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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....

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S

Jul 1, 2021

Mixed video, activity, and test help me focus and learn so much. And we can try many times in the test help us gain more confident and chance to enhance where we haven't understand. Such a great work.

MM

Feb 28, 2023

thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to enroll this Google project management certification. But, I am not able to pay for the program because I have no money even to sustain myself. Why

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By Oleksii D

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Nov 30, 2022

A great introductory course to the Project Management profession.

A very harmonious combination of theory and practice.

I assure you, if you are looking for Foundations of Project Management courses, stop at it.

By valentine k

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Nov 27, 2022

What i love so much about this course is that irrespective of your academic or career knowledge, it is designed in a way that you can understand it as a beginner even with zero knowledge in Project management.

By Gregory H

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Oct 17, 2022

Outstanding content and presentation. Clearly designed for those with little project management experience, but not so easy/boring for those with considerable experinece and no formal certificate, well done.

By Nadia B

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Jun 23, 2022

I had an awesome time learning about the foundations of project management. I belive I have a perfect foundation to engage in further studies or yet still use this foundation to get myself a job in this field.

By Beatrice E

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Mar 22, 2022

It very informative and detailed i have learnt so much.

The slides are easy to understand and anyone can easily sign up.

The time is flexible as well and anybody and so you can take the course whenever you can.

By Gabriela R

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Jan 7, 2022

Es un curso extremadamente claro, dictado de una manera super divertida, contiene elementos claves para interiorizarse sobre esto. Me parece indispensable para cualquier persona que trabaje en una organizacion

By Graciella H D

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Jan 7, 2022

Loving this course, thank you! As someone who is about to start their career journey, some are a lot for me to handle but it's been a great experience to participate in this course. This has been very helpful.

By AHMED E

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Dec 29, 2021

Really it was a great start for a very interesting field which open my mind on a new journey i could start, thanks for google thanks for the instructor and all who participating in that course and it's content

By Bhairavi S

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Oct 8, 2021

The course is well designed. The content is made interesting by the guide using appropriate body language, diction and tone wherever necessary. The examples given also help in understanding the content better.

By Loye A

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May 28, 2021

The project management course on Coursera was quite interesting, and gave me eye opening approach into Project management structures and methodologies used on solving organizational Challenges in todays world.

By Marcelo M

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Apr 21, 2021

Great information, well explained with a clear delivered material. Self paced, very detailed explanations and reading material that is concise and meaningful for the new concepts. Looking to the next course !!

By Aadil P

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Apr 12, 2021

Excellent course for a basic guide in project management. Looking forward to the other courses in the project management certification. Hopefully this certification helps me to take the next step in my career!

By hari e

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Apr 9, 2021

it is so nice and easy to understand the whole idea about project management with some real-time examples .AND also I'm interested to do the next courses also :)

I recommend all my friend to take this course :)

By Claudia O

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Feb 12, 2023

I started the course with low expectations and I was pleasantly surprised. Great content and practical day-to-day examples of a Project Manager were brought. I managed to apply some examples in my daily life.

By Linda L

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Dec 25, 2022

I appreciate how much was covered in the Foundations of Project Management. Even after 10+ years of project-based work, because of the nature of the roles I was in, I still learned so much during this course.

By JOSHIKA M M B V

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May 30, 2022

Awesome course , the best course i have done in online platform.Believe me it is worth your time and money. If you are a fresher in the field of management, dont worry here the course is from the very scratch

By Kritika M

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May 1, 2022

The explanation is amazing. Tuitors shared their experience as a project manager also helped alot to understand it better. Lots of activities to understand the concept very well is also good part.

Thank you!!!

By Jian P A O

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Jan 12, 2022

I had a great time learning about the general concepts of project management. I learned some useful skills in this course and I highly recommend this to everyone who wants to grow as a person and as a worker.

By Mochammad R

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Dec 10, 2021

It provides me with enough overview knowledge project management, the materials are explained really well and the instructor was so engaging. Thank you to Google and Coursera for making this course available.

By Lauren B

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Apr 11, 2021

I think this course was very helpful and covered a lot of great content. I was pleased with how much of it I already knew from my own experiences. I think the thing I learned most about was the methodologies.

By JOHN

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Oct 20, 2023

the course was the bomb, thanks to google for this, the fundamental knowledge on this course on project management is something else. the the integration of scenarios for better understanding was brilliant.

By Saujanya S

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Mar 24, 2023

I appreciate the efforts taken for this course. It made me realize how effective it is to manage any project for the best outcomes. The knowledge I gain will definitely help me contribute in my team. Cheers!

By Joshua J A

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Mar 9, 2023

Everything has been explained in detail and broken down into simply words. Easy to understand and when wrong immediate rectification is done that to with the explanation by directing it to the theory answer.

By Roni V

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Feb 1, 2023

This course helped me to organize my thought about staring a project, i found it very helpull and i still go back to it when i need to plan another project. Definitely worth it the money. I am very satisfied

By chukwuneke a

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Jan 19, 2023

This course is really great! The lecture videos were straight to the point and easy to learn. If his was my only motivation to get on Project management, it sure did a great job to make me really interested