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About the Course

In Course 4 of the Google Project Management Certificate program, you will delve into the execution and closing phases of the project life cycle. You will learn what aspects of a project to track and how to track them. You will also learn how to effectively manage and communicate changes, dependencies, and risks. As you explore quality management, you will learn how to measure customer satisfaction and implement continuous improvement and process improvement techniques. Next, you will examine how to prioritize data, how to use data to inform your decision-making, and how to effectively present that data. Then, you will strengthen your leadership skills as you study the stages of team development and how to manage team dynamics. After that, you will discover tools that provide effective project team communication, how to organize and facilitate meetings, and how to effectively communicate project status updates. Finally, you will examine the steps of the project closing process and how to create and share project closing documentation. 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: - Identify what aspects of a project to track and compare different tracking methods. - Discuss how to effectively manage and communicate changes, dependencies, and risks. - Explain the key quality management concepts of quality standards, quality planning, quality assurance, and quality control. - Describe how to create continuous improvement and process improvement and how to measure customer satisfaction. - Explain the purpose of a retrospective and describe how to conduct one. - Demonstrate how to prioritize and analyze data and how to communicate a project’s data-informed story. - Identify tools that provide effective project team communication and explore best practices for communicating project status updates. - Describe the steps of the closing process for stakeholders, the project team, and project managers. - Explore best practices for leverage generative AI tools for communication....

Top reviews

JL

Sep 22, 2021

Great basics. Some link or reading referencing Earned Value Management would be great. However, incredible value here just like all the courses before it in the series. Way to go Google!

OF

Mar 16, 2023

This was quite an insightful chapter. The resource personnel was clear and was able to educate me and pique my interest to study more. Well done and thanks so much for putting this together

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By Joe N

Mar 29, 2024

I liked the simplicity in both the delivery and structure of this course. Practical examples, exercises and other supporting materials make it easy to understand various concepts.

By Umashankar P

Aug 2, 2022

Loved the detail and pace of course. Extremely useful for new project managers and experienced project managers. Templates used in the course are very useful to perform daily job.

By Denise W

Oct 6, 2022

The course begins to get a bit more intense at this point but the model is super supportive and just keep practicing until you fully understand and youre able to do it yourself.

By AZAD K

Oct 4, 2022

Absolutely brilliant stuff!!! Helped me understand the basics of Project Execution with strong focus on Process Improvement & Quality Management. Thanks to the mentor Elita!

By Deepanshu M

Jun 2, 2022

I learned a lot of knowledge about project management and other knowledge from this platform so I would like to say that thanku❤❤❤ so much❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ thankthanksTHANKTHANKS❤🌹🙏

By Iqbal

Dec 16, 2021

Highly recommended for someone who wants to kick-start their learning in the field of Project Management. The series of this course will help you acquire so much knowledge.

By Adriana A

Oct 19, 2024

A complete and comprehensive course teaching you how to run the project from start to end. The most valuable thing I found was the multiple templates to run your projects.

By Luiz G R

Jun 28, 2021

Outstanding course!

Summarizes several different skills to manage a team.

Its real life approach goes much beyond the project management boundaries, can be useful to anyone!

By Loretta S

Dec 6, 2023

I loved this course. The instructor was amazing. Her voice was alive, it kept me engaged and alert even though there was a ton of onformation in this course. Great job!!

By Aprille W

Jan 8, 2023

Enjoyed this course the most because of the effective communication and the risk associated. Thank you to the presenter and time it took to build and create this for me.

By Annalisa C

Sep 16, 2021

Thanks Coursera and Google for this comprehensible and complete course, which allowed me to have the effective overview (both theoretical and practical) that I wanted.

By dadi V

May 21, 2025

It is only getting better and easier after every course, this course was very interesting and fun to learn. Instructor Elita was very engaging throughout the course.

By Jack K

Nov 8, 2022

This course is the meat of the certificate. You learn a lot about about different aspects of an ongoing project. All the information was very helpful and reassuring!

By Carla E

Jul 2, 2023

Really great lecturers and hands on material...would be even better if the screen could be split to show more than one module page at a time, whilst in the course !

By Oluwaseun A ( H

Nov 2, 2022

It was a very great learning experience. Everything was simply explained with real scenario examples. I have and will always recommend it to friends and colleagues.

By David A

Dec 8, 2025

This course and the other courses are presented in a very professional and efficient way, the knowledge tests cover everything and the video's are easy to follow.

By Amy J

Aug 4, 2022

I was really impressed at the depth and breadth of information I learned here. I think Google has done a good job with these courses. I'm honestly learning a lot.

By Adil A

Aug 24, 2022

أنا سعيد بالوصول إلى هذه المرحلة في تخطيط وتنفيذ المشروع، وأنا ممتن جدا لكل طاقم كورسيرا على الخبرة والمعرفة التي قدموها لنا خلال طيلة هذه المراحل

شكرا لكم جميعا

By Akshat B

Feb 20, 2022

Covers real life examples and if you really want to learn take all the courses from start to finish - this is my 4th Course, can't wait to complete the last two.

By Wan J Y

Oct 17, 2022

Very useful! This is a awosome course! I learned a lot with amazing Google teachers! Thank you so much for creating a wordenful course! See you next course! ^^

By Siddhartha D

Nov 18, 2023

Excellent guidance and thoroughly explained. Though i suggest some more reading material in Quality management module on Continuous improvement, Retrospective.

By Syed M A H

Mar 1, 2023

I love this course which make me to learn which I didn't know before.Thanks my instructor and my sponsoring organization for the funds provided for my studies.

By Priyansh V

Jan 21, 2024

Elita way's of teaching is epic and the way she explain is very good. I love the way she explain and she got the most of the module and she taught us so good.

By Simon

Jan 8, 2023

Great course! Information is presented in an accessible, logical and consistent manner. I am very glad that the information received helps to improve my work.

By Anita M

Aug 22, 2023

This course provides in-depth detail about all the activities and processes a PM needs to successfully run and close out a project. Great content. I loved it