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About the Course

This is the second course in the Google Project Management Certificate program. In this course, you will discover how to set a project up for success in the first phase of the project life cycle: the project initiation phase. As you explore the key components of this phase, you will learn how to determine a project’s benefits and costs, create measurable project goals and deliverables, manage project scope, and measure a project’s success criteria. You will learn how to define project roles and responsibilities, complete a stakeholder analysis, and utilize RACI charts. You will also learn the typical resources needed to manage a project, practice developing a project charter, and evaluate various project management tools. Current Google project managers will continue to instruct you in how to accomplish all of these tasks, describing the right tools and resources for the job at hand. Learners who complete this program should be equipped to apply for introductory-level jobs as project managers. No previous experience is necessary. By the end of this course, you will be able to: - Understand the significance of the project initiation phase of the project life cycle. - Describe the key components of the project initiation phase. - Determine a project’s benefits and costs. - Define and create measurable project goals and deliverables. - Define project scope and differentiate among tasks that are in-scope and out-of-scope. - Understand how to manage scope creep to avoid impacting project goals. - Define and measure a project’s success criteria. - Complete a stakeholder analysis and explain its significance. - Utilize RACI charts to define and communicate project team member responsibilities. - Understand the key components of project charters and develop a project charter for project initiation. - Evaluate various project management tools to meet project needs....

Top reviews

MG

Feb 7, 2022

everything is excellent. but i am facing the problem that says 'upgrade to submit' when i traied to submit the peer graded assignment. and it is been 3 weeks i stucked on this module. please help me.

AA

Feb 14, 2022

This has been a good learning experience. I now know the different project management tools available. I have a good understanding of project initiation and how to determine the success of a project.

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By Irsan G

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May 16, 2021

Great courses for as starting point to gain fundamental skill of project manager

By I M

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Jan 24, 2025

very impressive and practical course. i enjoyed all modules especially module 4!

By Nukri N

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Feb 8, 2024

Great course, comprehensive and easy to understand guide into Project management

By Heryanto

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Jan 7, 2024

Great course, content is amazing, how it delivers, and teacher is great as well.

By Emad A

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Oct 5, 2023

it was very useful and helped you develop your own skills in Project management

By Danielle D

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Aug 19, 2022

Very thorough and helpful! Love the variety...listening, reading and practice.

By Ifeanyi S N O

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May 19, 2022

A well-articulated, well-presented and well-delivered Project Management Course.

By akello

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Apr 19, 2022

Taxing at some points. The reading exercises do clarify hard to grasp concepts.

By Pinki D

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Mar 28, 2022

A very detailed course that gives a complete uderstanding of Project Initiation.

By Mohammad J

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Mar 22, 2022

Perfect , the material contained in course is so helping and easy to understnad.

By Mina G E

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Oct 14, 2021

thank you very much for all the materials and everything you've provided us with

By Danielle D

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May 27, 2021

I love taking this course. It is so well designed and encouraging. I LOVE THIS

By Alina B

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Sep 18, 2024

Great structured material , fantastic balance of reading, practice and video.

By Engr. M A R

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Mar 17, 2023

Its very easy to understand the project initiation phase now. thumbs up google.

By Tyrone R

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Mar 15, 2023

Course was very easy to follow; I'm looking forward to the rest of the modules!

By Gaston R M A

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Dec 12, 2022

Great course to keep on learning the roles and the tools a project manager have

By Monét H

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Sep 3, 2022

The Project Management role is starting to become more clear, the more I learn!

By Shivavesh V

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Jul 5, 2022

Course was amazing... I enjoyed it and learned a lot. Thanks to the instructor.

By Seblewengel N

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Jun 14, 2022

It really helped me to be equipped with the right tools for project intitation.

By Давид Т

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May 26, 2022

Perfect Part of General course from Google! I strongly recommended it to learn!

By Marshall A

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Jan 25, 2022

Great course with a lot of information that can be used in my current position.

By Dawn C

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Nov 18, 2021

Excellent course for those who don't have a prior Project Management background

By Vicente S

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Oct 23, 2021

Extremely easy to follow and stack skills. Very happy with the courses so far.

By Marinela M

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Sep 17, 2021

Amazing learning techniques that drive information retention. Highly Recommend!

By Saurabh K

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Jul 31, 2021

Awesome instructor , good materials , evaluations could have been more stricter