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About the Course

This course is the first in a series of six to equip you with the skills you need to apply to introductory-level roles in project management. Project managers play a key role in leading, planning and implementing critical projects to help their organizations succeed. In this course, you’ll discover foundational project management terminology and gain a deeper understanding of the role and responsibilities of a project manager. We’ll also introduce you to the kinds of jobs you might pursue after completing this program. Throughout the program, you’ll learn from current Google project managers, who can provide you with a multi-dimensional educational experience that will help you build your skills for on-the-job application. 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: - Define project management and describe what constitutes a project. - Explore project management roles and responsibilities across a variety of industries. - Detail the core skills that help a project manager be successful. - Describe the life cycle of a project and explain the significance of each phase. - Compare different program management methodologies and approaches and determine which is most effective for a given project. - Define organizational structure and culture and explain how it impacts project management. - Define change management and describe the role of the project manager in the process....

Top reviews

MR

Nov 27, 2021

Learned a lot such as Agile, C-Suite, Change management, Corporate governance, Culture mapping, DMAIC, Kanban, Lean, Lean Six Sigma, Linear, Matrix structure, Reporting chart, Six Sigma etc. Thank you

BC

Dec 26, 2021

This course is very helpful for those who want to kick start their career in project management field. It is highly interactive and covers basics of project management thoroughly. I really enjoyed it.

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By Joyceline S A

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Oct 24, 2023

My interest in project management positions has increased as a result of the course.

By Moinuddin K

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Sep 29, 2023

Foundations of Project Management course really helped me to understand the concepts

By Nitin K

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Sep 18, 2023

This is a well curated course!! Easy to understand and takes it slow.. I loved it :)

By Kaone P

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Aug 25, 2023

Google did a fantastic job on this. It's a great course which I recommend to anyone.

By Khalid A A H

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Aug 16, 2023

The course is very helpful to understand project management types, roles and tools.

By Shanette W

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Aug 14, 2023

Taking this course has really been an eye opener. I'm trurly loving this experience!

By Andrei P

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Jul 30, 2023

Quite excellent and simple course. It's really useful for new joiners in that field.

By Muneeb S

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Jul 22, 2023

Excellent course just add portion of introduction to softwares of Project Management

By Ekaterina P

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Jun 27, 2023

Was interesting to study new things and revise certain topics that I learned before.

By Germán A G

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Jun 22, 2023

Good methodology, excellent support material and clearly explained videos. Great job

By Kent K

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Jun 11, 2023

Course was easy to follow even for someone without background to project management.

By Bode H

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May 23, 2023

The process of learning here is more like spoon-feeding and flexibility is permitted

By Abbas A

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Apr 13, 2023

It is really interesting and it gives me the opportunity to see my woes in the past.

By chinyere e

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Feb 23, 2023

Amazing tutoring, it was well explained, every topic made sense as a project manager

By piyathida p

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Jan 30, 2023

You can find the basic of project manager. It is the begin for good project manager.

By francis n

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Jan 28, 2023

I have understood the impact of a project manager in any organisation and i like it.

By verner s

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Dec 30, 2022

Logically presented with appropriate visuals and real world examples. Comprehensive.

By Nick S

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Dec 19, 2022

Great class and intro to project management. Excellent pace and real world examples.

By Areeb K

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Dec 7, 2022

It is a great course for someone who wants to get into the career of project manager

By Isadora M S

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Nov 13, 2022

Recommended! Cover very important and specifics topics regarding project management.

By farhan z

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Nov 10, 2022

Very Structured and Informative.

Would highly recommend this course to fellow peers !

By Emmanuel O

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Nov 6, 2022

I really enjoyed the course. It was clear and made the subject so easy to understand

By Aigerim B

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Oct 15, 2022

for someone without any idea what project management is, it is a very useful course

By Ahmed n

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Oct 15, 2022

iam happy for enroled for this course its very good and useful in management career

By Abdal G A

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Sep 28, 2022

Very nice and informative course, presented in an easy way and easy information flow