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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 Konstantinos B

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Oct 13, 2020

Very nice course for initiating and planning projects. I gave me the basic understantding

By Joel S K

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Aug 4, 2020

Courseara is very important to me, because I have learnt a lot about Project Management.

By Catur S

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Jun 1, 2020

Very useful for upgrading my knowledge and need to practice in daily working and activity

By Harsh P

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May 22, 2020

I was fantastic, easy to learn, step wise elaborated and detailed and easy to understand.

By Sudhindra H K

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May 14, 2020

Great course !!

carefully thought course materials .

Interactive sessions keeps us engaged

By Salin K S

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May 11, 2020

Great learning experience....lucid teaching methodology, keeps you interested to the end.

By Antonio J G R

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Apr 1, 2020

Un curso muy completo que te da una visión global de todo comienzo de cualquier proyecto.

By Esohe I

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Jun 23, 2019

Very educative, engaging and fun! Will definitely recommend to my colleagues and friends!

By Waheed A

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Feb 26, 2019

Undeniably beneficial for anyone seeking to learn valuable lessons in Project Management.

By julie b

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Jun 9, 2017

Nice overview and I liked the mix of media presentation -- slides, video, animation, etc.

By sulaimon o m

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Sep 27, 2024

The lecture was smooth and explanatory, I can't wait to get the rest of my certificates.

By 2003 A

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Aug 16, 2023

Great experiance from coursera and i also learned this course from the very good mentors

By Adejugbe A H

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Jun 22, 2023

This course was highly education and enlightened me on office conflicts and resolutions.

By Yuriy M

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Nov 4, 2021

I really found this course interesting; the way it was presented is also very very good.

By Gina S

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Jul 30, 2019

This was a great course to expand skills or refresh past project management skill areas.

By ASHISH R

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Feb 6, 2018

Nice and full of basic knowledge regarding Project Planing. Thank you CSUI and COURSERA.

By Víctor R

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Jul 11, 2022

Los expertos comparten sus experiencias y el material es de calidad, curso recomendable

By ANGIE M M F

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Oct 15, 2020

Excelente curso. Los vídeos son muy claros y la metodología de trabajo es muy práctica.

By Jesús J P

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Sep 14, 2020

This course help you such as you need for understand and treat to initialing a project.

By KARTER O R

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Jun 29, 2020

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, expertise and experiences on this course.

By Vlad C G B

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Apr 5, 2020

Great for getting introduced to the basics & framework of the Product Management world.

By Fabian M H

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Mar 27, 2020

Me parece muy bien como se exponen los contenidos. Además, tiene una interfaz amigable.

By Rui C

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Mar 28, 2019

very insightful. a good beginning to understanding how to do proper project management.

By David V

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Aug 24, 2018

Great course, would definitely recommend to anyone and every, not just project managers

By Ahmad A

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Aug 6, 2018

This course give me more background information about initiating and planning project.