Project plan
Build the breakdown, schedule and budget of a real three-month project.
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Project Manager
Anyone who leads or will lead projects.
Scoping, budget, schedule and risk, agile and waterfall methods, accounting and organisation, then leading a team.
172hours of coursework
18weeks at 10 h
3steps
15courses
3universities
Target skills
Project ManagementCost ManagementProject PlanningProject SchedulesMilestones (Project Management)PlanningChange ControlProject ScopingStakeholder EngagementProject EstimationProject Management Life CycleEstimation
Skill labels as listed on Coursera.
Target jobs
- Project manager
- Project coordinator
- Scrum master
Progression
- 1University of California, IrvineBeginner
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Initiating and Planning Projects Beginner 5 h 4.7 (23,731) Budgeting and Scheduling Projects — 5 h 4.7 (9,393) Managing Project Risks and Changes — 5 h 4.7 (9,334) Project Management Project — 4 h 4.8 (3,425) - 2University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBeginnerAI chatbots
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Financial Accounting: Foundations Beginner 13 h 4.7 (4,678) Financial Accounting: Advanced Topics Intermediate 12 h 4.7 (1,774) Designing the Organization Beginner 13 h 4.7 (1,776) Managing the Organization Beginner 13 h 4.8 (1,553) Project Initiation and Planning Beginner 24 h 4.8 (153) Project Execution and Control Beginner 22 h 4.8 (69) - 3University of MichiganBeginner
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Inspiring and Motivating Individuals Beginner 17 h 4.8 (6,079) Managing Talent Beginner 14 h 4.6 (2,825) Influencing People Beginner 12 h 4.8 (4,292) Leading Teams Beginner 11 h 4.8 (2,428) Leading People and Teams Capstone Intermediate 2 h 4.8 (601)
With Coursera Plus
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Projects to build
Agile project
Run two sprints on a small personal project with a backlog and retrospective.
Risk register
Build a project’s risk register and the planned response for each risk.
Free textbooks
Project Management, 2nd EditionA. Watt (BCcampus)Free, CC BY 4.0
The Scrum GuideK. Schwaber, J. SutherlandFree