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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

DS

Nov 19, 2017

It was very helpful for me to understand what the project management is. I am just thinking about starting this new career path and i was feeling comfortable in this field during the learning process.

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 Mostafa M

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Nov 28, 2015

Very professional & helpful

By Dorothyjmwu

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Nov 11, 2015

very useful course, thanks.

By Nguyen A Q

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Jan 21, 2022

This course is very useful

By Godson M (

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Dec 24, 2021

This course is awesome 👏

By Suraj D

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Mar 25, 2021

It was a great experience.

By Rick R P M

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Oct 29, 2020

The discussion was superb!

By Juan E

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Oct 11, 2020

so great. i learned a lot.

By Nosherwan K A Z

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Sep 11, 2020

she is precise and concise

By Karthik V

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Sep 4, 2020

it was fun ,happy learning

By CESAR S P O

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Aug 31, 2020

Very helpful and enlighten

By Abubakarr K

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Jul 14, 2020

Challenging and educative.

By Nermeen M

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Jul 4, 2020

thanks for that big effort

By Kazi M A J

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Jul 3, 2020

it was good ! i am impress

By Hasan A

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Jun 23, 2020

I am enjoying this course.

By JOSE L P G

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Jun 18, 2020

I like so much this course

By Md R I

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Jun 11, 2020

This is the helpful review

By Abdullah A Z

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May 22, 2020

really helpful for myself.

By Yonghui l

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May 11, 2020

its good start course of P

By Debashish H

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May 1, 2020

very much effection course

By SHUBHAM R B

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Apr 27, 2020

VERY GOOD TECHING APPRAOCH

By Vivek R

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Apr 4, 2020

Very good study materials.

By Christopher J

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Apr 3, 2020

Very fast and imformative.

By Ezekiel F

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Jul 1, 2019

Great and detailed course.

By Dias K

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Feb 4, 2019

Very interesting PM course

By Влад Р

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Jun 23, 2018

Great as a starting point.