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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

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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 Ricardo C

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Sep 29, 2022

Excelente curso! paso a paso te van enseñando desde cero y puedes aplicar todo de manera inmediata ya sea en la vida diaria o en el trabajo. Estoy muy agradecirdo con el curso. Muchas gracias.

By Maryory G

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May 31, 2021

I have been working with oil projects for 17 years and the way that is explained in this course is magistral, they describe cpmplex concepts in a simple language. Simple and dinamic. I love it

By Barbara S

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Jun 20, 2023

This course was very comprehensive, providing a solid foundation for understanding what is required to initiate a project, including the tools and resources to accomplish this. Great course!

By Priya R

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May 26, 2024

The material covered in this course was really good; I learned a lot of new concepts. I only wish there was more opportunity to work on the activities and then to breakdown the Dos and Donts.

By José G P

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Jan 4, 2023

Excelente Curso: sencillo de entender, resolucion de casos prácticos para permitirte interactuar con la realidad, videos muy explicativos realizados por excelente s profesores, lo recomiendo.

By Kushagra S

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May 18, 2022

The course was designed for beginner to advanced level students. The instructor was so good and her method of teaching was very elaborative and detailed. It was so much fun learning from her.

By Mochammad R

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Dec 20, 2021

Good and well put together course, I particularly enjoy the hands-on activities. I look forward to completing the next courses, thank you Google and Coursera for making this course available.

By Jo D

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May 9, 2024

This is a super enriched course. You will be provided free templates, up-to-date project management tools and methods. The references resources are valuable and worth to spend time studying.

By Oladele A O

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Sep 27, 2023

Coursera programs are best among the best in online certification programs, I'm well delightful being part of beneficiaries as a well skilled project manager in making certified by Google.

By Wei X T

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Jun 19, 2023

Thank you for this course. I find it very helpful and enhance my understanding of the project management by a bit. I am looking forward to learning and growing more with this specialization.

By Dr. R D

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Feb 14, 2024

Great tool for anyone who desires to be a leader. It has some of the best management tools that can lead to a successful career managing the projects that the manager/leader will encounter.

By Alicia M H

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Jan 7, 2023

The course work provided is both interactive - providing a combination of videos, readings, discussions and quizzes. I most appreciate how concise and approachable the information has been.

By Dorcas M

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Aug 9, 2022

IT WAS A BIT CHALLENGING BUT I HAVE LEARNT NEW SKILLS AND ALSO USING TOOLS LIKE SPREADSHEETS NOT FORGETTING THE RACI CHART IT WAS AN INTERESTING LEARNING JOURNEY LOOKING FORWARS TO COURSE 3

By Eric J T

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Mar 4, 2022

I thought this course was challenging and very insightful. It helped connect some professional practices with course material. Learned a whole lot, and hope to transfer that to my career.

By Youth J

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Jan 25, 2024

It was an informative course. Learning more about the tools, resources, project charter and all was really helpful. I will like to apply all of these in real world projects in due course.

By Casmir O

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Apr 23, 2023

The Instructors and instructional materials were wonderful. I really enjoyed the Course and it was time well spent. Thank you as i look forward to continuing the later part of the course.

By Timur A

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Sep 30, 2022

its so aamazing. i never got this much information in my life and it is also easy to process and understand.

looking forward completing the rest of the courses and get the career degree

By Ramesh K

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Nov 21, 2022

it very good assignment which I had, it is clearly explained about starting the project for new project starting people, by using this knowledge we can start the project with confident.

By Joe S

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Aug 8, 2022

Loved this course and being able to interact with fellow learners was a great way to see how others understand the material and to get some ideas on how to move forward with the course.

By Jingqi Y

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Jan 24, 2022

Very practical and applicable course! The instructor is very positive and clear. The interactive practices helps me understand the terms and know how to use the knowledge in real cases.

By Deleted A

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Jan 9, 2023

The information delivery was so good. The course is minimal and perfect from someone who has no prior experience. The peer review helped me gain more perspectives on the same question.

By Ashraf W A D

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Mar 17, 2022

I have learned so many things and looking forward to learning more about the tools and ways of handling the projects in Google and looking forward to owning my project in Google soon..

By Petra C B

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Oct 14, 2021

Very informative and find useful information in the course, it does need dedicated time to achieve high grade and take in all the information that the course material and tutors give.

By Mahbubur R

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Sep 30, 2022

Its a great learning experineces with google. The instructor and the materials of the course was learners friendly and simple to understand. Thanks Google for such a amazing course.

By Jorge H T

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Jan 9, 2022

Estuvo increíble, me dejó muy claro lo que necesito para iniciar el proyecto y me encanta poder regresar a revisarlo por cualquier cosa que me haga falta. Muy bien explicado y claro.