basis for technical implementation
Analyzing and optimizing existing master data processes with a focus on data quality, responsibilities, and efficient data maintenance
Designing and further developing CRM customer data processes while taking regulatory requirements and business goals into account
Planning and moderating workshops with business, IT, and stakeholders for requirements analysis, process design, and solution finding
Managing requirements and ensuring consistent communication between business and IT
Using AI-supported analysis tools to help with requirements analysis, structuring information, and improving documentation quality
Thomas Müller
Last position:
Requirements Engineer (SPC) - ONE.CRM VW Salesforce Solution at CARIAD SE / Diconium Strategy GmbH
- Rework demand, development and operational organizational set up for the Solution Train
- Rework requirement refinement process flow from strategic theme to user story
- Introduction of visualization tools (Canvas) of work dependencies over different requirement levels and Solution Train leadership coaching
Matthias Sauer-Rank
Last position:
Lecturer Software Management, 10% at FH Graubünden
- Design and delivery of the university module "Software Management" in the Bachelor's program Artificial Intelligence in Software Engineering
- Teaching software project management, project organization, stakeholder management, risk and quality management, as well as agile and hybrid project steering
- Covering release planning, cut-over, go-live, handover to operations, and the operational impact of technical decisions
- Developing a case study across the semester for practical application of the methods taught
- Designing lectures, group work, risk and decision workshops, and practice-oriented assessments
- Combining methodological fundamentals with experience from software development, customer projects, delivery, release, testing, and IT operations
- Use of AI in software and project management
Methods and tools: Software project management, HERMES, PRINCE2, Scrum, Kanban, hybrid delivery models, requirements engineering, risk and quality management, release management, test management, Moodle
Thorsten Huber
Last position:
Product Owner, AI Manager at crazyALEX.de GmbH
Digitalization of real places with 3D/LiDAR scans to make spatial data usable for AI applications and derive concrete use cases and prototypes from it.
- Digital capture of real places as a basis for faster planning and analysis
- Browser-based access to 3D data for easier use and coordination
- Turning spatial data into concrete use cases, prototypes, and AI training scenarios
- Planning basis for urban development and other digital future applications
Keywords: LiDAR, 3D scan, AI, use cases, AI training, prototyping, Python, web development, data models, architecture
Antje Baumann
Last position:
AI Strategy Consultant, Change Manager at SMEs (various marketing boutiques, IT & office services)
AI Strategy & Enablement for SMEs Management consulting – SMEs (e.g. marketing boutique, IT & office services)
Concept and delivery of structured AI introduction and strategy workshops for small and medium-sized businesses. Result: Practical AI status assessment, prioritized use case list, and management decision template as the basis for the next steps in the company’s AI development.
Activities
- Needs analysis and individual preparation of the consulting formats
- Facilitation of a structured AI status assessment including vision, mission, and target picture
- Identification and prioritization of relevant AI use cases and action fields
- Creation of management decision templates and roadmaps
- Raising awareness for opportunities, risks, and success factors of AI introduction
- Support for first customers with AI-supported automation scenarios
- Supporting people and teams through the change process of AI introduction (CM)
Methods / Tools / Technologies
Methods:
- AI status assessment & use case analysis
- Workshop moderation / facilitation
- Requirement Management
- Change Management (PROSCI)
Tools:
- Generative AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Claude)
- Automation/AI coding tools (e.g. n8n, Claude Code, Visual Studio, Antigravity)
Technologies:
- Prompt engineering
- AI workflow automation
Michael Donatus
Last position:
Project Manager SuccessFactors at Sysmex Europe SE
Deployment SAP HANA - SuccessFactors
- Implementation of sub-modules Recruiting + EC Benefits + TeamGoals
- Global rollout with adaptation to country-specific legal requirements incl. standardization
- International stakeholder management
- Onboarding of new group companies in Kenya and Greece regarding SAP SuccessFactors
Fred Schröder
Last position:
Partnermanagement; Project Manager at Schröder Consultants UG
- Finalized partner contracts with application providers for portfolio management (OnePlanTM) and project controlling (ForProjectTM), with ongoing online qualification in the use and implementation of the tools
- Project management for the relaunch of the company website with a focus on these applications
- Development and implementation of about 60 PM standard methods according to ICB4 and PMBoK8 in the Microsoft scenario as CLAUDE - AI Agents (Agentic AI) and a database application, integrated in M365 and MS Project on CLAUDE.
- Definition of PMSP Project Management Standard Process, CMSP Change Management Standard Process, QMSB Quality Management Process to automate PM processes with the goal of launching in the cloud.
- Application development of an organizing system (table of contents TOC) for ChatGPT chats and projects.
