You made it! Applying Project Management in the Real World is the final course in the Google Project Management program. In this capstone course, you will practice applying the project management knowledge and skills you have learned so far. If you haven’t taken Courses 1-6 yet, we highly recommend doing so, as they provide the foundation necessary to complete the activities in this course. As you progress through this course, you will “observe” a project manager in a real-world scenario and complete dozens of hands-on activities. By the end of this course, you will have developed a portfolio of project management artifacts that will demonstrate the skills you have learned throughout the entire program, such as the ability to manage stakeholders and teams, organize plans, and communicate project details. These artifacts can exhibit their career readiness when applying for jobs in the field. 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: - Analyze project documents to identify project requirements and evaluate stakeholders. - Complete a project charter and use it as a tool to align project scope and goals among stakeholders. - Identify tasks and milestones and document and prioritize them in a project plan. - Define quality management standards and explore how to effectively share qualitative data. - Demonstrate your project’s impact through effective reporting. Google employees who currently work in the field will guide you, providing hands-on activities and examples that simulate common project management tasks while showing you some of the best tools and resources used on the job.
A strong, accessible starting point for aspiring project managers. While it won’t replace formal certifications like PMP or CAPM, it’s a great way to build confidence and skills for junior PM roles.
Hi, I'm a university student. I followed the course gain knowledge and to find a job. Instructors, Google, Coursera gave a great learning exposure. The course was perfect. Thank you very much.
I have several certifications in project management, but it you are just starting out this was the most comprehensive and dealt with subject material in a similar way to an actual job. Great course.
This is very nice course. It not only helped me in learning project management skill but gave me platform to put to use knowledge I gained during the entire course. Thanks Google and Coursera
This course allowed me to apply the tools and information gained through the entire certificate...but in a guided and safe context. I appreciated the Capstone element to the program so much!
This course provided alot of information in a very clear, easy to understand and follow manner. The tools that I was left with will provide to be valuable throughout my career in Project Management.
Thank you Coursera, This is a very interesting and supportive certification. I really enjoyed this course and found it very useful. I hope this brings new changes to my current role in the office.
I enjoyed learning project management in this course. Most useful I found practice assignments with scenarios and supporting materials. I like the pace of this course and information organization.
am really greatful to have been given the opportunity to learn this coursework it is very educative and would like to recommend it to others so that they can gain some skills about project management.
This course is fantastic! Though I am a skilled project manager; there are some good takeaways from this course; and Google Instructors talk about the best practices used at Google in a lucid manner!
I found the course very interesting and detailed, at times a little repetitive but very well structured overall. I would recommend the course to colleagues. But I did find the course quite long.
very comprehensive course with a lot of hands on and assignment to do. I could rate it 5 if the assignment graded by instructors but it get graded by other fellow learner who use wide range metric.
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Great one. Though peer-review section needed to be more supervised.Many low-level submission, people are just trying to pass and get the certificate, not learn. That's not good. I will decrease values.
I think the course was great. But, ı can say that the grading system is not very healthy in my experience. When I was reviewing the peer’s, I came across my submission. I thought It was a page error or something. But I realized submission was completely stolen without changing a word or dot. I reported it immediately of course.
But I may never see that and nobody could not understand that person stole it.I guess that happens a lot and I am really uncomfortable with sharing the contents now. So, I recommend changing the grading system.
-1 star for grading system
The content is good but the grading system is terrible. I could bet money that some people submit reviews without even opening the linked documents. I've gotten points taken off for missing content that was very clearly included, labeled, color-coded, and in bold. I've recieved wildly different scores on the exact same assignment from multiple people. I tested this out because one of my assignments I failed the first time for having components marked missing that were 100% there. I re-submitted the exact same assignment with no changes-- got a 100% that time. Plus if you get a poor grade you have to resubmit and HOPE someone reveiws your work, because if nobody reviews it, you just sit in limbo unable to complete the course.
The idea of these courses is fantastic, but peer-grading in this manner just encourages people to click random points and not actually provide legitimate feedback. That defeats the whole purpose of having graded written work. And if that's the way it will go, they should just eliminate peer-reviewed work in favor of the quizzes and tests, etc. Or maybe have a project that you have to submit at the end that is reviewed by a professional or something.
