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Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management

Projects are all around us. Virtually every organization runs projects, either formally or informally. We are engaged in projects at home and at work. Across settings, planning principles and execution methodologies can offer ways in which projects can be run more effectively and efficiently. Project management provides organizations (and individuals) with the language and the frameworks for scoping projects, sequencing activities, utilizing resources, and minimizing risks. This is an introductory course on the key concepts of planning and executing projects. We will identify factors that lead to project success, and learn how to plan, analyze, and manage projects. Learners will be exposed to state-of-the-art methodologies and to considering the challenges of various types of projects.

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BeginnerCourse9 hours

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AK

5.0Reviewed Jun 25, 2019

Interesting course which covers all necessary topics in Project planning and management. The case study used in this course was very nice which helps even a beginner to understand the basics.

JL

5.0Reviewed Sep 6, 2020

Very informative, concise, and easy to digest. Provides a solid foundation / framework for approaching projects, with great tutorials on using software for analysis. Great experience overall, thanks!

DL

5.0Reviewed Jul 26, 2020

I have got the opportunity to learn a lot of new things in this course. The instructor Yael Grushka-Cockayne (@grushkay) has given so much clarity to the topics. Thank you Yael Grushka-Cockayne

MM

5.0Reviewed Dec 15, 2021

This is very good course to understand the fundamentals of project planning and management. The instructor explain the concept in a simple way. There are good examples given to understand the course.

GB

5.0Reviewed Mar 24, 2020

Essential material who is working on a project and wants to start their own project. This went way deeper than I expected and I'm grateful for learning all this material. Absolutely worth it.

EM

5.0Reviewed Dec 9, 2021

I recommend this to everyone in every profession, it helps you understand the different strategies on excuting projects and also provide you with the hard skills of timeliness, reporting and more

YS

4.0Reviewed May 12, 2022

I really enjoy the case stuties review but there has to be more reading materials(Books & articles) and related assignments plus quiz inorder to make the student know the details of course.

NE

5.0Reviewed Oct 18, 2022

I​t was really educative and interesting to learn this way.i​ felt like i was in a classroom. When i started, i wasn't sure of completing it but I'm glad I did.T​hank you fo rthis opportunity.

DB

4.0Reviewed Jul 24, 2020

It´s a short and interesting course, but some of the questions are ask before they are explain so you could get a little confuse. Also it could improve if they went deeper in agile methodology´s

ZT

5.0Reviewed May 21, 2020

This was an excellent course. Very enriching, captivating and full of value. The professor Mrs. Yael Grushka-Cockayne has a very engaging teaching style, I loved listening to her. Thanks professor!

JD

5.0Reviewed May 8, 2020

I really like this course. The teaching methodology was good and the quiz was pretty challenging to learn better. The videos about software tools are very useful. Cant wait to implement them.

BB

5.0Reviewed Dec 17, 2015

This course is really great! Easy to understand and really useful. I believe I will be more efficient for my future project plans if I can successfully complete the whole course... Thank you :)

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