Name: Initiating and Planning Projects
Brand: University of California, Irvine
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Rating: 4.7 (4330 reviews)

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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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Great course. Teaches you a lot of new things related to Project management. Only issue I faced was the flow and how it fits together. A quick summary of all week courses in the end goes extra mile.

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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.

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By AGRAWAL P V

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Jun 14, 2020

Great course

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Jun 13, 2020

Good course!

By Kirti S

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May 30, 2020

very helpful

By Yassine M

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Apr 4, 2020

great course

By Marcos Y

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Jul 29, 2018

Very usefull

By Ahtisham S

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Feb 4, 2018

Great Course

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Aug 21, 2017

Great Course

By Mohamed R I H

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Mar 10, 2023

Good course

By Ketha A

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Sep 4, 2021

VERY USEFUL

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Jun 2, 2021