What you'll learn
- Procedures and skills required to succeed in an entry-level project management role
- How to develop successful project documentation and artifacts throughout the project's many phases
- Agile project management fundamentals, with a focus on executing Scrum events, creating Scrum artifacts and understanding Scrum roles
Who is this course for
- People who are learning Project Management
- Managers looking to get certified
- Beginners starting a managers job and want to know more about it
After completing this course, you will have a Google certificate of Project Management.
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- Expertise in anything related to Google Project Management
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Course Curriculum
01. Foundations of Project Management
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- 01 - Welcome to the Project Management Certificate (7:09)
- 02 - Introduction to Course 1 (1:42)
- 03 - What is project management (4:31)
- 04 - What does a project manager do (3:25)
- 05 - Transferable project management skills (3:04)
- 06 - X Path to becoming a project manager (2:57)
- 07 - From certificate to career success (6:08)
- 08 - Finding the perfect role (4:22)
- 09 - Gilbert Project management skills in my role (3:31)
- 10 - Wrap-up (2:39)
- 11 - Introduction Becoming an effective project manager (1:06)
- 12 - The value of a project manager (5:54)
- 13 - JuAnne Path to becoming a project manager (1:56)
- 14 - Key project manager roles and responsibilities (4:16)
- 15 - A project manager’s role within a team (4:26)
- 16 - Elita A day in the life of a project manager (3:29)
- 17 - The core skills of a project manager (3:52)
- 18 - Rachel My journey to becoming a project manager (2:40)
- 19 - Leadership and team dynamics (4:37)
- 20 - Ellen Traits of a successful project manager (2:11)
- 21 - Wrap-up (1:05)
- 22 - Introduction The project management life cycle and methodologies (1:37)
- 23 - Exploring the phases of the project life cycle (5:58)
- 24 - Phases in action Initiating and planning (4:50)
- 25 - Phases in action Executing and closing (5:24)
- 26 - Introduction to project management methodologies (4:34)
- 27 - Overview of Waterfall and Agile (7:35)
- 28 - Introduction to Lean and Six Sigma (6:53)
- 29 - Wrap-up (1:49)
- 30 - Introduction Organizational structure and culture (0:58)
- 31 - Overview of Classic and Matrix structures (5:07)
- 32 - How organizational structure impacts project management (4:18)
- 33 - Lan Working in a Project Management Office (3:29)
- 34 - Introduction to organizational culture (6:55)
- 35 - Amar Project management in life and in the organization (2:47)
- 36 - Introduction to change management (6:03)
- 37 - Participating in change management (5:42)
- 38 - Preparing for your job search (2:14)
- 39 - Congrats! What's coming in Course 2 (1:55)
02. Project Initiation - Starting a Successful Project
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- 01 - Introduction to Course 2 (3:13)
- 02 - Why is project initiation essential (3:51)
- 03 - Key components of project initiation (4:26)
- 04 - Afsheen Listening to learn (3:03)
- 05 - Wrap-up (1:26)
- 06 - Introduction Defining project goals, scope, and success criteria (2:06)
- 07 - Determining project goals and deliverables (5:34)
- 08 - How to set SMART goals (8:09)
- 09 - Navigating Peer Self Reviews (5:02)
- 10 - Introduction to OKRs (6:44)
- 11 - Determining a project's scope (4:30)
- 12 - Monitoring and maintaining a project's scope (6:45)
- 13 - Managing changes to a project's scope (6:02)
- 14 - Torie The importance of staying within scope (2:21)
- 15 - Launching and landing a project (3:42)
- 16 - Defining success criteria (8:16)
- 17 - Wrap-up (0:36)
