Learner Reviews & Feedback for Initiating and Planning Projects by University of California, Irvine
About the Course
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 ...
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SY
Aug 30, 2020
The course is a very great asset to any aspiring project manager. You get to understand the fundamentals and essentials in any given project and the means to ameliorate conflicts amongst stakeholders.
PD
Jan 28, 2020
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 Tathagat K
•Sep 8, 2020
The conecepts are difficult to understand because of the difficult language used in the course.
By Rushi S
•Jul 3, 2020
It helps get your feet wet. Also, I like the professor. She's enthusiastic about the material.
By Anvi I
•Jul 12, 2020
the assesments were not very helpful in testing your knowledge, you could add more examples.
By Shady D
•Nov 18, 2015
Good way to refresh your knowledge about PMP .. but not qualifying as a professional course
By NOURAH A
•Sep 28, 2020
It's just theoretical. We didn't get a change to apply the planning process and so on.
By Andrea R
•Mar 7, 2016
Good course, easy to follow. Stayed away from complicated, deep-dives of information
By Shubham V
•May 26, 2024
Very Basic learning. Reading lessons can be turned into interactive video lessons.
By Laura S
•Jul 25, 2022
Must be working to complete the course. Not very entertaining. Fantastic content!
By Elena N
•Feb 11, 2017
Useful if you want to take PMP exam, beginner info about PM, but not very deep.
By Joyce M
•Feb 6, 2017
Real live scenarios of running a project would add a great deal to the course.
By Megan M
•May 22, 2018
I have no background in project management an even I found it too elementary.
By Sayed O
•Dec 2, 2017
this is very described and detailed information and lessons, good examples.
By Sophia D
•Jan 5, 2017
I did not enjoy this as much as the first course. Still interesting though!
By Andrew S
•Sep 3, 2021
Very high level, wish there were more opportunities to practice skills
By Sideris K
•Dec 28, 2021
Very shallow course and many references to PMBOK which is not provided
By Diego M
•Jul 15, 2017
Very high level course, gives a few hints on the main concepts of PMI
By He G
•Jun 28, 2016
The content is good but the quiz and final exam are way too easy...
By marilyn.tormey@rockwellcollins.com
•Mar 23, 2016
The site is not very user friendly. The information is good though.
By محمد ح ا
•Oct 30, 2023
must be add more videos instead of reads ,, and add more examples
By Sam F (
•Dec 21, 2019
Initiating and Planning Projects is a good course and I like it.
By Sam M
•Nov 7, 2018
Covers basic understanding for Initiating and Planning Projects.
By ASLIHAN A
•Dec 4, 2017
Too easy to pass! But thanx for your time devoted to the course.
By laxdip P
•Dec 22, 2016
Just a format introduction to Project management, but good one.
By sunil
•Aug 30, 2015
Need to me more technical. It was covering very basic concepts
By Nicklas P M
•Feb 16, 2019
A little too easy - can easily be done within 2 hours...