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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

JG

May 7, 2016

It's a good start for those who want to learn about Project Management. In my case I want to refresh my knowledge and maybe use the Certificate Version to get the chace to take the test as PMP.

KG

Jan 16, 2020

This course is extremely helpful to me as I begin to take on the role of Project Manager. I plan on coming back to this course as I move through my assignment and using it to help me do my job.

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By Ian W

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Jan 1, 2017

good overview of concepts, nice instructional design

By Elena A

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Dec 22, 2016

Nice introductory course. Very clear ans structured!

By Abel S

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Apr 17, 2022

Very help full course, to plan and initat project.

By Wenqian C

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Aug 19, 2021

Very useful and to the point. Highly recommended!

By vin m

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Jan 10, 2021

I like the course lots of new things to learn from

By Juan P P B

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Aug 22, 2020

Excelente introducción al mundo de Project Manager

By Josie P

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Nov 5, 2019

Helpful introductory course in Project Management.

By Jorge M C C d S

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Oct 31, 2015

A good starter on the topic of project management!

By Dev G

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Jul 16, 2023

Basic level of course! Pannel interview is great!

By SHALINI M

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Jul 2, 2020

Nice course

And very useful information

Thank you

By AKSHAY R

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May 4, 2020

It was very nice sessions and were understandable

By Dr. S G N G

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Apr 13, 2020

One research based assignment should be inroduced

By Sagar P

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Jul 20, 2025

Great course for planning projects in own carrer

By Hans H

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Sep 15, 2023

great to learn some knowledge about PM-planning

By khaled A E

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Apr 5, 2020

good and learn more about initiation of project

By areen s

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Jun 26, 2020

great course. good examples in the case studies

By Suher E

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Jul 21, 2020

very general information, but good as a start.

By Karthik R

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May 21, 2020

Good one, with higher knowledge gaining course

By Eugenio P

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Jun 9, 2019

Interesting foundations for project management

By Aleksejs Z

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Oct 8, 2018

Descriptive introduction to project management

By Tommy B

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May 21, 2017

Sometimes dry, but the material itself is dry.

By Matthew M

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Feb 24, 2016

Informative, basic, nuts and bolts information

By Murthy V A

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Aug 5, 2021

Nice course on Project Initiation & Planning

By Ekaterina E

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Jun 1, 2021

It was very interesting and well explained.

By Bablu P

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Oct 28, 2020

Great starter course for initiating projects