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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, including generative AI....

Top reviews

MM

Dec 25, 2021

The course covers the basics of project initiation. Good course for a cursory overview of the project initiation phase. There also good tips that one can leverage for interviews and job searches.

AS

Aug 7, 2022

Thank you so much for creating and putting together such a valuable course. Thank you, I learned a lot! Online education is a future, it's way better and more engaging than boring college classes!!!

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By Elizabeth S

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May 18, 2023

Great introduction to stakeholder analysis along with project documentation steps and resources.

By Fred M P I

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Dec 12, 2022

Very insightful with tons of information! Excited to be challenged while learning along the way!

By Manoj P

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Aug 24, 2022

Excellent!! Well designed with great videos and reading material as well as hands-on exercises.

By Tina A

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Jul 8, 2022

This course was harder than I thought... but I learned a lot of things! it was very interesting.

By Adeep D S

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Apr 24, 2022

This course gives a clear understanding about Project initiation stage of a successful project.

By Luis U

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Jan 15, 2022

Great course , I cannot wait and keep moving forward on this jorney, to become a project manager

By حامد ع ع

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Dec 16, 2021

If an opinion might matter, you are awesome, creative and expert. Thank you all for your efforts

By Seba H K

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Apr 19, 2021

It's an amazing course I enjoyed it so much and learned so helpful information

thank you so much

By David I

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May 23, 2024

This course is very beneficial and realistic. The tutoring manner is seamless and professional.

By Susana V

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Apr 11, 2024

Very good content and great balance of videos, reading and active participation from learners.

By Nilardre D B

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Mar 31, 2024

It's an awesome course which helps me a lot to learn many things related to project management.

By Javier P

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Nov 23, 2023

You have the same activity two times on module 3. Please check it out. Course is really useful.

By Umeadi E

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May 31, 2023

it was such an explanatory course. Really loved it, even as a beginner I was able to understand

By Gianina P

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Nov 11, 2022

It´s great! It´s clear and practical and helps you to improve tools and methodology of planning

By Adam B

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Nov 10, 2022

Great course, could be challenging to absorb all information but it's worth the effort and time

By Faith M D

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Sep 8, 2022

Easy to understand. Its a great start to project management and I appreciate the opportunity.

By Alejandro L

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Jun 10, 2022

This is a really complete course, with many useful tools and concepts to apply on my day-to-day

By Leonid K

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Mar 14, 2022

Great course! Lots of valuable information, well-structured material, nice instructors. Thanks!

By Brian A H F

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Nov 7, 2021

Great course, it has lots of useful content and clear instructions for the hands-on activities.

By Boon Z T

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Sep 30, 2021

This module enable me to understand what need to be done in initiation stage which is important

By Jose E C C

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Sep 17, 2021

un buen curso, el nivel de ingles necesario yo diría que es medio-avanzado, pero nada imposible

By Glandia W

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Mar 3, 2024

For me, this was a little challenging but super excited and proud of myself for completing it.

By Brunelly H

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Feb 20, 2024

it introduces you to a bunch of new concepts in project management and tools that can be used.

By soumya s

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May 18, 2023

Learnt the usage and importance of difference tools like RACI charts, stakeholder analysis etc

By Tilak K

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Jan 28, 2023

Very useful course about Project Initiation. It teaches about the related processes and tools.