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About the Course

This is the first of six courses in the Google Project Management Certificate program, which will help you develop the skills needed to apply for entry-level roles as a project manager. Project managers play a key role in leading, planning and implementing critical projects to help their organizations succeed. In this course, you’ll discover foundational project management terminology and gain a deeper understanding of the role and responsibilities of a project manager. We’ll also introduce you to the kinds of jobs you might pursue after completing this program. Current Google project managers will offer a multi-dimensional educational experience that will provide you with tools you can apply on the job. 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: - Define project management and describe what constitutes a project. - Explore project management roles and responsibilities across a variety of industries. - Detail the core skills that help a project manager be successful. - Describe the life cycle of a project and explain the significance of each phase. - Compare different program management methodologies and approaches and determine which is most effective for a given project. - Define organizational structure and culture and explain how it impacts project management. - Define change management and describe the role of the project manager in the process....

Top reviews

MR

Nov 27, 2021

Learned a lot such as Agile, C-Suite, Change management, Corporate governance, Culture mapping, DMAIC, Kanban, Lean, Lean Six Sigma, Linear, Matrix structure, Reporting chart, Six Sigma etc. Thank you

JM

Jun 20, 2021

This is so amazing and I am extremely happy and thankful to you all for blessing me with this great opportunity I have learned so much and can't wait to be a future project manager one day at google

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By Shuvro H

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Aug 30, 2022

Very good course for getting started with the concepts of project management.

By Peter B

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Aug 30, 2022

Very comprehensive, easy to follow with clear videos and writtenexplanations

By Javed H s

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Aug 23, 2022

Amazing course ....i learned so many unknown skills ,which can improve myself

By Bernardo G

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Aug 12, 2022

Amazing experience. Amazing approach. Amazing knowledge shared. 1000% worthy.

By Joanne Y

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Aug 8, 2022

I enjoyed the course and found it very helpful in expanding my knowledge base

By Liu Z

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Jul 27, 2022

very practial, good structure, and the speakers made it easier to understand.

By Ashok C

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Jul 26, 2022

very useful and detailed, informative course. everyone should do this course.

By Ilupeju W

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Jul 25, 2022

Great conent and an amazing starting point to my career as a project manager.

By Irene P

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Jul 18, 2022

Simply fantastic! I've earned a lot about PM, Coursera is always a guarantee!

By Abhishek T

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Jul 16, 2022

This course in fantastic interms of basic understanding of Project Management

By Abhishek t

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Jul 12, 2022

Very Well Structured and organized covering all aspects of Project management

By Deepa C

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Jul 6, 2022

This is a really good course to learn the fundamentals of Project Management.

By Muhammad M

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Jul 1, 2022

Great time learning some new concepts about foundation of Project management!

By Priscilla P

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Jun 28, 2022

The course was really helpful to gain knowledge about the project management.

By Megan S

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Jun 22, 2022

Great introduction to Project Management. Looking forward to the next course!

By Matthew R

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Jun 13, 2022

Excellent course! Love the easy to follow program Coursera has put together.

By Jennifer K

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Jun 10, 2022

i enjoyed learning this course, the lectures where clear and understandable.

By Dennis C

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Jun 1, 2022

Gave a great introduction into project management with easy digestable videos

By Faiza V

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May 11, 2022

This course was awesome! I'm so excited to move forward with the remaining 3.

By Amber R P

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May 5, 2022

The course was so easy to follow and complete ! I look foward to learing more

By Vladimir M

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Apr 25, 2022

The course covers the basics of PM in a very clear and comprehensive manner.

By D L

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Apr 13, 2022

The Course was well put together, the instructors were knowledgable and clear

By Siyanda X M

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Apr 8, 2022

Great content for the begginers, Like the course very helpful and insightful

By Rajesh K P

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Mar 15, 2022

Awesome, I have learned many new concepts related to Project Management here.

By Charles W M

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Mar 9, 2022

Very infomrative and well liad out. The trainer was very personalble on video