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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 Seham K

Jan 28, 2018

Great course. Pay close attention to the written materials delivered, they are the basis of all quizzes and the exams.

By Suren T

Feb 19, 2017

Great introduction to project management terminology and processes! Looking forward to the rest of the specialization.

By Daniel F

Nov 11, 2016

Very good course, a great opportunity to begin in project management area or to improve the knowledge about the field.

By Cicero I B D

Oct 9, 2016

I really enjoyed it. It is very flexible (time wise) and the teacher has a lot of experience that she shares with us.

By Ikechukwu O

May 25, 2022

Wow! Interesting course and easy to comprehend. I now know the basics of intiating and planning a project. Thank you

By CHIRANTHA D

Oct 19, 2020

one of the best courses in coursera. I have really enjoyed the time and gain a valuable insight in project management

By Tejaswini K

Aug 29, 2020

these were really helpful. full of insights. very knowledgeable. easy to understand. im really happy with this course

By Anthony M

Aug 26, 2020

The course was very engaging and as someone who has been in an Organization that conducted projects, I learned a lot.

By Haku H

Jul 4, 2020

Although I think this project needs more practices than theories, the scope manage part really give me useful advice.

By Mohammad K

Apr 18, 2020

This course helped develop the understanding about the processes of managing the projects effectively and efficiently

By Endale G

Feb 2, 2020

The way the course materials are prepared and the course was given helped me understand the course relatively easily.

By Angela S

Jan 23, 2019

Instructor was phenomenal. Great distribution on topics ... made it comfortable to continue my learning and progress.

By Lenin S A

Jul 14, 2018

Excellent opportunity for me taking this course, it brings a lot of knowledge and motivation for continue learning PM

By sumit k d

Apr 26, 2017

Best course and easy language. Very easy explanation, however will be happy to have tough situations in quiz section.

By Maria V W

May 21, 2021

Excellent course with tools available to PM's. Excellent overview of stakeholder management and conflict resolution.

By Mary A C

Dec 29, 2020

Thank you very much for the in-depth learning about Project Management. I love the bonus videos, highly appreciated!

By Charles G A

Dec 15, 2020

Very intuitive, captivating and resourceful videos gives a graphical representation of courses. I really enjoyed it.

By Ata T

Nov 12, 2020

An outstanding course for project management. I'll take their advanced courses as soon as I have the money to do so.

By Pedro A B S

Oct 29, 2020

Very good course, well explained content in the right measure between videos and presentations, I recommend it 100%.

By Yusuf N

Oct 15, 2020

Wonderful, informative, well presented course. Learnt a lot of new ideas and skills through it. Thank you very much.

By Hải P Đ T

Sep 18, 2020

What a very helpful course for those who want to learn more to be an effective part of a project!!! Sincere Thanks!!

By MOHAMMAD T T

Jul 21, 2020

This Course help to gain knowledge about project management and how to apply those in work life.But need to specific

By Yogesh T

Jun 6, 2020

The course is really good and each and every point is explained with some task. so, the concept is fully understood.

By Katya V

Apr 14, 2020

So glad I took this course. The best to understand the importance of correct initiation of the project and planning!

By Gerhardus D P J

Apr 2, 2020

An amazing and magnificent course to take to get to know the PMBOK Guide and how to be an effective Project Manager.