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About the Course

This course is the first in a series of six to equip you with the skills you need to apply to introductory-level roles in project management. Project managers play a key role in leading, planning and implementing critical projects to help their organizations succeed. In this course, you’ll discover foundational project management terminology and gain a deeper understanding of the role and responsibilities of a project manager. We’ll also introduce you to the kinds of jobs you might pursue after completing this program. Throughout the program, you’ll learn from current Google project managers, who can provide you with a multi-dimensional educational experience that will help you build your skills for on-the-job application. 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: - Define project management and describe what constitutes a project. - Explore project management roles and responsibilities across a variety of industries. - Detail the core skills that help a project manager be successful. - Describe the life cycle of a project and explain the significance of each phase. - Compare different program management methodologies and approaches and determine which is most effective for a given project. - Define organizational structure and culture and explain how it impacts project management. - Define change management and describe the role of the project manager in the process....

Top reviews

JK

Oct 5, 2021

Very informative and thorough! I've finished this course with so much knowledge that can be applied to the workforce. Everything is laid out in easy to follow and efficient steps. Couldn't be happier!

DT

Jul 23, 2023

The course is well design and very interactive. I don't have prior experience of Project Management. But Course help me to understand various jargon associated with Project management in a simple way.

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By Abdelrahman G

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Sep 15, 2022

Best Instructor, he lets you get the intuition beside brreacking the ice with best explanations.

By Josiah A J

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Sep 15, 2022

YThe course is very informative and educative and give an overview of the whole course programme.

By Khaled A

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Sep 8, 2022

Realy fantastic course , i had leaned many skills that can push my career up .

Thanks Coursera ♥

By Yvonne T

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Aug 29, 2022

I like the way it kept building from one topic to the next. It made sense and was easy to follow.

By Khushi J

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Aug 13, 2022

Everything in the course was set forth explicitly. I Loved the exemplification part exclusively.

By Shashi K S

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Aug 4, 2022

It was amazing experience ...!

The instructors were awesome and learing was very much interesting.

By Marcos J D A

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Jul 19, 2022

Straight to the point, precise, and conscise. Gives great foundation and very specific to topics.

By Fawad A K

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Jul 5, 2022

Amazing, I have learned a lot, The instructor was knowledgable and describes everything clearly.

By Oneida G

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Jul 3, 2022

I think it is a spectacular course, both in content and in instructional design, 100% recommended

By Shanti D

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Jun 28, 2022

Great content, Great facilitator and covered the topic really well to get a better understanding

By Prince M

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Apr 25, 2022

A very well organised course. Easy to follow. Overall the instructor has done his job very well.

By Santiago H G

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Apr 15, 2022

Amazing course a lot of information was recieved, tools very usefull in my project manager role.

By isaac d

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Mar 27, 2022

i was very happy with the first part, hope to continue learning much more from the hand of google

By Noura A

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Mar 14, 2022

I had some knowlage about management, however the course really took me to another level. Thanks!

By Muhammad N R

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Mar 9, 2022

This is a very important course for those of you who want to start a career as a project manager.

By Siddanthi A

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Feb 8, 2022

Every single concept was started from the scratch and I had an incredible experience learning it.

By Smini E K

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Feb 7, 2022

Excellent Course And Tutors are really experienced ones,that makes each sessions so interesting.

By Eduardo J B R

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Feb 4, 2022

Great meeting with google project managers, it certainly leaves you in the mood to keep learning.

By PUNEET B

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Feb 1, 2022

This is something new to learn for me and has excellent outcome in future and the course is nice.

By DAVID B

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Jan 14, 2022

The best project management course I have ever participated in. Very interactive and informative.

By Denis Å 

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Jan 9, 2022

A very good introduction to the fundamentals of project management,methodologies and frameworks.

By Louis D

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Dec 10, 2021

A fantastic start to project management and introduction to all of the different types there are.

By A. A F

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Nov 15, 2021

I have enjoyed and learnt so much from this course so far. I can't want to start the next course.

By NIA G

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Sep 13, 2021

This was a great course to take , the self paced course is great for beginners learning about it.

By Antonia N

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Aug 23, 2021

Loved this coarse, and I really liked that the material from this coarse can be saved and reached