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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

SP

Jan 23, 2024

Although I took this course first before the foundation of project management I found I have known many terms in my real life so eager to start to learn more in-depth qualities of project management.

EA

Feb 6, 2023

This course is so encompassing. The delivery is second to none! You're able to followthe instructor step bystep grasping the very foundations of starting a successful project. Thanks coursera!

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By Victoria O

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Jan 20, 2023

Fantastic course! I learnt a lot

By Mohamed E

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Jan 17, 2023

Great course and great knowledge

By Nkemakonam O

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Nov 24, 2022

professionally and well organize

By John M

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Nov 4, 2022

Very interesting and challenging

By Victoria G

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Oct 25, 2022

Très interactif et intéressant!

By Brandy W

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Aug 24, 2022

Great course and information!!!

By Ravender p S

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Aug 6, 2022

help me seeing the wider picture

By Sai K j

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Aug 1, 2022

The way course planned is good..

By Masum B

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Jul 31, 2022

very good for project managemrnt

By Serame P

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Jul 29, 2022

Interesting and very informative

By Payal S

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Jul 18, 2022

Excellent Course for beginners!!

By Torrey A

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Jul 15, 2022

JuAnne was awesome!!! Thank you!

By Swapnil K

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Jul 11, 2022

Great Learning, great course !!!

By Doreen A

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Jul 4, 2022

Quite involving and informative.

By EVELYN O

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Jul 1, 2022

Very informative i learnt a lot.

By Manjunath B

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Jun 12, 2022

I learnt lot in Initiation phase

By 何佳潔

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May 24, 2022

Solidly learn a lot of knowledge

By Muji M

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May 16, 2022

well explained and well detailed

By Brandy G

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Mar 29, 2022

Great course I learned so much!

By Tracy G

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Dec 2, 2021

JuAnne is an awesome instructor!

By Rajiv R

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Nov 26, 2021

Excellent. I have learned a lot.

By Alena S

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Nov 22, 2021

Very complex and easy to learn.

By Aghogho O

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Oct 10, 2021

This is a very detailed course.

By nader j

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Sep 28, 2021

The information is very valuable

By Dana B

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Jun 21, 2021

the course was very educational