Project Management: Life cycle and project planning (Coursera)

Offered by Politecnico di Milano,
Project Management: Life cycle and project planning (Coursera)

Project Management is a fundamental theme to understand and work in any business environments. One of the main skills that Project Managers need to have deals with the ability to manage the project during its entire life-cycle and to plan the work needed to achieve the final result. During the course, the various phases of a typical project are presented. Then, various practical tools are presented aiming to help professionals in actually manage their projects through useful instruments.

Class Deals by MOOC List - Click here and see Coursera's Active Discounts, Deals, and Promo Codes.

Among the others, the Scope Statement helps managers in identifying and clearly define what is and what is not part of the project, the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) helps in identifying the activities, the Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS) in managing the team, the Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM) to match activities and people, while the Gantt Chart provides a time-based view on the project.

What You Will Learn

  • Identify the main phases of a project in a business context.
  • Pick the right tools to plan a project when working on it.
  • Make a plan of a project when working on it.
  • Analyze the results of a planning process when working on a project.

Syllabus

WEEK 1: The project lifecycle and the scope management
WEEK 2: Project planning

Go to Class
MOOC List is learner-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Related Courses

Determining AI Needs (Coursera) Coursera
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Determining AI Needs (Coursera)

There are a ever increasing number of options, strategies and solutions for integrating AI solutions into a project. It can feel overwhelming to understand what these options entail let alone understand how to decide what solution best fits a use case. In this course we aim to give individuals the basic info they need to make basic plans for integrating AI tools into their project.

Nov 16th 2026
1 Week
Construction Project Management (Coursera) Coursera
Columbia University

Construction Project Management (Coursera)

Construction Project Management introduces you to Project Initiation and Planning. Industry experts join Columbia University professor, Ibrahim Odeh, to give an overview of the construction industry. Professor Odeh teaches the fundamentals of the Project Development Cycle while guest lecturers discuss Lean Project Delivery method and Lean Design Behaviors.

Nov 9th 2026
5-12 Weeks
Managing Project Risks and Changes (Coursera) Coursera
University of California, Irvine

Managing Project Risks and Changes (Coursera)

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.

Nov 9th 2026
5-12 Weeks
Management of Urban Infrastructures – part 1 (Coursera) Coursera
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Management of Urban Infrastructures – part 1 (Coursera)

Sustainability, Resilience and Efficiency are fundamental considerations for city managers in managing urban infrastructures. Today, more than 3.9 billion people, making up more than 54% of the global population, live in cities. Urbanization is expected to continue in the coming years, raising the urban population to 6.0 billion by 2045. This dramatic increase in urban populations will inevitably increase the demand for energy, mobility (transportation), water, and other urban services in every city around the world. Without functional governance and management structures that ensure efficient, resilient and sustainable performance in cities, the current urbanization growth might become a catastrophic risk threatening the quality of life of the humanity.

Nov 9th 2026
5-12 Weeks
Engineering Project Management: Scope, Time and Cost Management (Coursera) Coursera
Rice University

Engineering Project Management: Scope, Time and Cost Management (Coursera)

Scope, time, and cost management are at the heart of successful project management. This course will give you the tools to develop a project scope, schedule and budget and then status them to predict project performance. Throughout the course, you will learn about change management and techniques to implement it.

Nov 9th 2026
5-12 Weeks
Address Business Issues with Data Science (Coursera) Coursera
CertNexus

Address Business Issues with Data Science (Coursera)

This course is designed for business professionals that want to learn how to determine if a business issue is appropriate for a data science project and apply the data science process. The typical student in this course will have experience in a business setting and a high-level understanding of fundamental data science concepts, including, but not limited to: types of data, data science roles, the overall data science lifecycle, and the benefits and challenges of data science.

Nov 9th 2026
3 Weeks
Reviews & Metrics for Software Improvements (Coursera) Coursera
University of Alberta

Reviews & Metrics for Software Improvements (Coursera)

This course covers techniques for monitoring your projects in order to align client needs, project plans, and software production. It focuses on metrics and reviews to track and improve project progress and software quality. What you will learn: apply techniques to measure and visualize project progress, integrate Agile review practices to increase project visibility; reflect on lessons learned in software projects through retrospective exercises; improve project and process quality through ongoing measurement

Nov 23rd 2026
4 Weeks