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About the Course

The courses in the Introduction to Project Management Principles and Practices Specialization are a recommended precursor to UCI's Applied Project Management Certificate. Successful projects require careful upfront planning. In this course, you’ll learn the key roles and responsibilities of the project manager and project team. You’ll also learn to answer some key questions upfront to help you meet project objectives: What will this project accomplish? Why is this project important? Who benefits from this project? How will we plan for successful outcomes? Upon completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Identify the key characteristics of a project 2. Identify primary project constraints 3. Define the role and responsibilities of the project manager 4. Identify Project Organizational Structures 5. Understand the definition of a Project Stakeholder 6. Identify project stakeholders 7. Identify information needs of the project stakeholders 8. Define responsibility for managing stakeholder and controlling stakeholder engagement 9. Define the purpose of using a project charter 10. Summarize the key elements of a project plan 11. Identify common sources of conflict within a project environment 12. Describe the difference between authority and influence...
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foundational knowledge

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introductory course

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Top reviews

SY

Aug 30, 2020

The course is a very great asset to any aspiring project manager. You get to understand the fundamentals and essentials in any given project and the means to ameliorate conflicts amongst stakeholders.

PD

Jan 28, 2020

Thank you to Coursera for such a great platform to improve our skills and literacy.The learning environment offered here is completely a learn at your own pace environment,making it flexible to learn.

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By mustapha a r

Apr 30, 2020

Great course, very helpful to understand some fundamental definitions in project management

By Shoaib A

Mar 26, 2020

Very interesting course and way of delivering course contents was convenient and excellent.

By ALZOUMA S M

Sep 19, 2019

It's well structured and well presented that it's really easy to understand. Thanks a lot!!

By S. A J

Apr 8, 2018

It was a great opening for this certificate. I found it easy to follow as an online coarse.

By Elisa O

Jan 19, 2018

Really helpful as an introduction to the PMBOK guide and basic project management concepts.

By Michael D

Jul 15, 2017

Very compact, well formatted and explained course, with good examples and real-life people.

By Muhammad A

Feb 19, 2023

The course material provides complete guidance about project initiation and its management

By Jacqueline H

Feb 14, 2021

Fantastic introduction to Project Management, with frequent references to the PMBOK Guide.

By Sivasri C

Nov 17, 2020

It gives the clear knowledge regarding project management and introduction to PMBOK guide.

By Jude S M

Sep 7, 2020

Very very great course. Very great foundation and well-explained . Strongly recommend it .

By 1803109

Aug 13, 2020

Very useful & Important course, I will continue the other courses to get PMP certified :)

By Aniket J P

Jun 6, 2020

This course was very helpful regarding how projects are managed & done in accurate manner

By reymundo s

Jun 5, 2020

excelente curso, la información es sumamente digerible y la forma de evaluación muy buena.

By Adventua S

May 21, 2020

A great reminder on how a project earlier set up should be done to ensure project success.

By Tuesday P

Jul 26, 2019

Great course, I've learned so much and i'm able to bring this knowledge back to my career.

By Orlando L

May 11, 2019

Amazing and detailed course that provides and clear insight of what Project Management is.

By James E D O

Aug 27, 2018

Highly recommended. Very well structured and cover lot of content in a very intuitive way.

By Abdallah E

May 23, 2018

it,s very helpful course , i want to complete many courses from coursera thank,s very much

By Michele N

May 1, 2018

I enjoyed the course it was a good basic introduction to initiating and planning projects.

By ana b

Oct 26, 2017

Great Opportunity to study Project management. Its very informative and not hard to study.

By Pes K

Sep 26, 2016

Well organised course structure with a good balance of theory and practical illustrations.

By Michael B

Apr 11, 2016

Great initial course covers a wide breadth of information but is easy to follow and grasp.

By Bhaskara R B

Oct 18, 2015

Very informative. I really like the case studies and also the panel discussion at the end.

By BADRIAH I I I B I I I

Jul 23, 2024

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By Bùi T H

Jan 13, 2021

English is not my mother language but it is so easy to hear the teacher teach. I love it!