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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Initiating and Planning Projects by University of California, Irvine

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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 ...
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    Jan 28, 2020

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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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    Aug 30, 2020

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    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.

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    By Rory C

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    Jan 7, 2018

    Great course, a good overview of project initiation from an American PMI perspective. Video's are clear and correlate with the lessons and exams. No ambiguity, enjoyed!

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    By Abhijeet R T

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    Jul 10, 2021

    Excellent course to begin the project planning journey with. Highly recommended for students and individuals having interest but no experience in project management.

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    By Diksha

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    Jun 26, 2020

    A great course with to-the-point lectures and lessons covering all areas related to Initiating & Planning Projects. Would like to see inclusion of more case studies.

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    By Armand G V

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    Apr 24, 2017

    It is a great course, they should just expand more and do more questions, the TMBOK guide goes why deeper, they should also but nether the less it is a great course

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    By Sabiha A

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    Apr 17, 2020

    It was a nice journey with this course. It will be helpful for the project starters. They will overcome their fear & will be confident after completing this course.

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    By Ben W

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    May 16, 2018

    Good information, quizzes and exams reasonable in competency relevance.

    "Flash Lessons" are quite wordy, difficult to process information portrayed in these slides.

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    By Lu M

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    Apr 10, 2020

    A good and comprehensive introductory course with valuable pm tools. However, the tests and the final exam were almost too easy. Could be created more challenging.

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    By Jay P

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    Jun 19, 2019

    Great pace and content of instructor. Helped put a actual perspective rather than what can become a dry and very process intensive effort to learn this material.

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    By Monica P

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    Dec 30, 2020

    Overall, the information provided was clear and concise. I would like the option to download the required readings to make notes/highlights if possible. Thanks!

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    By josher m

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    Apr 6, 2018

    Buen curso solo que faltaron algunos subtitulos en español de algunos vídeos y seria bueno que metieran mas ejercicios prácticos para reforzar los conocimientos

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    By Francisco P B

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    Oct 9, 2016

    No me gusta que el curso dependa de tencología flash, por que hace que la integración con sea mala y necesites estar cambiando entre plataformas constantemente.

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    By Arthur E F

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    Oct 19, 2017

    Interesting course with a good business and scientific approach to Project Planning - the course lacks of real life examples, but again the content is clear.

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    By Bobby M

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    Aug 4, 2017

    Serait intéressant de l'avoir en version française (même sous-titrée). Très intéressante, mais on ne s'assure pas du partage d'expériences entre étudiants.

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    By Mystica A

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    Jun 1, 2020

    I love attending courses in coursera. The lecturers explain every details along with examples, real instances. This helps to get a good idea on the topic.

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    By Mauricio C F

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    Aug 6, 2019

    Great information for beginners. Having more cases and practical examples to apply what we learned would be very interesting. Overall, a very good course.

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    By Mariel Q C

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    May 11, 2017

    Buen curso, sería, bueno permitir abrir las unidades siguientes apenas se terminar las actuales así lo que avanzamos rápido no tenemos que esperar tanto.

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    By Peppino P

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    Feb 28, 2017

    Nice basic course of project management, with basic to medium level information. Good introduction to the subject if you follow the whole specialization.

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    By KAGGA S

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    May 22, 2016

    the course was nice and clear in all ways through to the end and the videos really give you a clearer picture of what is to be covered.

    I was so grateful.

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    By Martin K

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    Jan 10, 2021

    As basic introduction to Initiating and planning projects it is unreplaceable. I highly recommended, after this course you will know if it's your way.

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    By Moncef S

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    Oct 31, 2016

    lack of organization, most of the course is readings, lack of case studies, acceptable in general, one of the rare courses in project management anyway

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    By Hannah H

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    Oct 23, 2020

    I wish the lectures were longer and more comprehensive and the reading was less of the bulk of the course. Still - learned a lot and love the lessons.

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    By Luisa F G H

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    Sep 25, 2020

    The lesson are very helpful and the course is full of interesting knowledge at project planning, however the teacher is kind of passive to explain.

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    By Patricia S O

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    Apr 12, 2020

    Good as a touchbase course on Project management. Too much time spend on conflicto resolution vs other skills Sucha as managing costs or deliveravles

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    By Aline P T G

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    Oct 6, 2019

    The only comment I have is regarding the week 4. I've got confused sometimes. I read, read again but I think need more examples to understand better.

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