Project Planning: Putting It All Together
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Project Planning: Putting It All Together at Coursera Overview
Duration | 25 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Project Planning: Putting It All Together at Coursera Highlights
- Earn a certificate upon completion from Coursera
- Get access to graded Quizzes with Feedback and programming assignments
- Every Specialization includes a hands-on project
- Get a 14 days refund period
- Get unlimited access to all 6 courses
- Course 3 of 6 in themGoogle Project Management
Project Planning: Putting It All Together at Coursera Course details
- Project Planning
- Strategic Thinking
- Risk Management
- Task Estimation
- Procurement
- This is the third course in the Google Project Management Certificate program
- This course will explore how to map out a project in the second phase of the project life cycle: the project planning phase
- Examine the key components of a project plan, how to make accurate time estimates, and how to set milestones
- Learn how to build and manage a budget and how the procurement processes work
Project Planning: Putting It All Together at Coursera Curriculum
Beginning the planning phase
Introduction to Course 3
The benefits of project planning
Launching the planning phase
Facilitating a project kick-off meeting
Understanding tasks and milestones
The importance of setting milestones
How to set milestones
Creating a work breakdown structure
Wrap-up
Clennita: How planning creates a sense of team
Course 3 overview
Helpful resources to get started
Tips for leading a successful kick-off meeting
Setting milestones: Best practices
Breaking down the work breakdown structure
Activity Exemplar: Use a WBS to create project tasks and milestones - Part 1
Activity Exemplar: Use a WBS to create project tasks and milestones - Part 2
Reflection: Project planning considerations
Test your knowledge: The planning phase components
Activity: Use a WBS to create milestones and project tasks - Part 1
Activity: Use a WBS to create milestones and project tasks - Part 2
Weekly Challenge 1
Building a project plan
Introduction: Building a project plan
Components of a project plan
Making realistic time estimates
Capacity planning and the critical path
Getting accurate time estimates from your team
Angel: The value of interpersonal skills in time estimation
Developing a project schedule
Project plan best practices
Wrap-up
Putting together the pieces of a project plan
Case study: Run fast, pay later
Overcoming the planning fallacy
Creating a critical path
Creating a project plan: Tools and templates
Introduction to Kanban boards
Test your knowledge: Getting started with a project plan
Reflection: Time estimation
Test your knowledge: Utilizing tools to build a project plan
Weekly Challenge 2
Managing budgeting and procurement
Introduction: Managing budgeting and procurement
The importance of budget setting
Key components of a project budget
Creating a project budget
Maintaining a project budget
Understanding procurement
The procurement process
Common procurement documentation
Creating a Statement of Work
Obtaining procurement support
Ethics in the procurement process
Wrap-up
Project budgeting 101
Helpful budget templates
Overcoming budgeting challenges
Activity Exemplar: Develop a project budget
Optional: Introduction to budgeting terms
Tips for the procurement process
Activity Exemplar: Complete a Statement of Work (SoW)
Avoiding ethical traps in procurement
Test your knowledge: Understanding project budgets
Activity: Develop a project budget
Test your knowledge: Creating a project budget
Test your knowledge: Introduction to procurement
Activity: Complete a Statement of Work (SoW)
Test your knowledge: Navigating procurement challenges
Reflection: Procurement ethics
Weekly Challenge 3
Managing risks effectively
Introduction: Managing risks effectively
The importance of risk management
Stanton: Managing my first project
Tools to help identify risks
Types of risk
Risk mitigation strategies
Building a risk management plan
Communicating risks to stakeholders
Aji: Risk management at Google
Wrap-up
Phases of risk management
Uncover opportunities using risk management
How to create a fishbone diagram
Managing single point of failure risks
Visualizing dependency relationships
Test your knowledge: Risk management
Test your knowledge: Risk scenarios
Test your knowledge: Measuring risk impact
Test your knowledge: Identifying and assessing risks
Test your knowledge: Mitigating and communicating risks
Weekly Challenge 4
Organizing communication and documentation
Introduction: Organizing communication and documentation
Why communication is critical
Starting a communication plan
Developing a communication plan
The value of project documentation
Organizing project documentation
Chris: Organizing artifacts for a job interview
Documenting experience in a resume
Dan: The importance of project documentation
Course wrap-up
Tips for effective communication
Best practices for building a communication plan
Activity Exemplar: Draft a communication plan
Activity Exemplar: Organize documents in a project plan
Tailoring a resume for project management
Activity Exemplar: Get started on your project management resume
Activity Exemplar: Create or update your professional social media profile
Course 3 glossary
Getting started on Course 4
Test your knowledge: Effective communication
Activity: Draft a communication plan
Activity: Organize documents in a project plan
Activity: Get started on your project management resume
Activity: Create or update your professional social media profile
Weekly Challenge 5
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