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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

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.

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.

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By Luis H M D

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Sep 17, 2021

Excelente curso, facilidad de comprender los temas de aprendizaje y maravillosa forma de alcanzar la competencia de Direccion de proyectos.

By DATAR P M

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Dec 5, 2020

The course is very helpful in many ways. Syllabus planning is excellent. Content explanation is very interesting and easily understandable.

By Adith R K

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May 27, 2020

This course is very useful as it provides a brief description on initiating projects as a project manager and ways to overcome difficulties

By Tino J F

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Jun 3, 2022

literally the best. the instructor used easy to understand english, good teaching approaches. i appreciate its helped me in the real life.

By Godfrey M N

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Jul 10, 2021

This course has deepened my understanding in management the project that I work for. Thank you very much University of California, Irvine.

By Ahsan R

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Jul 20, 2020

The best thing about this course is that the lecture videos are designed in such a manner that they are easy to understand and comprehend.

By Richard B d P

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Jul 7, 2020

Simple and objetive course, perfectly useful to review some of the principals project's elements and see how they are applied on practice.

By Victoria V S

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May 18, 2020

Great course. Margaret is amazing, everything is clear. She shares a lot of her experience and very useful examples of project management!

By PUSHPA S

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May 15, 2020

ITS TOO HARD AND LITTLE LONG BUT VERY USEFULLY FOR CAREER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH COURSERA GIVING ME THIS TYPE OF OPPORTUNITY. KEEP IT UP....

By BELMEHDI I

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Aug 23, 2020

the course was so interesting, i have learned so much and discovered new technics that i will use in the future for sure . I recommend it

By Sameer P

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May 20, 2020

Excellent content and easy to understand. General logic explain very nicely.

Also questions are based on general daily office scenarios.

By Brendan P D

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Jun 14, 2017

It was an exciting and educative course. Exposed my flaws to me but showed me better ways to initiate and plan my projects going forward.

By Stefano E A P

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Jun 24, 2020

Excelente curso que explica de forma muy sencilla y clara los conceptos que, en muchas ocasiones, son difíciles de entender en el PMBOK.

By Berthia N

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Apr 27, 2020

This course set a great pace as an introduction to project management. I look forward to the rest of the courses in the specialization.

By Udayan B

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Apr 6, 2020

Very insightful. Especially while answering the questions in the assessment section, the entire understanding and knowledge is assessed.

By Chi Z

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Mar 8, 2020

I wish there would be more content in depth. This is more like a introductory couse for anyone who hasnt been in project managing field.

By Andrew R

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Mar 31, 2019

Perfect introduction to project management with the basic skills you will need to be successful at sponsoring and championing a project.

By Iryna I

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Dec 18, 2018

Dear Mrs. Meloni, thank you for your course. It was very useful, I appreciated a lot all your bonus videos! It was very well structured.

By Richard G

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Feb 2, 2022

The instructor had real-life experiences to share. In addition, she was able to hold my attention through the dry parts of the course.

By Victor V

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Jun 8, 2021

It was a new experience for me to take this course, but I was totally thrilled about it. And now I am looking forward to continuing it.

By Arvind K

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Nov 19, 2020

i have learned about initiating a project by taking risks and have a proper plan so that that project may deliver success as a results.

By JIEMAR P O

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Oct 26, 2020

wow. it was so great. ive learned a lot of things. specially on how to face the problem in between project management and stockholders.

By Saleh M A

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Oct 18, 2020

Very interactive course. Learnt a lot about project initiation and plan. Larnt a bit about project conflict and how to mitigate them...

By Aastha V

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Aug 16, 2020

This course is really helpful and I recommend all of if you are interested in project managing then u should study this course.thankyou

By YADAV S

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May 5, 2020

It is a really very good course. The information is delivered in a very soothing manner. I must recommend everyone to join this course