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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 Carolyn G

May 17, 2020

It's very informative and gives you the basics without overwhelming you

By Fredrick R

Mar 23, 2020

Excellent Course Material !! Simplified, easy to understand and imbibe.

By Aires W

Mar 18, 2020

A very nice comprehensive course that helps me learn PM systematically.

By Maria A J

Feb 29, 2020

It was an awesome experience. A wonderful upgrade to my skills. Thanks.

By Diana C

Feb 28, 2020

Very well structured and useful course. I really enjoyed learning this!

By Hasson A

Dec 7, 2019

I am greatly to complete PMP it is helpful to me to control my project.

By Mudathir M I

Nov 19, 2019

amazingly easy to learn and to recall, beautiful video design & making.

By Aibar U

Jul 26, 2019

Great Course, learned a lot of new things. Hope to finish other modules

By Joanna M

Jan 4, 2019

great basic course for planning, clear explanations, videos and slides.

By Sofia F R

Aug 18, 2018

NICE very kind, and i can applied this additional knowledge onto my job

By Paula J

May 3, 2018

Excelent course! Very clear and focus on concepts and their application

By AMIT P

Jul 25, 2017

coursera is best plateform to gain something advance and something new.

By Hugo R

Mar 23, 2017

Very useful. I do learned a lot. Very intuitive and very powerful tool!

By Asim A

Mar 18, 2017

its very interesting course , with a lot of knowledge that helped me .

By Luis A D d F

Jan 6, 2016

Muito bom, com vídeos e exemplos o tempo todo, ensina muito bem o aluno

By Sam G

Sep 10, 2015

Good information well presented. An excellent intro to this discipline.

By عبدالهادي ا ع

Jul 27, 2024

شكرا على جهودكم النافعه في تقديم محتوى يساعد الجميع أن يزيد في مهاراته

By Qiahao Z

Feb 20, 2024

It help me gain a lot of new skills and keep looking forward to do it.

By Philip N

Oct 29, 2023

Steady paced learning in your own home, with excellent course content.

By Venkata J

Jul 6, 2022

I enjoyed the sessions, contents of the material and panel discussions

By Akande G

Jun 26, 2021

Well detailed course materials

Up to date information

Good presentation.

By Abdulkareem A

May 13, 2021

I am really impressed by the courses, its really inspiring. Thank you!

By Serge G

Dec 20, 2020

Very good and understandable course, a lot of interesting information.

By Mekhala N

Oct 23, 2020

Amazing course, learned so many new thing's. Great Instructor as well.

By Marcus V O

Oct 16, 2020

Muito bom o curso, bem didático e com muito material para aprendizado.