A very challenging and demanding course. The key concepts are well addressed. Looking forward to the next course in Project Management Specialization

Excellent instructors, loved the way when they tell their own stories of projects and how we can leverage their work experience in our career!

Excellent course! I was able to improve my knowledge on Project Management. The experience of the professors is a valuable plus. Thank you!

Great videos with good examples. The way of teaching is very good. Not too much information. Just the right level of information to well understand the principles. Getting the books is essential to well understand the project management teached by RICE.

The course is excellent for those starting their way in project management but to gain maximum benefit you should take all 3 courses of this specialization. Thanks alot to the instructors for their effort and for this well organized course.

Very good course, the instructors have a great structure for the lectures even though some topics are not addressed as much as needed. This isn't a problem since they reference books available to increase your knowledge in the topic at hand.

The only problem I had with this course was the peer-reviewed assignments. I had a really bad experience grading some since I had to report them for plagiarism because they uploaded the exact same document as the example or I didn't have anything to grade because they uploaded a blank document. On top of this, when my work was being graded, I did not get any feedback regarding how I could improve it.

Interesting course for project management newbies, but it could be improved with some real life examples to accompany the theory. I liked the format of the video and the presentation style, although the visuals are more distracting and not adding to the experience. Presenters are well articulated and easy to follow. Big thumbs up for the transcripts and subtitles!

On the downside, I'm not particularly impressed by the peer review system. Who are my peers? People like me, who don't really know much about this topic in the first place? How relevant is their grading/feedback? Also, the grading system is fundamentally flawed, in my opinion, as it's focused on the format, and not the content. More than once I found errors in the content, but because it was filled out per the rubrik, I had to give it points.

This course nicely explains the concepts applied in project management. It however gives few concrete examples and remains 'theoretical'. It is helpful for someone with some practical experience who wants to learn the formal tools and concepts. Most learnings come from the peer-reviewed assignment and reflection on own experience. It will however probably not be adequate for beginners without professional experience, e.g university students.

Course is good. However, certificate mentioned with 'non-credit course' makes confusion. Such words should not be included on certificate, rather such info (credit, non-credit etc.) should be on back end. Just issue simple certificate that online course including assignments and exam is successfully completed by Mr. X which is offered by RICE University USA on Coursera. It does not make any sense to write that the course is credit, non-credit etc. I am not happy with certificate issued.

This course can help any beginner learn the basics of Engineering project management right from scratch. I recommend this course to anyone whose interests are inclined towards management and is an engineer.

Curso de inicial de la especialización de Project Management. Un buen curso para aproximarse al mundo de la gestión de proyecto de manera sencilla y didáctica.

Muy buen nivel del profesorado.

Thanks to the Rice University.

The course was so interesting, i managed to learn a lot on the project management.

I can now prepare charter, stakeholders record,,,,,,,

The course is extremely helpful in learning some new concepts and also to recapitulate the learning. I strongly recommend this for my colleagues and friends.

This is a very well structured course with a lot of tests and assignments. I would definitely help this to all budding project managers like myself.

This course is really good. If you have the opportunity, please try to create the same documents deliverable, using your current project as a base.

Course was quite practical with a lot of assignments and projects and theoretical content was of high quality provided by Rice University.

Unprecedented course both teachers are very passionate about their subject.

This course was very helpful.Both the professor were great.

The course has been designed exclusively and I was quite impressed. The course was also easy to follow with step by step practice quizzes that keep you moving. However, one drawback that I faced that in peer review assignments, there are a lot of people who are not yet on the particular level of assignment and once you submit an assignment, the software submits to random peer reviews. This results (mostly) in splitting your grade into two extremes (and that happened to me thrice). This certainly spoils someone's grade. Peer may ruin your work. this need to be tackled on software level. Atleast the assignment should go who has completed the module. Lastly, I thank Mr. Tom Phalen and Mr. Kazimir Kowowski for their utmost dedication to teach this course. I hope the other courses will be much better.

The course is very good and the fundamentals are laid out clearly making it easier for all levels of learners. I particularly liked the reflections part where we get to learn about and reflect upon the real time project management challenges. The only improvement I would suggest is to make the peer grade assignments more objective. Right now they are very subjective and we have all kinds of learners and we are peer grading documents with little knowledge/experience about the specific project. it's very difficult to get any constructive feedback many times. I believe that giving an answer document along with rubric will help in the peer grading.

There are little things you can use in real life... too theoric

Coming from google project management to this class is very hard. The instructors and the material are not captivating.

Same old PMI stuff.

The Engineering Project Management course is a rich and comprehensive learning experience, providing a deep and thorough understanding of project management concepts and methodologies within the engineering context. The course is logically structured, starting with the fundamentals and progressing to advanced tools such as the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Gantt charts, and stakeholder analysis. One of the course’s strongest features is its practical approach. Case studies—such as the Wilmont’s Pharmacy Drone Delivery Project—greatly enhanced the application of concepts and bridged the gap between theory and real-world practice. The instructors presented the content in a clear and accessible manner, making it easy to grasp even for those without a prior background in project management. This course adds significant value to anyone looking to enhance their skills in leading engineering projects professionally. Highly recommended for engineers, project managers, and those interested in project planning and execution in the engineering field.

Completing the Engineering Project Management specialization at Rice University was a transformative experience. The curriculum was rigorous, insightful, and directly applicable to real-world project scenarios. I’m deeply grateful to Ibrahim Odeh and all the instructors who guided us through the Engineering Project Management: Initiating and Planning specialization at Rice University. Your expertise, clarity, and dedication made this journey both inspiring and practical. Thank you for equipping us with the tools to lead with confidence and plan with precision. Your impact will carry forward in every project I touch on my ongoing and future projects.