Google Project Management Professional Certificate (Coursera)
This Project Management Certificate program offered by Google on Coursera aims to prepare learners to launch a project management career. It covers industry-standard tools and methods, including the agile project management system, and key soft skills, such as stakeholder management, problem-solving, and influencing.
The program includes a set of courses, activities, quizzes and exercises that’ll teach you the fundamentals of project management and help you get a job and advance your career. You’ll discover what it takes to build a successful career in project management, and learn about the project lifecycle and common project management approaches. It comprises of 6 industry relevant courses that focus on topics like:
- Project Management fundamentals
- Goals, objectives and deliverables
- Risk management
- Team dynamics
- Project management methodologies like Agile, Scrum and Waterfall
- Data-driven decision making
Each course is made up of personal anecdotes, reading materials, quizzes, case studies etc. Google employees share stories about how they became project managers, what they do every day and also share tips for job interviews.
With a lot of focus on hands-on learning, you’ll build project plans and timelines through the course of the program and learn how to manage budgets and meet the needs of people involved in the project. You’ll also use tools like Kanban and Asana and work on developing soft skills.
Learners who complete this Google Project management certificate program have the opportunity to share their work with Google and 100+ partners committed to sourcing talent from Google certificate programs. They’d be able to show their professional work examples to showcase what they’ve learnt.
This program qualifies learners for over 100 hours of project management education, which helps prepare them for PMI certifications like CAPM.
Key Highlights
- Gain an immersive understanding of the practices and skills needed to succeed in an entry-level project management role
- Discover how to manage projects efficiently and effectively, using traditional and agile methods
- Learn from experienced program and project managers at Google
- Learn how to apply skills from your previous work experience to project management roles
- Practice-based assessments which simulate real-world project management scenarios
- No requirement of prior experience in project management
Duration : 6 months, 10 hours per week
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