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PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Reveal your skills as a leader and capable manager with our Google Project Management Certification course.
Revolutionize your career with Google's Project Management course. This course unlocks new possibilities, knowledge, and abilities for you.
Google's certificates, esteemed worldwide by employers, can greatly improve your prospects of being appointed as a Project Manager.
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INTRODUCING
Google Project Management Professional Certificate
(with mentoring session in English/Estonian/Russian)
4.8 ⭐ (91 260 reviews)
The course offers an in-depth comprehension of the project management cycle, from ideation to successful project conclusion:
- Introduction to project management
- Strategy and execution in projects
- Crafting project plans and managing risks
- Budget oversight within projects
- Facilitating project communications
- Steering quality and team performance
- Agile and Scrum practices
- Real-world deployment of project management abilities
After a mere 2.5 months of study:
- Attain a complete comprehension of project management procedures, perfect your communication skills with your team and stakeholders, grasp essential project planning tools and techniques, and execute risk and quality management tactics.
- Be equipped with Google's expert project management capabilities and deploy the skills and knowledge you've gathered to tangible projects.
- Gain an opportunity to demonstrate practical experience through the projects you've created, ideal for your portfolio.
- Secure a Google certificate that's recognized by employers.
- Gear up for sought-after roles such as Project Manager, Project Coordinator, Project Assistant.
10 compelling reasons to pursue a career in Project Management:
- Broad Applicability: Project management skills are transferrable and versatile, applicable in fields ranging from IT to construction.
- High Demand: There is a strong market demand for project managers, thanks to a rise in intricate projects in corporations.
- Growth Opportunities: The profession provides considerable opportunities for both professional and career development.
- Work Variety: Each project presents a unique set of challenges, making the work exciting and appealing.
- Significant Impact: Project managers play an instrumental role in attaining the company's objectives.
- Competitive Pay: The position often entails a competitive salary.
- Skill Enhancement: The role allows for the cultivation of numerous skills such as leadership, communication, resource management, and planning.
- Accessible Education: With the presence of quality educational programs online and in-person, entry into this profession has been made easier.
- Networking: Participation in projects allows for the establishment of a broad professional network.
- Job Satisfaction: The gratification from achieving established goals and successfully wrapping up projects is immense.
COURSE STRUCTURE
The course is meticulously structured to balance self-study and mentor-guided learning, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the subject matter. It is a 180-hour deep dive into the theory and practice of project management, presented through a set of educational videos, carefully curated quizzes, and targeted assignments.
MODUL 1. Foundations of Project Management
- Describe project management skills, roles, and responsibilities across a variety of industries.
- Explain the project management life cycle and compare different program management methodologies.
- Define organizational structure and organizational culture and explain how it impacts project management.
MODUL 2. Project Initiation: Starting a Successful Project
- Understand the significance of the initiation phase of the project life cycle.
- Understand the key components of project charters and develop a project charter for project initiation.
- Complete a stakeholder analysis and utilize RACI charts to define and communicate project team member responsibilities.
- Evaluate various project management tools to meet project needs.
Modul 3. Project Planning: Putting It All Together
- Describe the components of the project planning phase and their significance.
- Identify tools and best practices to build a project plan and risk management plan.
- Describe how to estimate, track, and maintain a budget.
- Draft a communication plan and explain how to manage it.
Modul 4. Project Execution: Running the Project
- Implement the key quality management concepts of quality standards, quality planning, quality assurance, and quality control.
- Demonstrate how to prioritize and analyze data and how to communicate a project’s data-informed story.
- Discuss the stages of team development and how to manage team dynamics.
- Describe the steps of the closing process and create project closing documentation.
Modul 5. Agile Project Management
- Explain the Agile project management approach and philosophy, including values and principles.
- Discuss the pillars of Scrum and how they support Scrum values.
- Describe the five important Scrum events and how to set up each event for a Scrum team.
- Explain how to coach an Agile team and help them overcome challenges.
Modul 6. Capstone: Applying Project Management in the Real World
- Complete a project charter, filling out key information including a project summary, SMART goals, scope, benefits, and costs.
- Examine project documentation and conduct research to identify tasks for a project and organize those project tasks and milestones in a project plan.
- Determine quality standards and evaluate against those standards to ensure that the project is achieving the required level of quality.
- Develop effective stakeholder reports by applying storytelling strategies to describe data.
By completing this course, you will be equipped with practical skills like:
- Developing and instituting risk management blueprints;
- Adopting strategies for process streamlining;
- Facilitating stakeholder relationships and adjusting team dynamics;
- Preparing budgets and facilitating procurement operations;
- Leveraging specialized project management software and models;
- Hands-on application of Agile practices, chiefly Scrum.
