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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....

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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 Dumitru E

Feb 19, 2022

This couse was amazing. I liked this course because the theoretical notions had a vast portfolio of examples and for me learning by example was important, also the multitude of quiz tests contributed enormously to the solidification of the knowledge acquired through the course. Great job!

By Edgars P

Feb 14, 2022

Very well structured course with clear strategic approach, by linking it's content to the next courses under the Project Management Certificate program. Provides very good explanation about how to initiate a project successfully. The course is delivered in an interactive and engaging way.

By Wodaj B M

Dec 10, 2024

I was thoroughly impressed by the course flow, practical exercises, and video lectures complemented by supplementary reading materials. The course offered extensive knowledge for your entire journey in project management, equipping you with all the essential tools for effective practice.

By Johnson A

Oct 13, 2023

It is simply amazing how simple everyday tasks I do in school and did not feel them important, are broken down and taught to me. I connected more to this course as I got to learn more about how to handle and start project's. As I am in my final year's of education this is irreplaceable.

By Prabhat S

Dec 16, 2022

This course is fantastic and top-notch. I understood well just because everything has been explained so well that there was no doubt while learning the concept. Guided projects are also very much helpful to understand the concept in detail. Thank you so much dear Instructor and Coursera.

By parita w

Nov 27, 2022

This course is really incredible . special thanks to the course instructor her style of explanation is ingenious. the course covers all the necessary info for project initiation. i would like to leave one suggestion to the course developer to add one tutorial over work management tools.

By MEHUL V P

Dec 30, 2022

Overall I really like this class because all lectures, assignments, and tests are straight forward. I thought it was well planned and layed out, easy for me to follow. I believe that I have more knowledge about ocean, weather, and marine lives and hopefully, I can use them in real life.

By ABHINAV B

Jul 10, 2023

I have learnt a lot of terms related to the initiation of the project and the way, of course, was good as I understood everything very clearly. In addition, I hope now I can implement this knowledge into my job whenever I get it. I would like to say thanks to the creator of this course

By Mehmet H Ç

May 2, 2021

Google keeps giving their best on this Project Management Program with the second course. I like their easy and notable way of presenting the application behind this topics. I am sure to become a young "expert" in Project Management with gaining the right skills through this course! :)

By Mostafa B

Mar 15, 2022

its great on a professional level even for experienced experts that refreshes fundementals and definitions and explains the methods in an exceelent way

really made a differece in seeing things in an improved ways and of course headhunters are more eager to hire me now and more notices

By Chin L H

Oct 3, 2022

Did not know until I have taken this module that initiation of a project is not simple. There are very important steps like stakeholder analysis, setting SMART goals, in-scope & out-of-scope, drawing up a project charter etc & emphasis on documentation is very good practical advice.

By Temitope K

Aug 18, 2022

This is a highly recommended course. Teaches and trains you on real life project management application. Gives you all the coaching, tools, templates and resources to succeed on the job. After this course, you will feel you have indeed gathered real life experience. Totally worth it!

By Daniela D N

Jun 13, 2021

I am in love with this Certificate Program, offered by Google and Coursera! It is very well planned and organised, packed with relevant content and information. It is also very much didactic, full of practical real life examples and exercises, which means: great teaching methodology.

By Jianglin L

Nov 26, 2021

I highly recommend this course to new employees or experienced project managers. It's helpful to go through the project documentation that you prepared for previous projects and try to restructure some of them. This will improve the efficiency and effectiveness for future projects.

By K L

Jul 19, 2021

I am enjoying the program very much as it has very relatable lessons as well as providing all information in a very real orld context. I would highly recomend Google Corsera to anyone who wishes to improve and/or add a great skillset for the betterment of themselves professionally.

By Kathryn M

May 31, 2022

I have enjoyed this course, very informative. I started to take another Project Management course and it was very bland and hard to stay tuned in. This course has people actually teaching the course and you can see the passion they have for their jobs. Thank you for this course.

By Eduardo O P

Nov 26, 2024

Too much information but it's good that they explain you the same concept in different ways until you get it. I really enjoy the creation of RACI, project charter, etc. exercises -- you put in practice what've learned, creativity, think outside of the box and your redaction skills

By Ксения В

Jan 27, 2023

I really liked this course. Many topics and useful tools were covered: RACE diagram, stakeholder matrix, practice of setting goals for SMART and OKRs, the use of a project management triangle. I was pleased with the large amount of practice and cool templates. Thank you very much!

By István S

Jan 7, 2023

I am thrilled with how much information I am getting about Project Management. The amount of information and getting details are well done. I continuously refer all my friends who want to learn more about Project Management to attend this set of courses. I am enjoying it a lot!

By ADEJUMO M A

Aug 2, 2022

This is an awesome drill and experience. This course introduced me to the real world of Managing a Project, I mean in a real-time. Project Initiation exposed my to successfully start a project as a new skill I just acquired after attending this PM Initiation stage.

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By Twite D

Jun 17, 2022

The course covered very helpful topics like the RACI chart for stakeholder mapping and assigning responsibilities and I also like the introduction to project management tools. I also enjoyed the step by step process of generating a project charter that was covered in this course.

By Geraldine D

May 31, 2021

There were a lot of deliverables in this course, and there was also a lot of content. I completed it in 2 days, but should have spaced it out. The work seemed overwhelming because of it, but it's totally doable, and now I have things to present when I interview for PM positions.

By Brenda E P

Apr 4, 2022

I'm finding this course to be very helpful. I love all the modules, the instructors, the assignments and the readings. It's such a pleasure to progress through this course and I'm learning a lot and finding ways to enhance my skills through the formal knowledge of the course.

By Jecinta M

Jul 1, 2023

This course was very useful as all Coursera courses are. The instructor was very easy to understand, I enjoyed the peer reviews and hearing from my collegues. I am grateful for all the resources that the course has shared and will definkitely be continuing with th next course.

By Polina K

Apr 10, 2022

This is a very informative and helpful course for beginners. It's great that you can save some templates for project documentation which you can use for your further job. With the knowledge from this course I have already got my first offer for Junior Project Manager position!