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About the Course

The goal of the course is to give you the tools to initiate a project plan, manage both stakeholders and relationships, organize their team, develop a project charter, and build a business case for a project. By the end of this course you will be able to: - Perform a project assessment using information from previous projects and lessons learned - Identify key deliverables based on business requirements while managing customer expectations - Perform a stakeholder analysis and create a management plan - Analyze and develop a project organization - Create a project charter - Explain the business case for a project and calculate Net Present Value - Inform stakeholders of the charter and ensure all parties know the deliverables and expectations As part of the course, you will prepare organization charts, create a Stakeholder Register, and write a Project Charter based on an engineering project in a provided Case Study. The Stakeholder Register will outline the key parties to the project, their concerns and how you will manage their expectations. Your Project Charter will provide the key guidance your team needs to understand the scope, requirements and purpose for the project. All of this will position you for initiating and planning your first project and/or understanding how you can maximize your contributions on your next project team. Rice Center for Engineering Leadership is a Registered Education Provider through the Project Management Institute (PMI)®. Learners who complete this course on the Certificate track will be awarded 12 hours of Profession Development Units. These are recognized by PMI for continuing education or can be applied toward the 35 hours of education required for the Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification. PMI and PMP are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc....

Top reviews

DY

Sep 2, 2020

Curso de inicial de la especialización de Project Management. Un buen curso para aproximarse al mundo de la gestión de proyecto de manera sencilla y didáctica.

Muy buen nivel del profesorado.

AR

Aug 20, 2017

Great course. Would recommend it for engineers who have collected relevant engineering experience and look for whats next in their career. Looking forward to attend the other modules as well.

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By Arturo G C N

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Mar 5, 2020

Really nice to build strong foundations in project management.

By S S

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Jan 18, 2022

Excellent program who wants to become a great Project Manager

By Abdul W

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Sep 27, 2020

Coursera is an Amazing educational platform for the learners.

By Irfan A

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Jun 9, 2019

Have gotten meaningful skills and knowledge from this course.

By Akash P

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Jul 27, 2019

great course to understand the basics of project management.

By Charith J

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Dec 24, 2021

I think, this is the best online project management course.

By T H R

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Apr 18, 2020

a useful course with excellent professors and teaching plan

By Muhammad H

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Nov 7, 2019

I am very happy, as I have learned some new planning tools.

By Sahan M

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Aug 27, 2023

Excellent course to start the project management learning.

By KingASebego

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Aug 31, 2021

I enjoyed the course, short videos straight to the point.

By ABDULRAHMAN E A

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Jun 15, 2020

Thank you so much I learned more than what I was thinking

By Mohamed S A R M

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Mar 31, 2022

So good course & so helpful if you prepeare for PMP Exam

By Suriya N ( R - R

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Jul 23, 2021

Great course training for Engineering Project Management

By MANIKANDAN R

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Dec 4, 2020

Gained good knowledge on Project Initiation and Planning

By Viral W

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Jun 1, 2020

Good learning experience and many insights have learned.

By Pedro H

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Dec 27, 2022

Excellent course, complete and very easy to understand.

By Osama H

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Oct 15, 2022

The way to present and apply the content is very useful

By venu b

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Jul 28, 2020

Excellent course necessary for all engineering students

By christian j

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Jun 29, 2020

Great learning experience for continuing professionals.

By OLAOLUWA O

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Jun 6, 2020

I really enjoy this course. Very intuitive and engaging

By JuanPablo G A

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Nov 7, 2019

I like the course all the videos and material are clear

By SELWIN C

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Mar 19, 2019

Thoroughly enjoyed this..... From beginning to end.....

By Anson H

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Jul 30, 2022

Good presentation and application of learned material

By Muhammad A R

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Jul 3, 2022

Very Good, interactive, self paced learning experience

By Mrityunjay K J

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May 15, 2021

It's good for project management.

Helpful in my career.