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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 Preety I

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Jun 9, 2024

I am facing issue in submitting my graded assessment there is no submit button available due to which I am unable to move further to the next course please fix the same

By Ann C

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Jan 9, 2023

It was a challenging project charter, I could have used more direction, I also did not like the fact that I can't review my project charter grade peer review!

By Dominique H J

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Mar 2, 2023

It was fine until the peer review portion. You have to wait and hope someone decides to review your project and not giving a failing grade with no feedback.

By Jasper l

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Sep 5, 2022

Look, i really love the course, but because of that one peer-graded assignment which cause me not complete the course, i am gonna rate it 3 start...

By Toniko R

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Jun 30, 2022

Peer reviews should not include calculated grades as one of my assignments was graded incorrectly and now that grade has effected my overall score.

By BOUH M

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Jul 4, 2021

Obviously , this course was one of my greatest achievements in the filed of project management as i gained valuable skills and knowledge .

By Caitlin G

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Oct 18, 2022

This was a harder course to stay on track of, and staying determined. I powered through it, and am happy to move on. But i learned alot!

By Suzie S

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Apr 12, 2022

The peer review needs to be updated. It took nearly a month for me to get a grade! Otherwise this course was informative ans helpful.

By Sneha S

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Apr 8, 2022

Though the content of the course was great, I felt that the instructor's voice was very low and so had difficulty with the content.

By Lilian K

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Oct 21, 2023

I really enjoyed and appreciated these course though i felt some aspects were a bit vague and could have been taught more in depth

By Bruce W

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Mar 30, 2023

It would be helpful for the templates to have data pre-filled as opposed to flipping back and forth. Good information overall.

By trang n

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Apr 26, 2023

It'd be great if we could have more exercises, quizzes, and homework for practicing because the information is still limited.

By Ryan P

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Aug 15, 2022

Dry, had to force myself to get through.

Has great information, but the times are not accurate and it wears on your schedule.

By Abhishek A

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Jun 14, 2023

the course is mostly just uninteractive video learning. it would be more interesting if videos were a bit more interactive

By Eric H ( F F A F G

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Apr 9, 2024

This course was great but halfway through I could not access the google docs because of an access denied message.

By LUIS C R Z

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Mar 8, 2023

A little bit complicated and the assignments to be reviewed by the other students are not the bet method to learn

By Mallory S

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Jul 2, 2023

The peer review assignments are frustrating because it can take months to get someone to review your assignment.

By giorgi l

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Mar 13, 2024

too many stuff to remamber that's have no use you can do busineess project managment without most of it i think

By Martina K

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Feb 5, 2022

While it has some great insights, it's a reaaaaaly basic course. I would have love more detailed lessons.

By Vanessa P

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Jan 9, 2023

Sometimes a little challenging maneuvering through the Peer grade activities and accessing the templates.

By Rayan S

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Mar 15, 2022

The instructor was a little attractive in her speech while speeking, but she did explain everything well.

By Clara N

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Jun 23, 2024

The speakers speak too small, I always have to maximize my laptop column too listen to them. So annoying

By Maria R E

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Mar 9, 2023

this segment could be better -- a lot of the peer assignments i reviewed showed we were confused as heck

By Ramkumar D

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Jul 11, 2022

The instructor was too boring & slow & repetitive for this course. Had to do the course in 1.5X speed

By Nicholas Y

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Nov 19, 2021

i think more work needs to be done on the project charter part. it really deserves more time