- 18 - Introduction Working effectively with stakeholders (1:31)
- 19 - Accessibility for project managers (3:50)
- 20 - Choosing a project team (5:24)
- 21 - Defining project roles (6:27)
- 22 - John The importance of a project team (2:44)
- 23 - Completing a stakeholder analysis (7:50)
- 24 - Elements of a RACI chart (4:55)
- 25 - Certificate completers Staying motivated in the program (1:06)
- 26 - Wrap-up (1:29)
- 27 - Introduction Utilizing resources and tools for project success (0:38)
- 28 - Essential project resources (5:45)
- 29 - The value of project documentation (2:29)
- 30 - Project proposals and charters 101 (4:10)
- 31 - Developing a project charter (5:58)
- 32 - Utilizing tools for effective project management (4:05)
- 33 - Exploring types of project management tools (3:38)
- 34 - Common project management tools (4:13)
- 35 - Amar Tools are our best friends (1:55)
- 36 - Course wrap-up (2:05)
03. Project Planning - Putting It All Together
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- 01 - Introduction to Course 3 (3:53)
- 02 - The benefits of project planning (2:57)
- 03 - Launching the planning phase (3:43)
- 04 - Facilitating a project kick-off meeting (7:08)
- 05 - Understanding tasks and milestones (2:50)
- 06 - The importance of setting milestones (4:34)
- 07 - How to set milestones (3:23)
- 08 - Creating a work breakdown structure (7:04)
- 09 - Wrap-up (1:04)
- 10 - Clennita How planning creates a sense of team (2:25)
- 11 - Introduction Building a project plan (1:00)
- 12 - Components of a project plan (2:36)
- 13 - Making realistic time estimates (7:53)
- 14 - Capacity planning and the critical path (8:07)
- 15 - Getting accurate time estimates from your team (6:41)
- 16 - Angel The value of interpersonal skills in time estimation (3:19)
- 17 - Developing a project schedule (5:13)
- 18 - Project plan best practices (5:56)
- 19 - Wrap-up (0:46)
- 20 - Introduction Managing budgeting and procurement (1:54)
- 21 - The importance of budget setting
- 22 - Key components of a project budget (4:47)
- 23 - Creating a project budget (6:37)
- 24 - Maintaining a project budget (4:49)
- 25 - Understanding procurement (3:04)
- 26 - The procurement process (3:47)
- 27 - Common procurement documentation (4:12)
- 28 - Creating a Statement of Work (5:40)
- 29 - Obtaining procurement support (3:15)
- 30 - Ethics in the procurement process (5:04)
- 31 - Wrap-up (1:59)
- 32 - Introduction Managing risks effectively (0:59)
- 33 - The importance of risk management (5:55)
- 34 - Stanton Managing my first project (2:30)
- 35 - Tools to help identify risks (6:47)
- 36 - Types of risk
- 37 - Risk mitigation strategies (3:39)
- 38 - Building a risk management plan (3:25)
- 39 - Communicating risks to stakeholders (4:22)
- 40 - Aji Risk management at Google (3:28)
- 41 - Wrap-up (1:06)
- 42 - Introduction Organizing communication and documentation (0:42)
- 43 - Why communication is critical (5:20)
- 44 - Starting a communication plan (4:55)
- 45 - Developing a communication plan (12:06)
- 46 - The value of project documentation (8:10)
- 47 - Organizing project documentation (3:23)
- 48 - Chris Organizing artifacts for a job interview (3:33)
- 49 - Documenting experience in a resume (5:59)
- 50 - Dan The importance of project documentation (2:11)
- 51 - Course wrap-up (1:52)
04. Project Execution - Running the Project
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- 01 - Introduction to Course 4 (2:48)
- 02 - The importance of tracking (3:02)
- 03 - Common items to track (2:15)
- 04 - Different tracking methods (6:03)
- 05 - Belinda tracking and managing a budget (3:20)
- 06 - Pranjal Managing multiple tracks (2:14)
- 07 - Why risks and changes occur (6:36)
- 08 - Identifying and tracking dependencies (4:33)
