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About the Course

This is the second course in the Google Project Management Certificate program. This course will show you how to set a project up for success in the first phase of the project life cycle: the project initiation phase. In exploring the key components of this phase, you’ll learn how to define and manage project goals, deliverables, scope, and success criteria. You’ll discover how to use tools and templates like stakeholder analysis grids and project charters to help you set project expectations and communicate roles and responsibilities. Current Google project managers will continue to instruct and provide you with hands-on approaches for accomplishing these tasks while showing you the best project management 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

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Feb 14, 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.

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.

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By Eduardo R A

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Jul 21, 2022

I found it is an excellent certification. The education method with readings, videos, quizzes, practices, and tools is very well planned to facilitate learning for the user.

Many thanks for this course, and congratulations to all Googlers involved.

Regards,

Eduardo

By Roisin O

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Apr 3, 2022

Could not recommend this course more! It is getting increasingly more informative as I go. I enjoy that it slowly starts to give you more and more information and it doesn't jump straight in with mountains of information. This course is definitely student focused

By Mohit S

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Sep 14, 2023

nicely explained concepts through videos , graded quizzes , assignments and activities

the flexibility to learn at your own pace is really great

enough extra resources are provided in terms of links to deep dive in the concepts

great value for money at this price !

By Abdulwasiu J

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Feb 15, 2022

The course is informative a shocking for me, as I worked in project management for more than 5 years but still learned new things, I hope I learnt it before I started my first job, I could avoid a lot of mistake and worked easily. thanks for this amazing course.

By Antonio S

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Aug 16, 2022

Very good training that offers a structured approach to the initial phase of projects. It provides work approaches in this phase such as the inclusion of all participants (team), how to gain visibility, secure the necessary resources and avoid costly obstacles.

By Chloe A T

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Oct 5, 2023

An outstanding course in Project Initiation with a highly knowledgeable instructor; practical content, engaging examples with software links, sample templates, quizzes and clear teaching style make it a must for anyone aspiring to excel in project management.

By Alfredo F

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Jun 1, 2022

One of my favorite things about this course is that I get to work at my own pace. This gave me the chance to step away and think about assignments or the next section I had pending. It helped me approach the course content with a fresh perspective everytime.

By Sathyamoorthy B

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Dec 22, 2021

My Name is Sathyamoorthy, Let me express gratitude for developing a detailed and Informative course on Project Initiation, Course content is highly proffessinal, evaluation process makes us equiped for industry standards.Personally thankful for Instructors.

By David R

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Jan 21, 2024

This course proved to be remarkably intriguing as it introduced me to a diverse array of communication tools and techniques. I gained valuable insights into various methods of communication and acquired a comprehensive understanding of the tools available.

By Jayne M

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Sep 20, 2022

The course is well laid out and simple to follow. As someone who is completely new to project management I was a little intimidated but the content and delivery methods put me at ease and I was able to breeze through with little challenges.

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By Hector

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Jun 25, 2022

Great classes! They really help develop an understanding on everything needed to kickoff your project, from stakeholder analysis, writing a project charter, setting clear SMART goals and OKRs, to using the right tools for work management and collaboration.

By ken k

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May 26, 2021

I was apprehensive of ever trying to switch from retail management to something else. This course makes me realize how much useful knowledge I have related to Project Management after 13 years of retail management. The course is extremely easy to complete.

By Arnold B

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Dec 21, 2022

The course was well-taught, and was the information presented kept me engaged. The only issue I had was with the peer-graded assignments. The peers who graded my assignments merely copied & pasted suggested comments rather than give insightful feedback.

By marian

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Apr 8, 2022

This course was HARD, thorough. there is so much i still need to do. i just started a business so using all the tools i learned to help my business. yester i drafted the business charter. now i am developing a spreadsheet of task. thank you so much Google

By Muhammad S M

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Dec 31, 2021

Very informative; highly recommended to beginners, like myself, to get familiarized with the project management role and responsibilities. Specifically, it includes essential information like the OKRs, RACI chart, Stakeholder analysis, and SMART goals etc

By Christian W

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Jan 13, 2024

A practical and complete view of all components of the initiation phase of projects. It was engaging, instructive and entertaining. Content is full of varied materials and videos. Learning this way is a great method to retain knowledge in the long term.

By Madeeha J B

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Jun 15, 2023

It helps in organizing thoughts, understanding project management jargon, and setting the right direction for a project. The course content is concise and avoids unnecessary corporate language, making it easy to follow and apply in real-world scenarios.

By wanjiru h

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Feb 20, 2023

Every bit of information has been applicable in my real life as a project engineer. I did not know there was so much I was doing blindly or from a point of unprofessionalism. Thank you for putting together the course and making it easy to access online.

By Sai A V

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Jan 23, 2023

This course gave a great insight on the resources and elements required to initiate the project. It provided information on how to buy-in your stakeholders, how to choose your team and how to divide the work among your team and update your stakeholders.

By Elena G

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Jun 6, 2022

My option is to learn the aspect of the project and have big inspiration before you proceed the project.Before you start the project you need to plan everything you have a feedback and knowledge about everynting or use tools as to succest your goal.

By Danny C

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Jun 18, 2022

Un curso recomendado, documentación clara, ejemplos practicos y apegados a la realidad, comparhttps://www.coursera.org/?ten formatos de ejemplo y las clases y material es muy comprensivo. En la etapa de inicio de un proyecto este es un excelente curso.

By Angie J V

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Mar 25, 2022

Creo que proporciona todos los fundamentos necesarios para iniciar esta fase en los que estamos interesados en dirigir un proyecto. Los cuestionarios son excelentes, le permiten a uno analizar e identificar las respuestas poniéndose en el rol de un PM.

By Nishan C

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Jul 26, 2021

Great introduction to the fundamentals of project initiation. In this course you’ll learn the importance of defining project goals and scope, how to work effectively with stakeholders, project documentation, and tools you can use to start your project.

By Sooriyaarchchige B S

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Feb 25, 2023

I can Give it 5 stars, everything is perfect, and the syllabus, educational material and content, sample exercises and the way the instructors present it...great!. recommend to anyone who hopes to learn PM, I really appreciate the effort of everybody.

By Elise K

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Apr 12, 2022

Allows you to learn in a variety of different ways- videos, discussion boards, peer-reviewed assignments, quizzes, and pop-up questions. Keeps you super engaged (Speaker talks a little slow for me so I sped up the videos to 1.25). Loved the course :)