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About the Course

This is the first of six courses in the Google Project Management Certificate program, which will help you develop the skills needed to apply for entry-level roles as a project manager. 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. Current Google project managers will offer a multi-dimensional educational experience that will provide you with tools you can apply on the job. 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

NE

Apr 9, 2022

Wow, I did not expect that it will be so much fun to work on this course. It gives a lot of good information. This course must be taken by anybody who is not familiar with project management methods.

SH

Jun 11, 2021

Very well put together and interactive, I love the team incorporated pop up questions in the videos this really helped with the learning process. I'm also impressed at how accurate the transcript it.

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By Maria K

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Oct 27, 2022

Very clear explanations, interresting career paths examples, great speakers

By Gifton C

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Sep 25, 2022

Excellent foundation to project management. Well done Google and Coursera.

By Niall O

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Sep 16, 2022

Great course. Highly recommend it to anyone looking to get in to a PM role.

By Opeoluwa F

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Sep 15, 2022

Awesome and detail-packed course. Definitely bound to impress new learners!

By Seva B

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Sep 12, 2022

Thank you for making this course! Really useful and insighfull for newcomers

By Sakshi G

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Aug 20, 2022

Very beneficial, got good knowledge about Foundations of Project Management.

By Anthony

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Aug 11, 2022

I love the great kcik off of all the parts of a project and how is involved.

By Abdulrahman A

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Aug 11, 2022

I really enjoyed this course and looking forward to more courses from google

By Chinemerem U

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Jul 26, 2022

This course has a great content for my career pursuit in project management.

By Roman V

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Jul 15, 2022

The course will be helpful if your projects are huge and invole many people.

By Kapil G

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Jul 9, 2022

Excellent content and a fascinating concept that we can apply to every role!

By Connor M

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Jun 19, 2022

Excellent beginner course as an intro to Project Management as a profession!

By Chaitanya V S R

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Jun 15, 2022

The Course was well taught and designed well. thanks to Coursera and Google.

By Akanksha t

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Jun 6, 2022

It is an amazing course and very very help to make your base study stronger.

By Quang N B

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Jun 4, 2022

The course has been explained in a simple way. I like it. Strongly recommend

By Yogendra G C

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Mar 22, 2022

Very good course for the people spanning there career in Project management.

By Harsh R

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Mar 14, 2022

Thank you the amzing experince wit h interinting filed of Project management

By Sophia G V

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Mar 11, 2022

I learned a lot! I'm excited to learn so much more about project management.

By Paula G

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Feb 23, 2022

Very easy to follow, engaging and detailed. Great way to learn a new skill!

By Charess G

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Feb 21, 2022

This was exactly what I needed and it helped me land a progam mgr position.

By Ali M E

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Feb 11, 2022

Amazing courseware put together in a simple and interesting manner. Chapeaue

By Abdul S

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Feb 7, 2022

It was an amazing experience. Love the way of teaching and assessing skills.

By Sharon T J

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Jan 31, 2022

Very educative, I got real value for my time. Thank you Google and Coursera

By Saransh B

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Dec 25, 2021

Perfect course for a guy who wants to enter into world of project management

By Allison H

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Dec 16, 2021

Super informative and helpful in beginning my journey in project management.