- 09 - Techniques to help manage risks (4:25)
- 10 - Escalating issues (3:32)
- 11 - Communicating changes to the team (3:30)
- 12 - Wrap-up (1:20)
- 13 - Introduction Quality management and continuous improvement (0:43)
- 14 - Key quality management concepts (6:55)
- 15 - Fostering customer relationships with communication skills (6:21)
- 16 - Measuring customer satisfaction (5:19)
- 17 - Ensuring accessibility during feedback collection (2:45)
- 18 - Sue The importance of understanding customer needs (3:12)
- 19 - Continuous improvement and process improvement (3:26)
- 20 - Data-driven improvement frameworks (4:19)
- 21 - Differentiating projects from programs (5:15)
- 22 - Jacob Cultivating a continuous improvement mindset (2:54)
- 23 - The purpose of a retrospective (6:04)
- 24 - Conducting a retrospective (4:52)
- 25 - Gernot Using retrospectives to get back on track (2:43)
- 26 - Wrap-up (1:08)
- 27 - Introduction Data-informed decision-making (2:17)
- 28 - The value of data (3:01)
- 29 - Common types of project data (4:52)
- 30 - Discerning important data (4:49)
- 31 - Using data analysis to inform decisions (3:46)
- 32 - Presenting data to tell a project's story (5:48)
- 33 - Data visualization tools (6:21)
- 34 - Effective presentation techniques (4:57)
- 35 - Making presentations accessible (5:56)
- 36 - Wrap-up (1:10)
- 37 - Introduction Leadership and influencing skills (0:30)
- 38 - The necessity of project teamwork (3:59)
- 39 - The factors that impact team effectiveness (5:32)
- 40 - Leading high-functioning teams (6:42)
- 41 - Emilio Learning to lead (2:00)
- 42 - Team development and managing team dynamics (5:46)
- 43 - Rowena Delegating the details (3:12)
- 44 - Ethical and inclusive leadership (4:46)
- 45 - Steps to effective influencing (6:18)
- 46 - Using sources of power to influence (6:28)
- 47 - Chris Influencing others by demonstrating project impact (3:24)
- 48 - Wrap-up (0:59)
- 49 - Introduction Effective project communication (0:29)
- 50 - Communicating in different ways (2:40)
- 51 - Common communication tools (5:59)
- 52 - How to organize effective meetings (8:13)
- 53 - Common types of project meetings (7:32)
- 54 - Wrap-up (0:38)
- 55 - Introduction Closing a project (1:11)
- 56 - The importance of project closure (4:49)
- 57 - The closing process for clients and stakeholders (6:55)
- 58 - The closing process for the team (3:46)
- 59 - Sarah Why I love retrospectives (2:29)
- 60 - The closing process for the project manager (4:22)
- 61 - Course wrap-up (2:12)
05. Agile Project Management
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- 01 - Introduction to Course 5 (2:44)
- 02 - A brief history of Agile (4:36)
- 03 - Distinguishing Agile from Waterfall (5:55)
- 04 - The four values of the Agile Manifesto (6:50)
- 05 - The 12 principles of the Agile Manifesto (7:20)
- 06 - Adopting an Agile mindset (4:25)
- 07 - Applying Agile in a VUCA environment (3:36)
- 08 - Introduction to Scrum (5:17)
- 09 - Introduction to Kanban, XP, and Lean (8:58)
- 10 - Blending project management approaches (5:43)
- 11 - Dana Running Agile projects at Google (2:50)
- 12 - Wrap-up (0:46)
- 13 - Introduction Scrum 101 (2:32)
- 14 - The three pillars of Scrum (4:46)
- 15 - The five values of Scrum (4:13)
- 16 - Essential Scrum roles (5:40)
- 17 - Traits of an effective Scrum Master (4:53)
- 18 - Pete What makes an effective Scrum Master (2:07)
- 19 - Traits of an effective Product Owner (3:41)
- 20 - Traits of an effective Development Team (3:15)
- 21 - Wrap-up (1:11)
- 22 - Introduction Implementing Scrum (1:26)
- 23 - Building a Product Backlog (5:17)
- 24 - Writing user stories (6:01)
- 25 - Create a product backlog in Asana (5:57)
- 26 - Backlog refinement and effort estimation (7:25)
