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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 8, 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.

DO

Sep 23, 2019

I have completed the initiating and planning and project management course and I must confess Molony made it simple in the videos by explaining the secrets to decipher the PMBOK in very simple terms

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By Juan M F E

May 3, 2018

Great Course to start the Project Management World

By Dinesh A

Oct 31, 2017

good course to learn basics of project management.

By AMARNATH B

Jan 25, 2021

Very useful topics are covered & easy understand.

By Katrina K

Oct 29, 2020

Excellent beginners course for project management

By Shilpa D

Sep 18, 2020

Nice and detailed explanation. Good for beginner.

By Monica S

Sep 10, 2020

Concise and broken down for anyone to understand.

By Pawan K T

Aug 22, 2020

Good content and easy to understand for beginners

By Luiggi B G

Aug 17, 2020

congratulations for all the learning in it course

By Rahul U

Aug 7, 2020

very good content to improve our engineerin life.

By Bhongade S N

Jul 31, 2020

It was great! I totally enjoyed it....

THANK YOU:)

By Suci R

Jun 8, 2020

I was so helpful and useful. Thank you so much :)

By Md. B U

May 25, 2020

A good Course for Project Planning and Management

By Traore A M

Apr 24, 2020

Le cours est très très important et aide beaucoup

By Chak M A Y

Apr 21, 2020

Concise introduction to a vast body of knowledge.

By David C

Jan 13, 2020

Excelent material. The instructor is very helpful

By Zhor S M

Oct 23, 2019

Very interesting course with useful informations.

By VAIBHAV T K

Oct 20, 2018

NICE COURSE AND VERY USEFUL IN FUTURE.THANK YOU .

By Rain F

Jul 26, 2018

I love how informative this course is! Thank you!

By Оксана К

Jul 2, 2018

Good and optimized course about starting projects

By Расулов Ш Г

Feb 7, 2017

Thank you very much for very informative lessons!

By Phanindra H

Oct 11, 2016

very useful to enhance project management skills.

By Mohamed A S

Sep 25, 2016

It is an excellent course. Utterly, informative!!

By Tamás P

Feb 11, 2016

It was very informational and easy to understand.

By Ellyne P

Nov 15, 2015

A really good introduction to project management!

By Yaser m

Aug 27, 2025

full content is missed in scope management (4.2)