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About the Course

This is the first course 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. - Explore use-cases for generative AI in project management...

Top reviews

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Apr 11, 2025

Extremely well taught, and a highly positive approach towards teaching the subject. The topics were comprehensive for a foundational program and created a lot of excitement for the upcoming courses.

LA

Apr 27, 2021

Gives a solid background understanding to starting with project management and explains concepts such as organizational culture/structure and project management practices such as agile and waterfall.

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By Aissata C

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Jun 27, 2022

Well done! I'm ready and excited for the rest of the course.

By RUBEN U

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Jun 26, 2022

easy to follow along and understand. productive in all forms

By Ibrahim H

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Jun 16, 2022

good content and good reading Material and a good instructor

By Jose C

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Jun 14, 2022

Enjoy the course and how well is to follow the instructions.

By Confidence U

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Jun 3, 2022

Pace was great and course was easy to follow and understand.

By Mayank C

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May 28, 2022

Best course to learn about the basics of project management

By Vonyee J M

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May 18, 2022

Very informative and the information is easy to understand.

By Damla P

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May 8, 2022

It was very helpful course for our project management skills

By saurabh s

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May 4, 2022

Great course. Truly loved the curriculum and the instructor.

By Thomas F J E

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May 3, 2022

Excellent cours pour s'introduire dans le Project Management

By Muhammad A

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May 2, 2022

I have learned fundamentals of PM awesomely and effectively.

By Muhammed Ö

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Apr 30, 2022

Very useful and one of the courses I enjoyed while learning.

By Michael D

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Mar 29, 2022

Very well-presented course with well-explained information.

By Sari O

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Mar 27, 2022

Great course! Thorough and easy to understand for beginners.

By hasnain i w

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Mar 2, 2022

Love it .....Learned a lot ...Thank you Google & Coursera .

By Mariia T

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Feb 16, 2022

Great course to begin with learning PM. Totally recommended!

By Rafael A C V

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Feb 13, 2022

wonderful! I really appreciate coursera provides this course

By Vidhi S S

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Feb 10, 2022

it was short and crisp about project management fundamentals

By Sriram

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Jan 26, 2022

Very helpful to learn the fundamental of Project Management.

By J K

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Jan 17, 2022

The course is very good. The content is very easy to follow.

By weidy p

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Jan 7, 2022

Easy to understand and I really apreciate for the knowledge.

By Azmat U

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Dec 28, 2021

A very helpful material and approach followed by Instructors

By Deleted A

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Dec 19, 2021

This really gave me an overall insight of project management

By Hetti A D T N

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Nov 20, 2021

This is great and perfectly organized course for beginners .

By Lisa C

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Nov 12, 2021

amazing! Highly recommend, great sef paced and challenging.