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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

MG

Feb 7, 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 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.

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By RONALD L

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Jul 28, 2021

Exceptional and comprehensive course. Would highly recommend for anyone wanting to build a solid foundation in Project Management!

By Maristela A

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Jun 26, 2021

Awesome topics covered. Learned many concepts and tools that are useful in starting a project at work, cant wait to use them soon!

By Liliana G n H

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Jun 7, 2021

I really liked the way the course was structured and how it broke down key concepts to make them easy to understand. Great course.

By Emmanuel O

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Mar 15, 2024

Very detailed and thorough course on project initiation. This course is mandatory for every current and aspiring Project Manager.

By Thansuda K

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Mar 6, 2023

I’ve learned many things, thank Google for creating this course. I’ll continue learning all courses in project management course.

By piyadol m

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Nov 11, 2022

Great courses, I have learn a lot of things like how to initiate the project, R&R, how we evaluate stakeholders, RACI, and tools.

By Yeni H D

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Sep 20, 2022

I love this course. i learned how to initiate the project and detail in initiation and what tools to use in Project management.

By Chun H L

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Sep 9, 2022

I like the resources and presenter is great. Now i understand like scope creep concept. Which tell me lots of things to attention

By Chuanchi W

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Aug 4, 2021

well-designed course! I found I did something wrong when managing projects. Google taught me a systematic way to manage projects.

By Jerry C

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Apr 15, 2021

Excellent course. Learned a lot about successful project initiation and the tools a Project manger should be knowledgeable about.

By Nor K A L

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Jun 8, 2023

I learned a lot from this course. There is many information that I just knew, and this helps me in my task as a Project Manager.

By Paulina A

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Oct 5, 2022

Great module! This certificate is complete, full of examples and provides you with multiple documents you can use in real life.

By Richard O

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Jul 2, 2022

I have all the information needed to successfully initiate a project. Moving forward, I'm more confident of my project's success

By aya f

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Oct 22, 2021

I particularly liked the exercises on creating RACI charts. I didn't get everything right but it was a good learning experience.

By Vincenzo B

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Jun 18, 2023

I loved the all Office Green scenario that keeps be used during all the curse. It makes everything so understandable! Great Job

By Kseniia D

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Mar 20, 2023

Thank you a lot! You give really useful information. I like the second course of Google Project Management certification a lot.

By Uche M E

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Oct 2, 2022

The teaching and resources were amazing. The tasks and assignment were thorough to make you understand project managment well

By Kyle C

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May 29, 2022

Thank you so much, Coursera and Google for providing a course that helps us build a skill. Very detailed and excellent process.

By Abdallah A

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May 6, 2022

So helpful and I have gained a lot of new knowledge about the first phase of project management which is the initiation phase.

By Rebecca K

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Feb 9, 2022

Very informative, the assignments are great and really help learners put into practice what they're learning. Highly recommend.

By Saule C

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Dec 20, 2021

Nice! This was a little bit more difficult than the first one, but totally worth it! I learn more every time I open the course.

By Saleem H

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Aug 13, 2021

A wonderful introductry course about Project Initiation and Starting a Successful Project Very intelligently designed, course.

By Tracy

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Jun 27, 2021

Just as great as the first course, but definitely more challenging. Clear and well delivered content and learning is enjoyable.

By Ravi K

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Jun 3, 2021

Awesome course! Very insightful. Did not really connect with the Plant Pal example, but indeed got loads of helpful information

By Latanya R S

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Nov 3, 2023

The Peer Review is really a bit annoying but I understand why they need it. I just have problems using the provided template.