- Tools: LinkedIn, ChatGPT, Gemini, Infinity, MS CoPilot, OnePlan, EVMS, Power Automate, SQLDB, O365, MS Project, MS Cloud, ICB4, PMBoK7, CLAUDE, GEMINI, CHATGPT
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CompTIA Project+ statistics
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
22 years
Position duration
5.2 years
Positions per freelancer
12
Top business areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Manufacturing
Certification focus areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
91%
Master's degree or higher
64%
Doctorate
11%
Certifications per freelancer
7
Most common languages
English, German, French
Speak two or more languages
98%
Based on our profile pool as of 21 Aug 2026.
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About the certification
What it covers
CompTIA Project+ is a vendor-neutral certification for people who support or lead projects in a practical, business-focused way. It is built for the realities of small and medium projects, cross-functional teamwork, and steady delivery. For companies, it signals a freelancer who can help keep work organized, visible, and under control.
Skills you can expect
- Define project goals, scope, and deliverables
- Build and follow schedules, tasks, and dependencies
- Track risk, change, and issue handling
- Communicate with sponsors, team members, and stakeholders
- Support quality, documentation, and closure work
- Work with common project methods and simple governance
Typical holders
People who earn Project+ often work as project coordinators, junior project managers, team leads, business analysts, or IT staff who are asked to run projects without a heavy methodology overhead. The certification is useful for freelancers who need to show that they can manage structure, communication, and delivery across departments. It is also a good fit for professionals moving from support work into project responsibility.
What it says to companies
A freelancer with CompTIA Project+ should be comfortable joining an existing project, understanding priorities quickly, and keeping work moving without adding complexity. They should know how to document decisions, report progress clearly, and escalate risks early. That makes the certification useful for internal change projects, software rollouts, process improvements, and operations work where reliable coordination matters more than a rigid framework.
Where it is useful
Project+ is often relevant in IT, business operations, service delivery, and internal transformation work. It fits projects where teams need practical coordination rather than a highly specialized method. Companies looking for a freelancer with Project+ often want someone who can handle meetings, action lists, follow-up, and stakeholder updates with discipline.
How to read the certification
CompTIA Project+ is not the same as PMP or PRINCE2. It is broader and more entry-to-mid level in scope, with less focus on advanced program control and formal method detail. For hiring managers, that means the profile can be a strong match when you need dependable project support, clear communication, and a solid grasp of project basics rather than a heavyweight certification stack.
Frequently asked questions
Before you brief your next project: the most common questions about CompTIA Project+.
CompTIA Project+ validates practical project support skills. It points to someone who can help define work, keep tasks organized, manage basic risks and changes, and communicate clearly with stakeholders. For many companies, that is exactly what they need for day-to-day project coordination.
Project+ is broader and usually less formal than PMP or PRINCE2. It focuses on applied project fundamentals and hands-on coordination rather than deep process detail or advanced project governance. That makes it a good fit for smaller projects and support roles.
CompTIA Project+ suits people who already work around projects or are moving into project responsibility. Project coordinators, junior project managers, business analysts, and technical staff often use it to show they understand how projects move from planning to closeout. It is especially useful when the role needs practical structure, not a narrow industry method.
A candidate should be comfortable with core project concepts such as scope, schedule, budget awareness, communication, risk, and change handling. The exam expects general project knowledge and applied judgment, not just memorized terms. Many candidates come from business or IT roles where they already support project work.
There are no strict formal prerequisites for CompTIA Project+. CompTIA recommends that candidates have some project experience or equivalent knowledge, because the content assumes real-world project situations. That makes it accessible, but still practical.
Project+ is maintained through CompTIA’s continuing education approach. Holders usually renew by staying current through approved professional activities or by taking a newer certification path that meets renewal requirements. This helps keep the credential aligned with current project practice.
CompTIA Project+ is useful in internal change work, IT rollouts, process improvement, service delivery, and other cross-functional projects. It is especially helpful when the team needs a freelancer who can coordinate people, tasks, and communication without a heavy methodology. That makes it a strong signal for practical delivery work.
They get a freelancer who understands how to keep a project moving in a structured way. A CompTIA Project+ holder is often better prepared to manage follow-up, clarify responsibilities, and surface issues early. That can reduce friction when the core team is busy or lacks dedicated project support.
The average hourly rate for freelancers with CompTIA Project+ is 112 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 898 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers with CompTIA Project+, 91% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 64% hold at least a Master's degree, and 11% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers with CompTIA Project+ have 22 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 5.2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers with CompTIA Project+ are English (97%), German (91%), and French (29%).
The most common industries among freelancers with CompTIA Project+ are Information Technology (69%), Professional Services (61%), and Manufacturing (45%).
The most common business areas among freelancers with CompTIA Project+ are Project Management (90%), Information Technology (76%), and Operations (64%).
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