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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....

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GK

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This is a good course offered by Google via Coursera. More examples based on real life secanrio and day to day activties need to be included for better understanding of people from all industries.

JH

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Very informative. This course allows you to view how a project charter is created then gives you the opportunity to do it yourself. It also introduces an array of tools to help manage a project.

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By Tracy N

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Aug 9, 2022

The course provides a range of detailed terms and tools for me to practice preparing for a project. i can learn and practice through the asignments.

Thanks a lot for releasing such an informative and useful course.

By Imran R

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May 25, 2022

This course is really well put together. The content and pace are fantastic and coupled with the instructor who really kept me eager to learn more. I can't wait to finish the course and gain the full certification.

By Dmitry R

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Dec 2, 2021

Great presentation of the material! Excellent motivating lecturers! This tutorial demonstrates why Coursera and Google are the best! Many thanks to Coursera and Google for the opportunity to gain new knowledge !!!

By CARLOS P

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Apr 25, 2023

The progress of this specialization is great, due to its content even for unexperienced students on project manajement knowledge as for experienced professionals that can reinforce many concepts and add new ones.

By YS T

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Jul 14, 2022

The whole Google PM course package comprised well designed courses with a good mix of videos, quizzes and hands-on practice! Totally recommended for anyone who is keen to explore a career in project management.

By Kelly F

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May 16, 2022

A lot of points are covered in this module. Would have liked a bit more specific explanations on the terminology but an overall great course with good content. Definitely increased my knowledge and challenged me

By Kiran K

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Feb 18, 2022

The Course is great ! But I did not like the video quaility and the Audio quaility of the how the video is been made ! Lot of Hiss noise in the audio which is not acceptable in this type of quality productions !

By H. K H M

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May 6, 2021

A good course, It helped me to learn how a project initiates successfully. The details are well explained and many activities that are helped to understand the theories. Instructors are presenting very well too.

By Paul L

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Apr 28, 2023

The course material is great and the pace isn't too fast that you get lost. The Peer Review coursework isn't as daunting as the name sounds which was really nice but the review process could be better designed.

By Agim R

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Apr 17, 2021

Excellent efforts to the presenters and Google! I hope to see some visuals and graphics so that every bit of learning is memorized like a photo, but that may not be the preference of other attendees. Thank you!

By Ziliya U

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Sep 20, 2021

Thanks to the instructors of this course! I highly appreciate how well it was structured and how much valuable information I have acquired. This course was very impactful for my career and my day-to-day life.

By Joe G

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Mar 28, 2022

The second part of the certificate program is where the introduction to the technical aspects began, a gentle immersion into the PM tools. Very excited to continue this, and can't wait to see what lies ahead.

By Nikita C

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Jul 3, 2023

There was a lot of information to go over in this course. Be prepared to take lots of notes and rewatch videos and reading to ensure that you understand all of the information that is being presented to you.

By Dumisani T N

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Nov 16, 2022

This was one of the most informative and important stage of Project Management. Learnt a lot about the Initiation of a project, SMART goals, OKRs, Project tools, Stakeholder analysis and many other things.

By Jessica N

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Jan 12, 2022

The best part of the course for me is learning the names of project steps - I've always 'known' the steps, but was not previously able to organise them in my head until I heard the terms used in this course.

By Mohammed S D

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Jun 2, 2021

This is a well put together course. From the way the course is delivered to how the assigments are structured it is well designed to cater to any level of candidate. Very intersting course and lots to learn.

By Sarah W

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May 20, 2024

Had a lot of fun doing this course! The instructor was amazing and easy to follow so was the assignment! By the time I was finishing this course, I was confident enough to handle at least 50% of a project.

By REJU L

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May 5, 2023

It gives a great insight and knowledge about what you should know what the things involved what has to be taken care of before starting a succesful project.Great value of info and knowledge being delivered.

By Aisha A M

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Jan 20, 2023

This course has helped me soo much in understanding the importance of planning for projects even personal ones not only does it save time but also helps predict certain project creeps and how to solve them.

By Sajid P

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Jun 18, 2021

This is a Very Helpful course for those who's trying to join as Project manager . You can Understand the concepts easily and also you can able to do peer graded assignments that helps gain your confidence.

By Bogdan F B

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Oct 26, 2022

Was very interesting and helpful for me to understand a lot of things. Also felt like I remembered a lot of things which I knew it, but didn't knew that those things actually really helped me in the past.

By Ahmad K

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Jul 25, 2021

Absolutely love how the course is presented - it breaks down Project Management and its facets into digestible, easy to understand chunks and just makes it really simple to grasp in a short period of time.

By Abdifatah W

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Jun 27, 2022

I would have loved if the tools mentioned were incorporated into an exercise or peer reveiwed assignment like the project charter so those ones who have no experience in those tools can even learn better.

By Natalie F

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Jan 14, 2022

Great Course to get to know the specifics of creating a proper ground for the successful running the porject. Also, the methods of setting the goals and other analysis will be helpful in any other fields.

By Annapurna M

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May 10, 2021

I am enjoying this course very much, especially peer review, I did a generic exercise but the reviewer corrected and gave me the suggestion, this is what I am loving about this course right now.

Thank you!