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About the Course

This is the second course in the Google Project Management Certificate program. This course will show you how to set a project up for success in the first phase of the project life cycle: the project initiation phase. In exploring the key components of this phase, you’ll learn how to define and manage project goals, deliverables, scope, and success criteria. You’ll discover how to use tools and templates like stakeholder analysis grids and project charters to help you set project expectations and communicate roles and responsibilities. Current Google project managers will continue to instruct and provide you with hands-on approaches for accomplishing these tasks while showing you the best project management 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

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.

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.

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By Mark M

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Aug 7, 2021

Good content and useful resources.

Completley unnecessary peer interation ruins this course

By Tamra L

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Aug 21, 2021

Reviews don't happen in a timely fashion and the certificate shouldn't be held up by this.

By Krystal S

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May 31, 2022

Very boring and didn't keep me engaged. The lady has no enthusatism, very monotone.

By Nyla T J

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Sep 21, 2021

The course is not reading completion so I have to redo everything on the computer.

By Jenny C A

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Dec 3, 2022

I already received the results of my 3rd course and I'm still waiting on this one

By Bree R

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Nov 15, 2021

Peer review sucks. I've submitted 3 times and have all the necessary info

By Jerome G

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May 23, 2024

Too Long, repeated learning, should be more concise.

By Nancy S

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Jul 26, 2021

Grading process could be better

By Parker S

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Jul 23, 2021

I do not enjoy the activities.

By Agustin B

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Dec 17, 2023

quite boring

By Asadbek Z

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Oct 8, 2024

juda ajoyib

By Cassandra S

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Jun 2, 2022

The course material is great. However, the graded assignment is a waste of time. You have to have someone else review your work in order to pass the course, but no one ever reviews the course, so I wonder if I am ever going to get the certificate for doing the work. In the discussion, people are begging each other to review their work, so they can move on. I have completed everything and am waiting. Also, part of the assignment is to grade 3-4 other people's assignments, but I went through at least 15 submissions and only 4 of them I could access. Some of the submitted assignments were spam, so I worry about what I brought onto my computer. It took way too much of my time. Also, there were never any answers given for the assignment, so I don't know if what I did was correct. Likewise, we were never given any correct answers for what we were made to correct. I am not impressed that my grade/access to the certificate depends on this criteria.

By rash m

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Jun 6, 2022

Very upset, very disappointed about one section of this course. Really needs to be re-evaluated. I feel like I am in high school. I thought this course was for changing careers(adulting) etc. The "PEER-GRADING ASSIGNMENTS "aspect is and I quote "STUPID" it's like being in highschool, we are finding the popular kids to like and grade your assignments REALLY!?!? and if you don't find " POPULAR KID " to grade your assignment than your just sitting in limbo waiting and being held up, once again REALLY?!?! How about you keep the same honor system that you have been using throughout the course. Allow the Adults to keep working towards the goals that keep being repeated throughtout the course.

By Alexandra N G C

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Jul 18, 2024

I feel that the content was really good, but it's being wasted. I've completed Module 2 four times because it wouldn't save my progress, and it kept resetting, so I had to redo everything, even reviewing all the content overnight. Additionally, it didn't save my progress, updated the test, and gave me the same grade twice. I never had this issue with the first course, 'Fundamentals of Project Management,' where I successfully completed it with a 92.5%. Unfortunately, this course feels like a waste of time.Additionally, I previously canceled the course, but the subscription was still charged. The content is not good; it's a lose-lose situation.

By Megan M

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Nov 30, 2021

I completely forgot about the peer graded assignments on Coursera. The Google drive share links and such are rough to work with if you accidentally use a google business suite to share it (restricted access which means nobody can view your submission).

In addition having a whole system that promotes self-development but leaving course progress up to a stranger is idiotic. It's so frustrating to get excited to complete a course but to held back by a "peer assignment" that 5% of people put effort into reviewing. It's an obvious ploy to make people have to wait and ultimately pay past the free trial.

By Ingrid

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Nov 30, 2023

This course was a hard slog and mind-numnbingly dull compared to course 1. A lot of the material was presented in a backwards manner compared to course 1 that made it harder to follow and stay engaged with. It took forever. Wish it had more demos of the software instead of links to trials as I have zero experience. The Basecamp site was the only one with easily accessible info on how it runs. None of the tools appeared to work offline. Disappointing as not an option when internet isn't reliable and no cloud access. Not going to work on a ship in international waters.

By Peg M

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Aug 23, 2023

The peer review system is extremely confusing and not necessarily fair. When I texted a friend to get some help, she said she couldn't figure it out and gave up. I THINK another student gave me a non-passing grade, but I'm not really sure.

I appreciate how affordable the program is, but this aspect needs work. I have seen similar comments in various forums online that date back years. My perception is that nobody at Google/Coursera cares about this particular concern.

Sincerely,

Peg Morrison

By Sara B

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Jun 15, 2021

Was not as organized as course 1 & 3. The information in both of these courses was well organized in the powerpoint slides in the videos, course 2 lacked this big time, i found it hard to differentiate between what information should be remembered or taken as notes and the instructor presented the information in a circle... i found the course challenging not because the information wasn't there but because of the way it was presented.

By Karen L A

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Aug 24, 2022

Very poor guidance. Emails directing me to Submission page, where is that? There is a button that says submission for Course 2 Week 2 but no where can you click and paste a link? Asked for help and the gives me directions to go to submission tab. Really? Where? This not anything like I thought it would be considering it's Google. Very poorly put together. I regret my decision to use Google for this certification for PM entry level.

By Darrel D

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Mar 6, 2023

I have attempted the assignment within this course 6 times and the robots that are grading are not properly review the information within the document. I have reviewed my work numerous times and users are selecting 0 points when I have inputted 3 points within the requirement. I dislike this process and believe it is highly flawed and holding me back from passing the course. I will not recommend this course at all.

By Greg P

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Sep 20, 2021

Course was fine until I realized it required "Peer" review. I have taken 100's of online courses over the last 20 twenty years and not once was "Peer" review a requirement. I do not do Peer review it is a waste of my time, as well as the security issues. If I had known that this was a big part of Coursera's methodology, I would never joined the site in the first place, Big mistake on my part.

By Killian D

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Oct 28, 2021

Was really loving this course until the peer-review stuff came up, now I understand all the critique I've heard from it. It doesn't fit an online format well at all and people don't take it seriously and give bad marks for the sake of it. I finished the first course and would give that a 5 but with peer-review being so flawed I'm going to have to stop taking this course here.

By Ianina O

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Oct 9, 2023

Dear Coursera, I faced troubles with SMART project goals test. Unfortunately, access fro template and google docs template is denied, and I have no chance to finish this test or to move forward. I've sent request concerning this issue through application and email, but unfortunately I didn't get any answer yet. Kindly ask you and looking for your help.

By Priya A

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Feb 1, 2024

I am in module 3, and as I have already wrote my issue in Help center. I would also like to share here, since I have pushed the end date, and it was on Jan 28 to submit the assignment, and it is feb 2 now, still I cannot post my assignment please I request the team to fix this problem. I am getting no response, I am only asking for help to fix my issue.

By Ishit P

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Oct 12, 2023

Too basic and boring. I did 4 courses thinking I would learn something eventually. I think PM act as mediator with no expertise at all and just act as someone who manages the project and has authority. To be honest, any one can do it and has no value. Don't waste your time and do something meaningful. - Just my perspective and being honest.