SOFT & HARD SKILLS
Quality Management
Strategic Thinking
Project Execution
Risk Management
Project Management
Project Planning
Task Estimation
Business Writing
Project Charter
Coaching
Problem Solving
Agile Management
Scrum
Stakeholder Management
Organizational Culture
The Google Project Management Certificate can be advantageous for:
- Emerging Professionals: If you're seeking a readily accessible introduction to the field of project management, this program offers holistic training spanning all project management facets.
- Career Ascenders: For working professionals who aspire to upgrade their competencies and secure promotions.
- Career Shifters: If you've already garnered experience in a different field but are keen on transitioning into project management.
- Business Proprietors & Entrepreneurs: If you're aiming to manage your projects effectively, thereby augmenting the productivity and efficiency of your business.
- Job Pursuers: If you've experienced job loss and want to enhance your employability by gaining sought-after project management expertise.
- Students & Fresh Graduates: If you're initiating your career journey and are in pursuit of unique skills that will give you a competitive edge when seeking employment.
- Team Supervisors & Managers: Leaders who aspire to hone their project management abilities to boost the performance of their teams.
- IT Specialists: IT professionals who want to comprehend project management procedures more profoundly to liaise more efficiently with project managers and contribute to project management.
- Independent Contractors & Advisors: Self-sufficient individuals who are eager to amplify their project management skills to more effectively assist their clientele.
NICE TO MEET YOU
LEARN FROM EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS
Gunnar Kuhi
MENTOR
Gunnar Kuhi, a seasoned project manager in software development, brings over three decades of experience. He has worked across diverse sectors including public services, forestry, commerce, manufacturing, logistics, and finance. Gunnar's notable collaborations span organisations such as Helmes, the State Forest Management Centre, AgileWorks, and the Estonian Forest and Wood Industries Association.
In addition to his professional endeavours, Gunnar has actively contributed to the advancement of project management, serving as a volunteer with the Estonian Project Management Association for seven years. He holds prestigious certifications including Project Management Professional (PMP), Prince2 Foundation, Prince2 Practitioner, Professional Scrum Master (PSM I), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), and Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner.
Committed to fostering talent, Gunnar has conducted project management workshops for students at the University of Tartu, Pärnu College. He is an alumnus of Tallinn Polytechnic Institute, specialising in automation.
Indrek Andema
PROGRAM MANAGER
He has over 7 years of experience in the field of continuing education and 15 years in the IT field. He started organising computer training at Gensi Koolitus in 1997, initially as a sales representative and later as a managing director. Worked in training companies: Mercuri International, MetaProfit. In the latter, he also served as an assistant trainer. Experience in IT companies: Kungla Dialoog, Business Software Partners, BCS Itera, Konica Minolta, Andmevara AS. He obtained his higher education at Tallinn University of Technology in the field of business administration. In addition, he furthered his education in the prerequisites program for a psychology master's degree at the University of Tartu from 2012 to 2015. In 2017, he completed the Experience advisor Specialist training and has been a member of the Experience advisor Association since 2020.
These PM professionals appear in pre-recorded video lectures
>> Jueun, Senior Program Manager for Cloud Storage Security Programs. She leads the second course where we delve deeper into what needs to be done at the preparatory stage of a project to make it successful.
>> Rowena, Senior Program Manager at Google Cloud. She leads the third course where we explore why it's so important to plan a project carefully, discussing key project stages and interdependencies, documenting the project plan, scheduling, budgeting, and risk management.
>> Elita, Senior Engineering Program Manager at Google. With Elita, in the fourth course, we study the principles of effective interaction, risk management, understanding team dynamics, using data in making informed decisions, and tracking progress.
>> Sue, Technical Program Manager for Google Support Platforms. Sue will give us a deeper understanding of how the Agile approach works, including its principles and practices, the benefits and costs of Agile transformations, the dynamics of Agile teams, and the process of executing sprints and preparing releases.
>> Dan, Program Manager at Google Research. Together with Dan, at the concluding stage, we will take all the knowledge, skills, and understanding you've accumulated throughout the specialization and apply them to a more complex project situation.
"I've had such a wonderful time learning from this course even if I don't end up using it professionally, the tools and skills I learned here will absolutely be implement in my personal projects and goals. IMO public school should teach a basic version of project management because these skills can literally be applied to any part of life."
- Viviana R., October 2022
"Facilitators for this whole programme have presented this so well, I would recommend the course to anyone wanting to start a career in project management as I believe they will be set up for success."
- Natalie N., March 2022
"Very clear and concise materials on project execution. This is geared to absolute beginners, so people with some experience may find this simplistic, but in practice, few people actually adhere to some of these best practices in a busy organization, so it serves as a nice review as well."
- Ian G., April 2021
Course
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Google Project Management Professional Certificate
(with mentoring session in English/Estonian/Russian)
Learning format
Total Training Volume: 230 Academic Hours
Independent Work: 204 hours
This includes time spent on homework and tests.
Mentor Sessions: 26 hours
Interactive sessions with a mentor for guidance and support.
The training is designed for 2.5 months.
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