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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 Tamica G

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Feb 12, 2022

I just absolutely love this course because I'm really looking forward to a career in project management. But more than helping my professional pursuit, learning about project management is really helping me with organising my own personal life

By YuanZhen S

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Sep 14, 2023

great course! It really gives me a deeper understanding in project management. The course teaches you exactly how you start a project, including what form you should done, and how you could keep everyone on the track in the initiation phase.

By Veselin L

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Aug 11, 2023

After 30 years of creating, delivering and receiving training, both in-class and online, I can confidently state that this is gold standard for online training. Thank you for giving me opportunity to enjoy taking this course.

Thank you.

Veselin

By Rebecca D

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Nov 19, 2024

I have worked in creative project management for awhile, and found this course to have great tips on managing projects and deadlines as well as working in relation to other departments within a company when collaborating on shared projects.

By Francis N S

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Nov 19, 2022

The Google Course for Project Initiation is fantastic. Very expert professionals who teaches you and demonstrate how to manage projects in the real world. Absolutely essencial for beginning professionals and even for senior PMs. Recommend.

By Michael S

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Apr 15, 2022

I was wowed by how someone (myself) who did not have any substantial background knowledge in the field of Project management could easily flow with the sessions. The videos were well explanatory and the readings are like icing on the cake.

By S M S Z

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Jan 11, 2023

I think this is fantastic to learn project management from beginner level, course content is superb even learning evaluating process is also accurate which push candidates to achieve this milestone proactively & with lot off concentration

By sami u s

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Apr 23, 2022

I love this course. I learned a lot of stuff here. I learned about

1- How to find smart goals

2- OKR's Rule

3- How to measure success

4- Difference between project launching and project landing

5- Project Charter

6- RACI Chart

and many more!

By Mohamed N

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Nov 4, 2021

Excellent course, Excellent Presentation. Superb information.. I dont know what else to say. I love google and I love people who's teaching there. everything is well organized, well placed. These people really know what they are doing...

By Gina Y

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Apr 8, 2024

provides and excellent understanding of the various roles and responsibilities of project team. explains the documentation that is needed for a successful project and provides you insight on what tools can be used to help you succeed.

By Goodnews E

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Jun 18, 2023

I must admit that this is a very interesting course that exposed me to the wealth of tools available for project managers for project process optimisation, as well as drafting important documents that aid the phase of project initiation.

By Luis i K

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May 19, 2021

El curso esta buenísimo, pero subí una tarea y como nadie la califico, aun no me han entregado el certificado, cuando ya hace un mes que lo termine.

Ojala puedan corregirlo o darme por terminado el curso para obtener el diploma del mismo.

By Stavros S

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Jun 30, 2024

I have been in software development teams and it was the first time I got a glance of how projects get properly initiated. This was a game changer for me and will start using it as of today in my current role! Thanks to you Google team!

By Wallace G

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Jan 3, 2022

Well structured, comprehensive subject matter. Might be a touch easy for those who have worked in PM and are taking the course for the certification, but that doesn't take away from the amount of effort they put into making the program.

By Wanwan Y

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Mar 20, 2022

I love google project management course so much! The course leads me know how project managers do, and even how to be a project managers. I am so thankful that I took this series of courses with my colleague. great advice! many thanks!

By Buky A

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Jul 22, 2021

The course was phenomenon, insightful, practical, detailed, and well explained. The moderators were wonderful, always laying emphasis on key elements, and provided life examples. I gained a lot and I hope to finish the specialization.

By Oscar A R

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Jul 19, 2021

This course was awesome! Lots of hands-on-experience gained. You have to actually work on this section. Is not just watching videos and answering multiple-choice tests, it actually requires you to put in practice what you have learned.

By Supasuta M

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Oct 2, 2022

The course was extremely beneficial in learning how to create the project's initiation phase. I completed some excellent assignments to encourage me to continue practicing and to choose the best project charger for my future projects.

By Bill W

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Aug 28, 2024

What a great beginning. There is so much more to creating a project than "Okay, let's get this thing done by then" and playing it by ear from that point. In the past, I've run projects on little more than that framework. Never again.

By Komal B

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Jun 4, 2023

WHEN I STARTED THIS COURSE I THOUGHT ITS SO SIMPLE I AM ALREADY DOING WHAT THEY ARE GONNA TEACH ME BUT I AM ASTONISHED TO LEARN ABOUT IT IN DEPTHS. THAT THERE IS SO MUCH TO LEARN AND I AM GLAD I JOINED THE COURSE. THANK YOU COURSERA.

By Nicolas R

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May 11, 2023

All of the concepts of project initiation were completetely new to me, but the course went trough them in detail but in a way that was easy to understand.

The practice activities were also great to put what you learned into practice.

By Edna B Q

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Jul 2, 2021

The tools introduced through the course for initiating a project are invaluable. This course demonstrates the value of project initiation and how you set yourself up for success if you take the time to do things right from the start.

By muhammad t n

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May 30, 2022

Well defined Course regarding Project Initiation Phase . All course material managed by highly qualified teachers.

The way of teaching is very impressive and understandable . I am highly thankful to teachers , google and Coursera.

By Sergio L

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Nov 12, 2021

This course is very interesting and clear. You're easily projected into the dynamics of the initial phases of a life cycle of a project. It's easy to follow and understand the foundamentals of some crucial processes composing it!

By Iuri N

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Oct 30, 2023

This for me was the hardest one, I tried for 3 days, exhausting every 3 tries per 24, but I ended up with 90%, I can say I learned the most by failing which is what this is all about learning from our mistakes, thank you Google!