Coursera

Managing Project Risks and Changes (Coursera)

Offered by University of California, Irvine,

This course will help you manage project risk effectively by identifying, analyzing, and communicating inevitable changes to project scope and objectives. You will understand and practice the elements needed to measure and report on project scope, schedule, and cost performance. You will be equipped with the tools to manage change in the least disruptive way possible for your team and other project stakeholders.

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Upon completing this course, you will be able to:

Define components of a communications management plan
Understand the importance of communications channels
Define the key elements needed to measure and report on project scope, schedule, and cost performance
Identify project risk events
Prioritize identified risks
Develop responses for a high priority risk
Identify and analyze changes to project scope
Describe causes and effects of project changes
Define the purpose of conducting a lessons learned session

Completing this course will count towards your learning in any of the following programs:

Syllabus

WEEK 1
Get Started!
Get started in this module by reviewing the course overview and participating in the course survey.

WEEK 2
Project Communication
In this module, we will define components of a communications management plan, understand the importance of communications channels, and define the key elements needed to measure and report project scope, schedule, and cost performance.

WEEK 3
Managing Project Risks
In this module, we will identify project risk events, discuss a risk statement for a specific event, prioritize identified risks, and develop responses for a high priority risks.

WEEK 4
Change Happens
In this module, we will identify and analyze changes to project scope, describe causes and effects of project changes, and define the purpose of conducting an lessons learned session.

WEEK 5
Wrap Up
Wrap up this course by meeting our industry expert panelists, taking the final exam, and participating in our post course survey. Plus, review the bonus lesson on Project Procurement Management.

Go to Class

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