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ISO 21502: Project Management — The International Standard (Udemy.com)

Learn project management with ISO 21502 — planning, scope, schedule, cost, risk and stakeholders, no PMP required

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72 reviews

Created by: Cristian Vlad Lupa

Last updated July 2026

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What you will learn

  • The key concepts of project management
  • The integrated project management practices and how they relate to the roles and levels in the project organizatioin
  • The roles in a project organization and their their responsibilities and authorities
  • The other standards published by ISO on subjects related to project management
  • The practices to be considered when managing a project

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  • Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 90% of them
  • Reviews72#1,147 of 1,211 by number of reviews
  • Length3.5 hourslonger than 57% of them
  • Last updatedJuly 2026more recently than 78% of them

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Course Description

ISO 21502 is the international standard for project management — a vendor-neutral framework of concepts and practices that applies to any project, in any industry, of any size. Unlike proprietary certification frameworks such as PMP/PMBOK or PRINCE2, ISO 21502 distils project management into globally agreed good practice: how a project is initiated, planned, directed, controlled and closed to deliver its intended outcomes.

From implementing new software to running a construction project or coordinating a marketing campaign, projects need people who understand these concepts and can apply them. This course teaches project management through the lens of ISO 21502 — making it equally useful as your first structured project management training or as a standards-based complement to a PMP or PRINCE2 background.

Course structure

The course follows the structure of ISO 21502, in five sections:

  • Introduction — what project management is, its history, the ISO 21500 series of standards on project, programme and portfolio management, and the structure and purpose of ISO 21502

  • Project management concepts (Clause 4) — the project context and its impact on success, project constraints, project governance, the project life cycle, and the roles in a project organization

  • Prerequisites for formalizing project management — the conditions needed to put project management into practice and align it with the organization's processes and systems

  • Integrated project management practices — the practices at the centre of every project: project initiation, oversight, control and closure, presented in relation to the roles in the project organization

  • Management practices for a project — the largest section of the course, covering the 17 practices of ISO 21502, including scope management, schedule management, cost management, risk management, change control, quality management, resource management, stakeholder engagement and reporting

A final video covers project management certification paths for both individuals and organizations.

Who this course is for

  • Aspiring and early-career project managers who want a structured, standards-based foundation

  • Practising project managers who want to align their approach with the international standard

  • PMP, CAPM or PRINCE2 holders adding the ISO perspective to their credentials

  • Team members, coordinators and business professionals who work on projects and want to understand how they should be run

  • Consultants and auditors working with organizations that base their project methodology on ISO standards

Build or strengthen your project management knowledge with the framework the whole world agreed on — and help your projects succeed.
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Instructor Details

Cristian Vlad Lupa

Who am I?
I’ve been working in the field of standards, auditing, and certification since the early 2000s. Over the years, I’ve contributed to hundreds of projects across various industries and disciplines. Today, I work with RIGCERT, an accredited certification body based in Europe.

What do I do?
I translate the knowledge and best practices from international standards and recognized compliance frameworks into clear, practical language — to help individuals and organizations improve.

How do I teach?

I design and record every course myself. You will be learning from a human instructor with real-world auditing experience — not from AI-generated content. Since launching my first course in 2016, my focus has always been on extracting the core ideas from complex subjects and delivering them in a clear, concise format. I only build and publish courses that I myself would take.

What are my interests?
My work spans quality management, information security, data protection and privacy, artificial intelligence governance, risk management, business continuity, occupational health and safety, environmental management, energy management, compliance, food safety, and others.


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4.7

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By SAMIERAY PIMENTEL on 4/8/2026

Presenter was able to meet my expectations by clearly and completely providing important insights on this guideline. However he should have shown actual documents associated with each clause, if applicable, in order for us to help visualize what really happens or which processes in an organization must be present.

By David Shade on 8/27/2025

The content was well organized and the sections broken into videos of captivating length that did not drone on. For my brain, the way in which Cristian speaks helps me to remember because of his intonations are different than mine, which allows for more memory cues to the topics. I appreciate his commitment to the material so that I can better improve my work performance. Cheers!

By Mr Krishna Shah on 3/2/2025

This course will give brief intro related to project management included management practices different modules.

By Rolando David Lopez on 1/10/2025

Excellent course, it is easy to understand and it is very well structured in the length of the videos; you advance very quickly.

By Sachlani Sachlani on 7/24/2024

Explanations are too short. I expect more elaboration on contex (relation output, outcome, benefit with strategy objectives) and the logical flow of integrated project managent practices and 17 individual practices. Visual presentation should be improved not just listening the presenter reading the material (that what videos are for). The quiz should be designed to verify the understanding of the subject and 5 questions are not enough.

By Salvatore Maiolo on 6/9/2024

The course is well-structured and rich in content. The instructor is knowledgeable and presents the material clearly and engagingly. The only criticism I have is that the slides are not fully aligned with the vocal commentary; the instructor explains many concepts that are not represented in the displayed material.

By Daniel Alonso Lazo Medina on 12/3/2023

Gran trabajo por parte del instructor. Información útil y valiosa. Recomendado plenamente !!!

By Nate Smith on 11/16/2023

This was an excellent course, with valuable information presented in a clear, organized, and engaging manner. The instructor provided helpful resources for further study and most notably included a copy of the presentation slide deck which I found very useful to accompany the notes I had taken during the course. This is the fourth ISO standards course I have taken with this instructor and I remain very pleased with the knowledge I have gained, which I have been able to immediately apply in my career. Well done, and see you in the next course!

By Rubén Enrique González Elixavide on 10/16/2023

Es un curso que no profundiza, sin embargo, da un panorama general de la norma 21500 y sus capítulos. Son claros los ejemplos, hace un comparativo con la anterior norma de gestión de proyectos y explica de manera general las "Integrated Project Management Practices". Es un buen curso para tener el panorama general de esta norma.

By Andre. C on 9/29/2023

An excellent guide to ensure that a complex project will be successfully implemented in an integrated way.

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