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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

MG

Feb 8, 2022

everything is excellent. but i am facing the problem that says 'upgrade to submit' when i traied to submit the peer graded assignment. and it is been 3 weeks i stucked on this module. please help me.

AA

Feb 15, 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 Juan R M

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Sep 17, 2022

Great Course, putting together the project charter was fun as well as having to grade assigments!

By Oleg F

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Feb 21, 2022

Great instructor, incredible materials. Thank you very much for an excellent learning experience!

By Jairo Y M C

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Oct 17, 2021

Flawless experience! Loved the content and the way Google lays it out for us to learn and improve.

By Maisoun A

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Oct 13, 2021

So informative and the instructor have a calm voice and a great way of delivering the information.

By salim j

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Feb 10, 2025

I Would like to Thank you Coursera for providing Financial aid to complete the course and upskill

By Alfredo E

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Aug 29, 2024

I love all the information shared to me , it makes me grow and improve as a leader in our company

By Ickoness

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Jun 22, 2024

the course defined what tools can be used and function of each member in a project implementation

By Akinola F

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Oct 31, 2023

A very insightful and comprehensive presentation. I enjoyed learning every aspect of this course!

By Paulius J

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Oct 16, 2023

is to understand and the teachers are all great and i understand them im loving doing this course

By Glow_ree a

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May 21, 2023

well thought and easy to understand. Every topic was well explained for a beginner to understand.

By Ruze E R

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Apr 27, 2023

Helped with slowly introducing new systems in a way that's not too overwhelming. Perfectly paced!

By Sudheendra

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Nov 14, 2022

Provided a good understanding of project management basics and how to take off to the next stage.

By L d

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Oct 30, 2022

It really starts to get into what it is about to be a project marager. I am enjoying this course

By Melanie N

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Oct 20, 2021

JuAnne is a great teacher who really dug into how to initiate a project to set it up for success.

By Allan N

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Aug 13, 2021

is quite useful with provided template and exercise to manage different kind of concepts.

thanks.

By Shoma D

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Jul 15, 2021

Very well designed course, it actually help you to understand and do the hand holding to progress

By Liam M

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Mar 24, 2021

Excellent. Thorough course, brought me new ideas and made me feel comfortable about my approach.

By Faiz S

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Sep 16, 2024

This course reminds me again about all components need for successful project. excellent course!

By Richard R

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Jun 14, 2024

The course is extremely well done and has a good flow. Lots of great information in this course.

By Kotresha H

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Feb 15, 2024

Wonderful learning, simple, very informative, quiz helps us understand our learning abilities

By Osaz I

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Jun 19, 2023

Very good course. Provides foundational information on the beginnings of a project's engagement.

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 13, 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 9, 2022

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