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Duration

20 hours

Total fee

Free

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

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Credential

Certificate

Engineering Project Management: Initiating and Planning
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Engineering Project Management: Initiating and Planning
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Highlights

  • Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
  • 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
  • Course 1 of 3 in the Engineering Project Management Specialization
  • Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
  • Beginner Level
  • Approx. 20 hours to complete
  • English Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
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Engineering Project Management: Initiating and Planning
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  • The goal of the course is to give you the tools to initiate a project plan, manage both stakeholders and relationships, organize their team, develop a project charter, and build a business case for a project.
  • By the end of this course you will be able to:
  • - Perform a project assessment using information from previous projects and lessons learned
  • - Identify key deliverables based on business requirements while managing customer expectations
  • - Perform a stakeholder analysis and create a management plan
  • - Analyze and develop a project organization
  • - Create a project charter
  • - Explain the business case for a project and calculate Net Present Value
  • - Inform stakeholders of the charter and ensure all parties know the deliverables and expectations
  • As part of the course, you will prepare organization charts, create a Stakeholder Register, and write a Project Charter based on an engineering project in a provided Case Study. The Stakeholder Register will outline the key parties to the project, their concerns and how you will manage their expectations. Your Project Charter will provide the key guidance your team needs to understand the scope, requirements and purpose for the project.
  • All of this will position you for initiating and planning your first project and/or understanding how you can maximize your contributions on your next project team.
  • Rice Center for Engineering Leadership is a Registered Education Provider through the Project Management Institute (PMI)®. Learners who complete this course on the Certificate track will be awarded 12 hours of Profession Development Units. These are recognized by PMI for continuing education or can be applied toward the 35 hours of education required for the Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification.
  • PMI and PMP are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
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Engineering Project Management: Initiating and Planning
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Curriculum

Course Introduction

Meet the Professors

Introduction to Specialization

Course Icon Legend

Pre-Course Survey

Specialization Assignments

Peer Review Guidelines

Discussion Forum Guidelines

Accessibility and Accommodations Statement

General Course Information

Using, Editing, and Submitting Documents in this Course

Introduction and Objectives

Introduction to Project Management

Key Elements of Project Management

Program and Portfolio Management

Ethics

Ethics Work Process

Kaz and Tom Weekly Conclusion

Recommended Readings

Concept Check

Concept Check

Concept Check

Reflection - Stories from Project Managers

Week 1 Quiz

Project Organizations

Introduction and Objectives

Project Organizations - Introduction

Project Organizations - Matrix

Project Organizations - Project-Oriented

How to Select an Organization

Project Management Processes

PM as a Leader

Kaz and Tom Weekly Conclusion

Case Introduction and Overview

Project Organization Chart Assignment

Recommended Readings

Case Study Overview and Sample Case

Concept Check

Concept Check

Reflection - Project Organization

Module 2 Quiz

Project Communications and Stakeholder Management

Intro and Objectives & Defining Stakeholders

Identifying Stakeholders

Stakeholder Management Plan

Managing Stakeholder Engagement

Monitoring Stakeholder Engagement

Kaz and Tom Weekly Conclusion

Project Stakeholder Register Assignment

Recommended Readings

Example Project Deliverables

Concept Check

Concept Check

Reflection - Engaging Stakeholders

Module 3 Quiz

Project Integration Management

Introduction and Objectives

Developing a Project Charter

The Project Charter Itself

Project Management Plan

Manage and Control Work

Kaz and Tom Weekly Conclusion

Project Charter Assignment

Recommended Readings

Example Project Deliverable

Concept Check

Concept Check

Reflection - Charter Challenges

Module 4 Quiz

Case Study and Deliverables

Peer Review Assignments

Course Conclusion

Utilizing This Module

End-Course Survey

Final Exam

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