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About the Course

This is the third course in the Google Project Management Certificate program, which focuses on the second phase of the project life cycle: the project planning phase. You will examine the key components of a project plan, how to make accurate time estimates, and how to set milestones. Next, you will learn how to build and manage a budget and how the procurement processes work. Then, you will discover tools that can help you identify and manage different types of risk and how to use a risk management plan to communicate and resolve risks. Finally, you will explore how to draft and manage a communication plan and how to organize project documentation. 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: - Describe the components of the project planning phase and their significance. - Explain why milestones are important and how to set them. - Make accurate time estimates and describe techniques for acquiring them from team members. - Identify tools and best practices to build a project plan and risk management plan. - Describe how to estimate, track, and maintain a budget. - Explain the procurement process and identify key procurement documentation. - Draft a communication plan and explain how to manage it. - Explain why milestones are important and how to set them. - Explain why a project plan is necessary and what components it contains. - Make accurate time estimates and describe techniques for acquiring them from team members....

Top reviews

PV

Jul 27, 2022

It provides a good hands on experience in Project Planning using Spreadsheets developing Communication plan, Buget Plan, Project Schedule plans creating hyperlinks urls for easy access and much more!

BW

Aug 28, 2024

This course, the fifth of six, helped bring the pieces in the first four parts into a broad workflow. I really gained an understanding of the importance of each distinct step and how they all meshed

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By Francisca S

May 17, 2023

Excellent course, synthesizes very well all the concepts that are important to planning a project, and also gives very useful tools and methods

By Dorian M

Dec 28, 2022

This was a great course! Easy to follow and gained knowledge and access to so many PM tools! Thank you Coursera for offering this great course!

By Allison W

Jun 13, 2022

Enjoying the course. The content is easy to follow the assignments are well thought out and help to re-inforce concepts learned in the modules.

By Sanjeevani F

Oct 11, 2021

This course content is so informative and it helped me a lot to improve my knowledge. Also it gives a good practical knowledge about then area

By Mohamed A A

Apr 11, 2023

project planing, budgeting , procurement, risk management and communication all are exceptional course and I'm very luck and God bless Google

By Andrew C

Feb 6, 2023

Very comprehensive and Excellent material to help manage future projects and positively promote into a successful career as a project manager

By Krishna E

Dec 11, 2022

Love the templates and exemplars to compare notes. Videos are engaging and appreciate hearing Google employees sharing their own experiences.

By Wael K

Aug 23, 2021

This course is one of the best courses studied that he contains a certain curriculum based on the professional project management methodology

By SHIEKA M C A

Jun 13, 2024

The tools, materials and templates provided in this course are useful, this will surely help me in my day to day basis in the working field.

By Bithika T

Oct 30, 2022

The content is clear and to the point. The assignments made the topic more understandable. Thank you Google Team for putting this together.

By Cynthia V P

Sep 4, 2022

This course was a great help learning how to create various plans needed to have a successful project. The lessons are easily understood.

By Faye I

Nov 20, 2023

This is a great course. Among other things, I learnt Risk management and developing a great communication plan for effective communication.

By Engr. A M I

Jul 8, 2023

This course brings a multitude of new learning about project planning with effective communication and running a project in an ethical way.

By Diego R

Jun 18, 2021

Excelente curso, completa las expectativas y permite tener un completo panorama como para luego de finalizado profundizar con otros cursos.

By cali r

Sep 25, 2023

Love that you actaully are doing the hands-on work to complete the tasks of a project manager since I am someone who learns best by doing.

By Andreya W

Feb 15, 2023

The information that I received during this course was relevant. I also appreciated the reading material and templates that were provided.

By Leslie V

Sep 5, 2022

I have learned so much from this course, and am so thankful for the resources and tools shared throughout the learning. Thank you Google!

By Noori

Jul 17, 2022

Loved the course Trainer for the delivery of this course with such an ease..loved her style of communication and course content definitely

By 雨宮克明

Jul 27, 2021

I got a lot of perspectives on project planning and effective communication method to build the communication plan throughout this course.

By Chandra S

Apr 25, 2021

Wow , this part of putting it all together has a ton of information and many examples to put to use in real life project a great course !!

By Phyllis K

Jun 26, 2024

I have always wanted to gain skills and knowledge on project management. I am grateful to google for making this possible and accessible.

By Ana L C B

Jan 4, 2024

Excellent way to advance and introduce more types of documents and templates as well as terminology. The trainer did a great job as well.

By Bri C

Jun 8, 2022

This course is where it really gets down to the nitty gritty of project planning. Loved the amount of activities included in this course.

By Sajid M

Feb 5, 2022

The instructor has delivered the course with dedication and passion, elaborating all the concepts clearly. I fully recommend this course.