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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

MT

Jul 18, 2023

I would prefer that there be translation available for all languages, but in fact the course and its content are of great importance for those who want to start in the field of project management

MM

Dec 25, 2021

The course covers the basics of project initiation. Good course for a cursory overview of the project initiation phase. There also good tips that one can leverage for interviews and job searches.

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By STEVEN P

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Dec 23, 2023

Very helpful, easy to inderstand, and detailed.

By Shweta S

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Dec 17, 2023

Very helpful resources to complete this course.

By lucas g

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May 22, 2023

Uma experiência prazerosa de estudar e aprender

By Amanda C

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Dec 14, 2022

The peer graded assessment was not my favorite.

By Lina A

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Nov 17, 2022

professional presentation with rich information

By Justin U

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Sep 28, 2022

Great learning material and fantastic lecturer

By BOYA U S H

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Aug 23, 2022

really helpfull to start a project for beginner

By Haifa H

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Aug 21, 2022

I've learned so much in many ways , thank you !

By Dr.Muhammad T M

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Aug 2, 2022

Nicer course Very comprehensive and nice course

By karim z

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Jul 31, 2022

a lot of usefull information yet joyfull course

By Tolulope A

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May 19, 2022

I found this course very interesting and Useful

By Ankit P

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May 5, 2022

Very informative topics covered in this course.

By Elaine A

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Feb 28, 2022

Very informative, relevant and well structured.

By Francisco L

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Jan 27, 2022

Very useful tools that mentions in this module.

By Diana K

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Sep 27, 2021

Temas muy interesantes y muy bien desarrollados

By Alimul R

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Sep 26, 2021

A great course to understand project initiation

By Tailor S

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Jun 17, 2021

Its Great to know about Ice Breaking of Project

By Gehad D

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May 20, 2021

It was really helpful and I enjoyed it a LOT :D

By MOUSSA D

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Feb 17, 2026

j'ai été très heureux de d'apprendre ces cours

By Alvaro M

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Jul 25, 2025

Clear information and nice practice activities

By Mohammed H S

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Jan 10, 2025

It was much more important learning. thank you

By Sanjay G

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Nov 18, 2023

It's wonderful learning experience. Thank you!

By Dennis d י ד ק

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Oct 20, 2023

The Project Charter, Tools were explained well

By Barry J

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Sep 5, 2023

This was a challenging and informative course.

By LOGESHWARI H

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Sep 1, 2023

It is very useful to know more about projects.