Engineering Project Management - Risk, Quality, Teams, and Procurement

Overview

During the Engineering Project Management - Risk, Quality, Teams, and Procurement course offered by Coursera in partnership with Rice University, you will prepare a Qualitative Risk Analysis and Evaluate the Cost of Quality for a provided Case Study.

By the end of this course you will be able to: 

• Identify positive and negative risks 

• Develop risk strategies 

• Perform a qualitative risk analysis 

• Identify cost contingencies and reserves 

• Develop a quality plan 

• Identify quality standards 

• Utilize cause and effect tools 

• Create a prioritization matrix

• Develop a team management plan that includes team development, identifying team members and clarifies roles and responsibilities 

• Develop a procurement plan that includes contracts and incentives

 All of this will position you to understand the more intangible aspects of project management to drive better overall performance. 

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.