Good Course. But need to have a moderator or someone to make sure the peer review assignments are done right.
The course materials fail to meet my expectation. The graded assignments are way easy, and doesn't allow learners to test their knowledge. Most of the quizzes are definition questions which requires memorizing than applying critical thinking skills. I don't think a successful project manager doesn't need to practice critical thinking skills in her day to day tasks as there are a lot of negotiations and decision makings are taking place.
The experts shown in the course are added randomly and doesn't communicate what the previous video are talking about nor they give a so-called satisfying experience sharing moments. They mention project this, project that but not their way to resolve a certain problem they face in their work. I don't care what role you hold at Google, I just need them to share what is challenging in their day to day tasks and how they turn the situation around... Give me real life examples! Reading a book on project management can perhaps benefit me more than this course.
Often, this course felt like propaganda for Google, and the peer-reviewed elements were an absolute waste of time. No meaningful review was ever once provided. I completed the course because I started it, and I finish what I start, but were I to do it over again, I would avoid this course and instead have taken the entry-level certification program at the Project Management Institute.
Great program! I enjoyed the lessons being taught in language that is not too technical. The hands-on assignments were of great value; though I wish we had instructors grading the assignments and provide more relevant feedback. After completing the course, I reviewed the PMI PMBoK for about a week and took the PMI CAPM exam and passed. Grateful for the Google programs! Florent
I am trying to comeplete the course, but two assignments show that they are ungraded and I can't complete my certifcation. Legit have finished everything and it has been over three weeks in waiting for my grades.
I completed this while studying for my PMP. While they are different , this was a nice intro into project management. I really enjoyed the quizzes and the assignments. All in all a very nice course.
This was a challenging capstone. You apply everything you learned so far and you actually feel like a real project manager! I had a lot of fun completing this specilizion. I would recommend it even if you're not a project manager. A lot of the skills you learn here are valuable and could be applied in other areas of your life
I really enjoyed all the activities in this course and overall had a great experience; however, it was very difficult to actually get my work reviewed so that I could pass the class and get my certificate. There needs to be some accountability to the learners here -- I don't think it's right for the discussion boards to be constantly full of frustrated learners trying to find people to review their work, and it sets up a quid pro quo atmosphere that doesn't necessarily contribute to thoughtful learning and assessment.
The Modules 1 and 2 were really good, as in we were asked to work on a Project Charter and a Project Plan and I found them challenging and at the same time interesting. However, I have a critical feedback too. The course is too lengthy and has too many peer-graded assignments. You may want to refine your course a little more and condense it further, because it is tedious. For me as someone who has two other jobs, I don't have a lot of time to give towards a course, so the shorter the better. But good job with designing the course overall, and the course instructor was great. Please take my feedback seriously, as I feel learners can feel disengaged if a course is very lengthy.
I will recommend this professional path to everyone, its the best guide to understand the Project Management in a very flexible, updated & rich content.
Very nice design on the course structure and guide you through step by step to complete the capstone project. I've working as a marketer for 6 years this is very practical compare to my day-to-day work.
For previous 5 courses I think it's fine for peers to grade the assignments but for the final project assignment review it would be great to have a moderator or instructor to review it, since it's more complex and not just the students answers enough bullet points then content/answers has to be in right context too.
A lot of practice exercises made me more confident in real life project
What a fabulous course. Very in-depth, practical, and the coaches did an amazing job explaining all the different concepts. I'd recommend it to everybody starting out in the field of project management or to those who wish to brush up on their skills. I enjoyed every minute of it!
I have several certifications in project management, but it you are just starting out this was the most comprehensive and dealt with subject material in a similar way to an actual job. Great course.
The capstone project is really helpful to implement everything that we learnt throughout the course.
Putting everything that was learned to test in actual assignments was a great experience!
This course helped me put some of the skills I have learned into practice.
What worked: I love referring back to notes and was grateful for that option and for the ease provided for taking lots of notes.
What didn't work: I was super stressed about not preparing an ROI, SoW, detailed budget, or even not finding the answers anywhere to questions like "How many tablets do you need?" It felt like I skipped so many steps and so much information was left out.
Thank you for this class and I hope that someday someone there will say, "We taught her the skills she needed to do such a great job!"