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31 hours

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Difficulty level

Beginner

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Capstone: Applying Project Management in the Real World
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Highlights

  • Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
  • 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
  • Course 6 of 6 in the Google Project Management:
  • Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
  • Beginner Level
  • Approx. 31 hours to complete
  • English Subtitles: English
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  • In this final, capstone course of the Google Project Management Certificate, you will practice applying the project management knowledge and skills you have learned so far. We encourage learners to complete Courses 1-5 before beginning the final course, as they provide the foundation necessary to complete the activities in this course.
  • As you progress through this course, you will ?observe? a project manager in a real-world scenario and complete dozens of hands-on activities. You will:
  • - analyze project documents to identify project requirements and evaluate stakeholders
  • - complete a project charter and use it as a tool to align project scope and goals among stakeholders
  • - identify tasks and milestones and document and prioritize them in a project plan
  • - define quality management standards and explore how to effectively share qualitative data
  • - demonstrate your project?s impact through effective reporting
  • By the end of this course, you will have developed a portfolio of project management artifacts that will demonstrate the skills you have learned throughout the entire program, such as your ability to manage stakeholders and teams, organize plans, and communicate project details. These artifacts can exhibit your career readiness when applying for jobs in the field. To further prepare you to interview for project management jobs, you will reflect on past projects, develop an ?elevator pitch,? and anticipate common interview questions. Current Google project managers will continue to instruct and provide you with the strategies, tools, and resources to meet your goals.
  • After completing this program, you should be equipped to apply for introductory-level jobs as a project manager. You will also have the opportunity to claim a certification of completion badge that will be recognizable to employers.
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Capstone: Applying Project Management in the Real World
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Curriculum

Initiating a project

Introduction to Course 6

Project charters: Purpose and components

Project charters: Stakeholder alignment

Project charters: Drafting SMART goals

Project charters: Defining scope, benefits, and costs

Afsheen: Initiating a project effectively

Completing a stakeholder analysis

Finding mutually beneficial solutions

Stanton: Managing scope changes with stakeholders

Applying influence in negotiations

Wrap-up

Course 6 Capstone overview

Helpful resources to get started

Program surveys

Project management artifacts

Stakeholder management: Tips and takeaways

Negotiating scope with stakeholders

Achieving a win-win outcome

Activity: Draft a project charter

Activity: Revise your project charter

Activity: Update your project charter goals

Test your knowledge: Project charter components

Activity: Complete a stakeholder analysis

Building out a project plan

Introduction: Building out a project plan

Identifying project tasks: Analyzing documentation

Identifying project tasks: Conducting online research

Identifying project tasks: Analyzing key conversations

Ordering tasks and identifying milestones

Time estimation: Asking the right questions

Time estimation: Three-point estimating

Time estimation: Applying confidence level ratings

Time estimation: Effective time estimate negotiation

Time estimation: Negotiating with empathy

Torie: Practicing empathy as a program manager

Wrap-up

Tips for defining project tasks

The three-point estimating technique

Reflection: Analyzing a project charter

Activity: Identify project tasks: Analyze project documents

Activity: Identify project tasks: Conduct online research

Test your knowledge: Identifying tasks

Activity: Part 2: Analyze key conversations

Test your knowledge: Time estimation

Activity: Part 2: Add time estimates to your project plan

Activity: Add confidence ratings

Maintaining quality

Introduction: Maintaining quality

Key quality management concepts

Defining quality standards

Creating evaluation questions

Determining evaluation indicators

Developing a survey

Delivering an evaluation presentation

The value of retrospectives

Retrospectives: Encouraging participation

Retrospectives: Encouraging accountability

Retrospectives: Addressing negativity

Dana: Leading positive retrospectives

Wrap-up

Evaluation presentations: Components and tips

Activity: Add quality standards to your project plan

Test your knowledge: Evaluation questions

Activity: Create evaluation questions and indicators

Test your knowledge: Survey development

Test your knowledge: Evaluation findings

Activity: Complete a retrospective document

Reflection: Encouraging participation

Reflection: Encouraging accountability

Reflection: Addressing negativity

Effective stakeholder communication

Introduction: Effective stakeholder communication

Communicating project problems

Chris: The art of problem-solving

Connecting project problems to goals

Writing emails to escalate a problem

Laura: Stakeholder communication best practices

Completing a closeout report

Project impact report

Wrap-up

Personal closing report

Acing an elevator pitch

The STAR method

Interviewing remotely

Interview tips from Googlers

Congratulations from your instructors

Course 6 glossary

Congratulations: Next steps

Sign up for the Big Interview program

Top tips for interview success

Showcase your work

Claim your Google Project Management Certificate badge

Project Management at Google: Tips to take with you

Reflection: Summarizing project problems

Reflection: Connecting problems to goals

Activity: Complete the project closeout report

Test your knowledge: Impact report

Activity: Complete a personal closing report

End-of-certificate checklist

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