Project Management in Practice

Scope, risk and stakeholders — delivering without a certification course

4.5(2,417 reviews)47,900 learners

Created by Sofia Navarro

Updated February 2026EnglishBeginner10h72 lectures

What you will learn

  • Write a scope that makes the boundaries obvious
  • Break work down to a level where estimates mean something
  • Keep a risk log that gets used rather than filed
  • Run status reporting that surfaces problems while they are small
  • Manage stakeholders with different definitions of success
  • Close a project properly, including what you learned

Course content

12 sections · 72 lectures · 10h total length

  • What this course covers, and what it does notPreview03:00
  • How to get the most out of itPreview04:00
  • Setting up and downloading the exercise files06:00

  • Scope and boundariesPreview08:00
  • Scope and boundaries in detail13:00
  • A closer look at scope and boundaries05:00
  • Worked example: scope and boundaries09:00
  • Where scope and boundaries goes wrong03:00
  • Exercise: scope and boundaries08:00
  • Scope and boundaries in practice12:00

Topics covered

Scope and boundariesWork breakdownEstimationSchedulingDependenciesRisk managementStakeholder mappingStatus reportingChange controlProject closure

Requirements

  • No prior project management experience

Description

This is project management for people who did not choose to be project managers. It covers the small number of habits that prevent most failures — writing scope down, tracking risk, and telling people bad news early.

Your instructor

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Sofia Navarro

Operator — scaled two startups from ten to two hundred

4.5 instructor rating77,500 learners3 courses

Sofia has been a COO twice and has the scar tissue to show for it. Her courses cover the decisions that look administrative and turn out to be existential: hiring, pricing, and cash.

Learner reviews

4.52,417 reviews
  • 5 star55%
  • 4 star33%
  • 3 star7%
  • 2 star3%
  • 1 star2%
  • PT
    Petra T.8 December 2025

    The instructor answers questions properly rather than pointing you at the documentation.

  • ZZ
    Zoe Z.3 February 2026

    Very practical. I applied something from module four at work the same week.

  • HC
    Hugo C.13 September 2025

    Genuinely well structured. I have started three courses on this topic and this is the first one I finished.

  • MV
    Mira V.1 November 2025

    Good balance between theory and doing. I would have liked a couple more exercises, but that is a small complaint.

  • NK
    Niall K.13 July 2025

    The instructor answers questions properly rather than pointing you at the documentation.

  • WN
    Wei N.8 September 2025

    Very practical. I applied something from module four at work the same week.

  • TR
    Tariq R.30 December 2025

    I came in knowing a bit and still learned plenty. The middle third is the strongest part.

  • TF
    Tariq F.10 September 2025

    Good balance between theory and doing. I would have liked a couple more exercises, but that is a small complaint.

  • AA
    Aisha A.29 October 2025

    I have recommended this to two colleagues already. The structure makes it easy to dip back into.

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