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About the Course

This is the second course in the Google Project Management Certificate program. In this course, you will discover how to set a project up for success in the first phase of the project life cycle: the project initiation phase. As you explore the key components of this phase, you will learn how to determine a project’s benefits and costs, create measurable project goals and deliverables, manage project scope, and measure a project’s success criteria. You will learn how to define project roles and responsibilities, complete a stakeholder analysis, and utilize RACI charts. You will also learn the typical resources needed to manage a project, practice developing a project charter, and evaluate various project management tools. Current Google project managers will continue to instruct you in how to accomplish all of these tasks, describing the right 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

TR

Apr 24, 2023

I learned a lot about the initial phases of project management and the intricacies of jumpstarting a project. I liked being introduced to project management software that I was unfamiliar with.

SS

Feb 2, 2023

Great presentation, very useful pieces of information and charts. Different ways to answer important questions. Creating project goals, scopes, and presentations. Collaboration with different tools.

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By EMMANUEL E

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Feb 17, 2023

Seamless approach to learning. However it would be better if every document is made downloadable.

By Sean H

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Nov 4, 2021

A very informative and great course for anyone who wants to pursue a career in project management.

By abdelrhman s

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Mar 7, 2024

the tools part should have a more detailed content with one case study to real project as example

By Anna P

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Dec 19, 2024

was a bit boring sometimes, but a lot of helpful information that i use now as a project manager

By Aimee A

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Dec 21, 2023

Great Information and encourages success and confidence. Peer reviews are difficult to access.

By guesmia m

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Sep 3, 2021

I have successfully completed this course thanks to the staff of qualified professors and peers

By K. D

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Sep 21, 2025

Easy to understand. Outlines how to initiate a project successfully in a very transparent way.

By Lucy H

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Dec 10, 2022

The information given was helpful. It was cumbersome to upload the assignment for peer review.

By Dustin C

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Jul 10, 2023

Good Course so far. Great introduction to concepts such as RACI charts, OKRs, Charters, etc.

By Richard V

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May 27, 2023

Some weeks are a bit too general (like week 4) but all in all, very informative and practical

By Catherine W

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Jun 23, 2023

Very informative but I had to pay extra attention to catch everything taught in the video.

By Encarna V

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Nov 26, 2024

No pongo las cinco estrellas porque la traducción al español no es suficientemente buena.

By Benjamin Z

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Mar 22, 2023

Practical tools for project management. Very useful both for work and outside the office.

By Suchita M

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Jan 11, 2023

Would be glad if you share some videos on using google sheets and teach asana in details.

By vedika d

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Nov 19, 2021

good course, it gives through idea for initiating project. looking forward to the series.

By Sharon F

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Aug 10, 2023

I would have liked more course content including a few examples of the project charter.

By Edwin T - L

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Mar 22, 2023

GREAT BEGINNERS COURSE AND WILL HELP YOU TO JUMPSTART YOUR CARERR IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT

By Dejan V

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Jan 16, 2023

A bit complicated and with unnecessary assignments that will never be used in real life

By Afua A

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Jan 28, 2023

Great course, only down side is the Peer review could delay you completing the course.

By A K

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Jan 24, 2022

A one logacal chart (mind map) which connects all topics of the course would be useful

By guadelmae e

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Mar 31, 2021

The voice of the instructor is very mellow, but other than that, it is a great course!

By Mohamed K

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Oct 20, 2022

amazing step on my lovely and dream track wishing to complete it as soon as possible

By Haridev W

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Aug 8, 2021

Could not access Google's version of Excel to practice with this organizational tool.

By Motunrayo N

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Nov 5, 2022

This was a great one.

I was introduced to new concept and quite interesting actually.

By Hamza A

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Oct 30, 2022

It was great course gave me a lot of experiences, I wish I learned more about ASANA