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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

VC

Aug 22, 2022

This course has helped me to understand all phases of any project in detail, which includes Project initiation, Project Planning, Execution, Methodologies and applying the same in real world

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 Magno M

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Apr 21, 2021

Great course to get a better approach and an excellent overview of what implies to be a project manager

By Sandy E

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Apr 20, 2021

This was absolutely great!!!

It’s easy to understand and best of all I was able to do it at my own pace.

By Ahd A

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Apr 17, 2021

It was an amazing course and easy to understand I've gain a lot of information about project management

By Chalat L

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Apr 13, 2021

I love order and connection of each contents. It could easily understand and adapt to professional work

By Jovon K C

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Apr 12, 2021

This has been a GREAT an eye opening experience. I look forward to learning much more here with Google.

By Mariana S G

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Mar 17, 2021

Te enseñan de manera clara y sencilla los pilares de gestión de proyectos. Aprendí varias cosas nuevas.

By CherishMourya K

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Feb 8, 2025

its is a execptional course for the people who are looking forward to work in project managment field

By Rosa M

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Feb 6, 2025

Esclarece bem os fundamentos principais do Gerenciamento de Projetos dando uma visão geral do assunto.

By Sheng J L

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Dec 26, 2024

Very useful course recommend every student or employee in business or engineering to take this course.

By Tirtha B

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Dec 6, 2024

It would be great if you could share couple of templates on managing the projects during the sessions.

By Omar C B

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Nov 18, 2024

Excelente curso para iniciar en los conceptos y bases metodológicas de la administración de proyectos.

By Andri T

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Oct 5, 2024

memberikan saya pemahaman baru perihal pemasaran secara daring serta bagaimana berjualan melalu daring

By Mojirayo A O

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Mar 14, 2024

I love the topics and the discussions by course mates. course content is very detailed and explanatory

By Ivana S

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Feb 10, 2024

I love the how this course adheres to different learning styles. It includes video, excerpts, and quiz

By Bryan S G P

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Jan 17, 2024

Excelente curso para iniciar en el mundo de la gestión de proyectos, muchas gracias Google y Coursera.

By Jared A

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Dec 5, 2023

Overall, a great introduction to project management. I thought it was well taught and structured well.

By Benny E

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Jul 20, 2023

Thank you Google for the opportunity.

This course has added to me so much knowledge I never had before

By Alessandro G

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Jul 14, 2023

i really like how videos, text and other modalities are integrated and having a txt file of the video.

By Martin T

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May 25, 2023

I truly love this course and I've taken a lot of valuable information to implement into my job search.

By Lara O

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Feb 13, 2023

Course with excellent content, practical examples and testimonies. Looking forward to the next course.

By Starry M

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Jan 26, 2023

A very good start to wanting to learn and go into a PM role. Highly recommend finishing all 6 courses!

By Marynansi M

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Nov 12, 2022

Happy to learn and intake all the given techniques ,knowledge and follow them in my upcoming projects.

By Celine G

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Nov 6, 2022

All the foundations were well put together. I learned so much through the videos and reading material.