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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, including generative AI....

Top reviews

GK

Jul 12, 2022

This is a good course offered by Google via Coursera. More examples based on real life secanrio and day to day activties need to be included for better understanding of people from all industries.

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 Nikko J P G

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Oct 1, 2025

great, very insightful

By Enrico L

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Apr 16, 2025

Very good and refined.

By Ravindra K

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Apr 14, 2025

nicely develope course

By Christabel B

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Oct 20, 2024

a very hands on course

By Deshmukh B B

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Aug 11, 2024

IT is very nice course

By Abood W

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Apr 28, 2024

Such an amazing course

By Felix N O

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Sep 24, 2023

Very insightful course

By Ebenezer S J

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Aug 10, 2023

This course is super !

By Julie H

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Jun 21, 2023

Beyond my expectation.

By SAUMENDRA K S

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Dec 17, 2022

So thoroughly prepared

By SOWMIYA. K

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Dec 5, 2022

best learning platform

By Sanghamitra T S

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Nov 18, 2022

good and easy to learn

By Kesavanarayana S

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Nov 18, 2022

Lot of useful content.

By Akeima G

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Nov 16, 2022

Excellent Information!

By Amin K

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Nov 8, 2022

Useful and interactive

By Dena T

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Oct 25, 2022

The courses have been

By MARIO V

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Aug 27, 2022

Great content. Thanks.

By David U

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Jul 14, 2022

very interesting coure

By Charlotte S

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Jul 11, 2022

Nice refresher for me!

By Suhaib F K

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May 5, 2022

Great and to the point

By pratuisha k

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May 11, 2021

Knowledge able session

By Farhoud F

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Apr 29, 2021

An outstanding course.

By Lujan F

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Apr 16, 2021

Super completo y claro

By Andre K

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Nov 12, 2025

I enjoyed the course.

By Angela T

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Apr 8, 2025

the process was easy.