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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

MM

Aug 22, 2021

This course is delivered in a very professional manner and it is highly engaging in a practical sense. I strongly recommend this for engineers looking to improve their project management skills.

RS

May 22, 2020

It was very amazing experience with this course of Engineering Project Management : Initiating and Planning. learned a lot regarding project and handling processes in initial phase.

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By Flordeliza C

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Sep 9, 2021

This course is very helpful in my civil engineering profession.

By Perumpuli A M M

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Mar 31, 2021

It is is a very good course. thank you professors for your help

By ABD U R

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Aug 20, 2020

good teaching method and topic sequence with practical examples

By Guillermo E F G

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Apr 26, 2021

Muy buen curso lo recomiendo para empezar como project manager

By Pavan T

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Jul 21, 2020

It is very useful to me.I have learned a lot from this course.

By GOPINATH S

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May 6, 2020

Very much interesting course. Assignments are really engaging.

By Vicken A

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Apr 27, 2020

Perfect and very objective, I will continue in other 2 courses

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 fawad S

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Feb 14, 2025

excellent course I recommend for every professional one.

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