Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Project Management: Basic Principles from the University of California, Irvine

Learn to manage and plan successful projects. Introduce methodologies for managing projects on time and on budget with four practical courses.

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Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Planning activities and resources
  • Budget management
  • Risk control
  • Definition and evaluation of budgets
  • Risk management
  • Planning changes
  • Project component development

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Project Manager
  • Project planner
  • Budget manager
  • Risk Manager
  • Activity planner
  • Change Manager
  • Project Consultant
  • Project Analyst

Internship – 4-part course series

Plan activities and resources, manage budgets, and control risks. This program focuses on the processes of initiating and planning projects, defining and estimating budgets, as well as managing risks and planning for change.

Final project

In the final project, developed in collaboration with a company, you will apply the skills learned by developing project components learned in the previous courses.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Introduction and project planning

Course 1: Introduction and Project Planning

Duration: 5 hours
Rating: 4.7 (4,368 ratings)

What will you learn?

  • Project management principles in the introductory and planning stages.
  • Identifying and mapping key stakeholders.
  • Defining the scope of the project and building a detailed structure of the work.
  • Careful planning in advance for the success of the project.

Skills to Gain

  • project management
  • leadership
  • planning

Course 2: Project Planning and Budgeting

Duration: 9 hours
Rating: 4.8 (1,575 ratings)

What will you learn?

  • Time and budget management at all stages of planning.
  • Identify project activities from the EDT.
  • Developing a detailed project schedule.
  • Estimating resource costs and developing a detailed budget.

Skills to Gain

  • Microsoft Project
  • Management

Course 3: Managing Risks and Changes in Projects

Duration: 7 hours
Rating: 4.8 (1,171 ratings)

What will you learn?

  • Project risk management.
  • Identifying, analyzing and communicating inevitable changes.
  • Measuring and reporting on project scope, schedule and costs.

Skills to Gain

  • Risk management
  • Microsoft Project

Course 4: Project Management Project

Duration: 4 hours
Rating: 4.7 (315 ratings)

What will you learn?

  • Developing the final project to apply the acquired knowledge.
  • Writing a project establishment document.
  • Developing a schedule, budget and cash flow.
  • Creating a risk plan.

Skills to Gain

  • Writing a project establishment document (Charter).
  • Developing a detailed work breakdown structure (EDT or WBS).
  • Development of a communication plan.