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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 Ziyad A A

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Oct 26, 2020

Very informative and knowledgeable course ,and much related to my current work

By JUSTIN L D

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Oct 11, 2020

I am super excited to have taken this course. It is educative and informative.

By Daniel Z

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Sep 29, 2020

This is a great initiative and opportunity for project managers. Keep it up...

By Ruba N

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Sep 13, 2020

It was really fun learning this course and I learned so many things. Thankyou.

By Viknesh A M

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Sep 2, 2020

I like this course so much and want to learn more on other specialization too.

By Paula A B C

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Jul 31, 2020

Excellent course with a dynamic methodology to learn about project management.

By José P

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Jun 15, 2020

Excelente curso, te da una amplia vsisiòn acerca de esta modalidad de trabajo.

By Jason S

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May 25, 2020

It's a great course to get a glimpse of Project management and it's importance

By Akashay S

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May 21, 2020

very helpful in the understanding of project management basics and principles.

By Amayrani P C

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Apr 26, 2020

Great course content, perfect for understanding the project management basics.

By Emmanuel C

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Apr 20, 2020

Excellent instructor . I was able learn and pass the exam with ease. Thank you

By Rodolfo A F

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Dec 18, 2019

Great start for whoever is looking to invest the career in project management.

By Rafael E V

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May 18, 2017

Really good course. SImple and easy to follow. It's a really good introduction

By O G

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Mar 17, 2016

The course is great. it focused on some important points of project management

By Oleksandr P

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Nov 17, 2015

good structure, provides a good review of how to structure and manage project.

By Andrei G

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Sep 17, 2023

All good! Thank you for your time in preparing the materials for this course!

By Anar K

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Oct 14, 2022

Thank you so much, it was a really useful, extensive and informative course!

By Antonio C

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Jan 4, 2022

Excellent experience

I will continue certainly the training with Coursera asap

By Jonathan R V

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Dec 19, 2020

Clear explanation, real example, great for people who just starting a project

By Sunita M

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Oct 28, 2020

The videos were great and every aspect of the course was put together nicely.

By Imantha D

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Oct 15, 2020

I really enjoyed and learned a lot from this course about project management.

By Dzotsi E A Y

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Sep 27, 2020

It was very educative and simple to understand i really enjoyed learning here

By Dhanurdhar S

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Sep 23, 2020

Excellent training and Knowledgeable can help to grow in professional career.

By Maria J M

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Aug 31, 2020

This was a very helpful Course. It is user friendly and provides great tools.

By angel c

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Aug 14, 2020

Thanks very much for allowing me to gain a lot of knowledge on this course...