- 27 - Adding estimation in Asana (3:09)
- 28 - Introduction to the Sprint (3:12)
- 29 - Sprint planning (4:31)
- 30 - Create and manage Sprints in Asana (3:10)
- 31 - The Daily Scrum and Sprint Review (5:06)
- 32 - Sarah The benefits of a Daily Standup (2:45)
- 33 - The Sprint Retrospective (3:01)
- 34 - Velocity and burndown charts (5:38)
- 35 - Utilizing Kanban boards (3:16)
- 36 - Tools for transparency and collaboration (4:18)
- 37 - Wrap-up (1:07)
- 38 - Introduction Applying Agile in the organization (1:03)
- 39 - Maximizing value-driven delivery (6:30)
- 40 - Camron How Agile can drive value (2:36)
- 41 - Components of a value roadmap (3:44)
- 42 - Creating an effective value roadmap (4:37)
- 43 - Facilitating organizational change (5:37)
- 44 - Coaching an Agile team (3:09)
- 45 - Agile team challenges (7:29)
- 46 - Common Agile coaching challenges (7:35)
- 47 - The evolution of Agile (5:04)
- 48 - Jez My thoughts on Agile (2:13)
- 49 - Agile project management opportunities (5:43)
- 50 - Course wrap-up (0:48)
- 51 - Creating a job search plan (5:44)
06. Capstone - Applying Project Management in the Real World
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- 01 - Introduction to Course 6 (4:54)
- 02 - Project charters Purpose and components (3:46)
- 03 - Project charters Stakeholder alignment (5:14)
- 04 - Project charters Drafting SMART goals (6:55)
- 05 - Project charters Defining scope, benefits, and costs (4:49)
- 06 - Afsheen Initiating a project effectively (2:24)
- 07 - Completing a stakeholder analysis (4:36)
- 08 - Finding mutually beneficial solutions (4:22)
- 09 - Stanton Managing scope changes with stakeholders (3:06)
- 10 - Applying influence in negotiations (4:08)
- 11 - Wrap-up (1:47)
- 12 - Introduction Building out a project plan (2:13)
- 13 - Identifying project tasks Analyzing documentation (6:09)
- 14 - Identifying project tasks Conducting online research (5:32)
- 15 - Identifying project tasks Analyzing key conversations (5:53)
- 16 - Ordering tasks and identifying milestones (4:52)
- 17 - Time estimation Asking the right questions (4:42)
- 18 - Time estimation Three-point estimating (6:17)
- 19 - Time estimation Applying confidence level ratings (3:43)
- 20 - Time estimation Effective time estimate negotiation (5:24)
- 21 - Time estimation Negotiating with empathy (4:43)
- 22 - Torie Practicing empathy as a program manager (2:20)
- 23 - Wrap-up (1:20)
- 24 - Introduction Maintaining quality (1:43)
- 25 - Key quality management concepts (3:57)
- 26 - Defining quality standards (6:09)
- 27 - Creating evaluation questions (7:41)
- 28 - Determining evaluation indicators (3:00)
- 29 - Developing a survey (6:49)
- 30 - Delivering an evaluation presentation (6:50)
- 31 - The value of retrospectives (2:57)
- 32 - Retrospectives Encouraging participation (4:16)
- 33 - Retrospectives Encouraging accountability (5:55)
- 34 - Retrospectives Addressing negativity (4:25)
- 35 - Dana Leading positive retrospectives (2:21)
- 36 - Wrap-up (1:05)
- 37 - Introduction Effective stakeholder communication (1:05)
- 38 - Communicating project problems (3:53)
- 39 - Chris The art of problem-solving (2:32)
- 40 - Connecting project problems to goals (3:29)
- 41 - Writing emails to escalate a problem (3:51)
- 42 - Laura Stakeholder communication best practices (4:03)
- 43 - Completing a closeout report (4:44)
- 44 - Project impact report (6:06)
- 45 - Wrap-up (1:25)
- 46 - Personal closing report (3:23)
- 47 - Acing an elevator pitch (4:09)
- 48 - The STAR method (6:50)
- 49 - Interviewing remotely (4:19)
- 50 - Interview tips from Googlers (4:20)
- 51 - Congratulations from your instructors (1:06)
- 52 - Exploring Professional Opportunities (0:56)
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