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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 Grant D

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Feb 28, 2022

What an amazing and brilliant course. I thought the Foundation course was good, I cannot wait to get to course 6 if they carry on getting better and better.

By Manas R

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Nov 16, 2021

I am really thankful for getting enhancement of my knowledge in terms of project management initiation phase and thank you for providing me the certificate.

By girish p

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Aug 16, 2021

If you are planning to pursue a career in project management then this is hands down one of the best course you will come across coursera. Loved this course.

By Rick V

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May 3, 2021

Very insightful! Extensive materials taught in a extensive and comprehensive manner. I'm very grateful for Google putting this program out. Thank you Google!

By Amy W

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Mar 27, 2023

I really liked the notes section to the right of the videos. I read the notes and then watched the video. This helped the education stick better in my mind.

By Ahmed S

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Feb 22, 2023

This was a very packed course with lots of knowledge. It was a well constructed course between theoretic and practice. I am so excited for the next courses.

By Syed M A H

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Dec 28, 2022

I learned alot which I didn't know before.It really a good experience of learning .Thanks for the instructor and all the material provided for this course.

By Robert B S

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Dec 5, 2022

Did enjoy the practical part of this course, it has immensely enriched me. I am conversant with the theory I learnt some years back while at the university.

By KRESHA M L

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Aug 17, 2022

Excellent course, it is combination of theory and practical. It proves the importance of having a Project Charter to start a project right from the get go!

By Arnel M

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Aug 4, 2022

All information you needed to run a successful project is covered here. A well organised and planned course - that's what you can call a successful project!

By Neha S

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Sep 20, 2021

The course is amazing with proper explanation of the concepts..

the details provided in this course has made me to complete the entire course with curiosity.

By Maurizio L

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Feb 13, 2024

The course is very detailed and provides thorough and detailed explanations of how project initiation should take place, clearly explaining each part of it

By Denis F

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Oct 17, 2023

Excellent presentation of material, course structure, amount of information and templates to work with from one of the world's industry leaders. Thank you.

By Fahim A

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Aug 14, 2023

Very useful course. The instructor was very helpful and discussed everything quite nicely. The contents of the course are well-designed and very practical.

By Lt C N N

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May 11, 2023

EXCEPTIONALLY WELL STEP BY STEP COURSE AND WELL EXPLAINED IN DETAIL, FOR BASIC TO FOUNDATIONAL UNDERSTANDING TO BE A SUCCESFULL PROJECT MANAGER, HATTS OFF.

By Lalit W

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Nov 10, 2022

It was fun learning and participating in the peer-graded assignment because it is interesting to see how different people see the project task differently.

By Akshat S

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Sep 29, 2022

Thoroughly enjoyed learning this course. The practice tests and quizzes help a lot in recalling the concepts learned during the videos or reading material.

By Puja K

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Aug 28, 2022

Thanks a lot Google for this course. It was a fun Learning ride. Got to know some interesting concepts, tools and techniques. Looking forward to Course 3.

By Sridevi S

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Jul 26, 2022

Excellent course to understand the Project initiation and the availability of various tools and their use. A very structured course and easy to understand.

By Ali M

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Jan 9, 2023

I really appreciate it, it was a complete course which I was chasing it long time and finally I found it, and it is done, thanks Google and kind teachers.

By Emily C

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Aug 1, 2022

The content was exceptionally well-delivered. I really appreciated the breakdown of information across various forms of media, and learning methodologies.

By Shafqat H S

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Oct 17, 2023

a very helpful tool to enhance the ability of project management, I'm glad Coursera provides such a great platform to enhance my professional capability.

By N N

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Apr 4, 2023

This course was such an excellent introduction to initiating projects. It takes you step by step and explains the logic behind actions or best practices.

By Diána J

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Jan 7, 2023

Very structured and inspiring course. It hepled me to fix the basics in my head and it also gave me useful tips where can I dig deeper in certain topics.

By Mukhtiar H

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Dec 1, 2022

I am learning so many new things related to Project Management. The best in this course is that all topics are clearly defined and are easily understood.