Engineering Project Management: Initiating and Planning

Rice University introduces project initiation and planning in an engineering setting. Organization and stakeholder communication lead into integration management and a case study. It is a useful choice for learners who want to connect the structure of a project with the people and information needed to begin it.

What you will learn

• Describe project organizations and responsibilities.
• Plan stakeholder communication.
• Develop initiation and integration deliverables.

Who this suits

Learners exploring engineering project management and the work needed to initiate and plan a project; review the case-study assignments before starting.

Before you enroll

Allow time to create and review project documents, beyond the lesson videos. A course completion certificate is separate from a professional certification exam. Adapt the methods to your project’s size, delivery approach and constraints rather than copying every template unchanged.

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Put it into practice

Prepare a fictional engineering project charter and stakeholder map, then check whether the proposed scope and communication plan support the same objective.

Source and review

This overview is based on the provider's published information, checked on 12 October 2026. It is an editorial assessment, not a claim that we completed the resource. Time filters are approximate study ranges; projects and exercises can take longer.

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