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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.

OU
Mar 26, 2018

This is absolutely worth everything that I invested into this course. And I do not mind studying it all over again! I recommend it for anyone who wants to learn project management. Thank you Margaret.

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By akshay y

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Sep 21, 2017

Great and Descriptive!

By YRVING V

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Apr 25, 2017

Excellent Course...!!!

By Stephen R

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Dec 18, 2016

I just love this stuff

By Nguyen T L

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Nov 18, 2016

Very very very... good

By Bagei A A

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Sep 24, 2020

The course is awesome

By Mohammed A W

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Aug 12, 2020

it was helpful course

By Turan C B

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Aug 3, 2020

It was good actually.

By Hamida M

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Jul 27, 2020

Great course. Thanks!

By Deepjyoti P

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Jul 19, 2020

its a good experiende

By Nikhil K G

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Jul 17, 2020

Great learning 😃😃😃

By Best I

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Jul 11, 2020

it was a great course

By Charef-Khodja D

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Jul 3, 2020

100% Really satisfied

By Debby M C N

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Jun 28, 2020

Nice lesson. thankyou

By abdelhamid a

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Jun 8, 2020

it's very interesting

By Arzu R

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May 29, 2020

Highly recommended!!!

By vara p j

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Apr 30, 2020

EXCELLENT EXPLANATION

By Krishna V C

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Apr 14, 2020

To get good knowledge

By Omar A d

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Dec 17, 2019

Thank you for this us

By Yerbolat S

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Jan 25, 2019

Very nice and simple!

By Deepak J

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Aug 21, 2018

Great Learning Course

By Jessica G

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Aug 19, 2017

A great introduction!

By Luiz F R

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Jul 21, 2017

Great tools, nice use

By Y. H

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Jun 3, 2017

Very thorough course.

By Mariya C

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Dec 21, 2016

it was a great course

By Marcus B

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Nov 19, 2016

Great revision course

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