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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

SP

Jan 23, 2024

Although I took this course first before the foundation of project management I found I have known many terms in my real life so eager to start to learn more in-depth qualities of project management.

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 Amber M

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Aug 29, 2023

Great course! I would suggest more information around differentiating between SMART Objectives, deliverables, and success criteria.

By Namita G

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May 19, 2023

So grateful so many concepts have been covered in such a concise clear way. I am new to this and learnt so much. Thank you so much!

By Joseph s m

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Sep 21, 2022

It is an eductaion , learn and practicing skills , looking forwards to finish all the courses , thanks to all the coursera's team

By Len K

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Jul 31, 2021

Learnt a lot of things. Not only content is great but Google instructors are very engaging. Assignments and quizzes are helpful.

By Salsabeel U

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Oct 4, 2023

Excellent Course Specially the activities given in the course which help to brainstorm the concept, apply on real scenario. Thanks

By Aleksandra

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Jun 13, 2023

Completing this course has been an incredible journey, and I'm thrilled to have acquired a solid foundation in project initiation.

By Hajar S O M

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Jan 25, 2023

Still waiting for the reviews, i dont like the assignments they consume a lot of time and extra time for someone to review them...

By Olivia I

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Aug 3, 2022

Jam-packed full of information and the assignments are great ways to learn with a more hands-on approach rather than just reading.

By Deleted A

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Jan 8, 2022

I am SANTU KUMAR JANA. I have successfully completed Google Project Management: Project Initiation: Starting a Successful Project.

By zohra c

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Jan 3, 2022

Great learning and Instructor , I think it's adding a lot to my knowledge , so happy that I am taking a big step toward my path

By Pipiet P N

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Sep 20, 2021

It is valuable course. All course material is very useful for me to get more knowledge on project management method and softwares.

By RONALD L

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Jul 28, 2021

Exceptional and comprehensive course. Would highly recommend for anyone wanting to build a solid foundation in Project Management!

By Maristela A

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Jun 26, 2021

Awesome topics covered. Learned many concepts and tools that are useful in starting a project at work, cant wait to use them soon!

By Liliana G n H

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Jun 7, 2021

I really liked the way the course was structured and how it broke down key concepts to make them easy to understand. Great course.

By Emmanuel O

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Mar 15, 2024

Very detailed and thorough course on project initiation. This course is mandatory for every current and aspiring Project Manager.

By Thansuda K

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Mar 6, 2023

I’ve learned many things, thank Google for creating this course. I’ll continue learning all courses in project management course.

By piyadol m

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Nov 11, 2022

Great courses, I have learn a lot of things like how to initiate the project, R&R, how we evaluate stakeholders, RACI, and tools.

By Yeni H D

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Sep 20, 2022

I love this course. i learned how to initiate the project and detail in initiation and what tools to use in Project management.

By Derek L

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Sep 9, 2022

I like the resources and presenter is great. Now i understand like scope creep concept. Which tell me lots of things to attention

By Chuanchi W

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Aug 4, 2021

well-designed course! I found I did something wrong when managing projects. Google taught me a systematic way to manage projects.

By Jerry C

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Apr 15, 2021

Excellent course. Learned a lot about successful project initiation and the tools a Project manger should be knowledgeable about.

By Nor K A L

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Jun 8, 2023

I learned a lot from this course. There is many information that I just knew, and this helps me in my task as a Project Manager.

By Paulina A

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Oct 5, 2022

Great module! This certificate is complete, full of examples and provides you with multiple documents you can use in real life.

By Richard O

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Jul 2, 2022

I have all the information needed to successfully initiate a project. Moving forward, I'm more confident of my project's success

By aya f

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Oct 22, 2021

I particularly liked the exercises on creating RACI charts. I didn't get everything right but it was a good learning experience.