Duration of the online course: 15 hours and 41 minutes
Strong project management turns ideas into results. In this free online course, you will learn how to guide a project from the first conversation to a confident close, using the same practical approaches used in modern business environments. Whether you are stepping into a project role for the first time or want a clearer framework for delivering work on time and with fewer surprises, this course helps you build habits that teams trust.
You will explore what project management is really for: creating value by organizing people, time, and resources around a specific goal. Along the way, you will develop the professional skills that make projects run smoothly—setting expectations, leading meetings that matter, writing and using project documents, and communicating in a way that keeps stakeholders aligned instead of confused. You will also learn how organizational structure and company culture affect authority, decision-making, and collaboration, so you can adapt your approach across different workplaces.
A major focus is planning with intention. You will practice translating goals into clear outcomes, shaping scope, identifying resources, and choosing tools that help you track progress without overcomplicating the work. You will learn to separate risks from issues, use milestones effectively, and build schedules with realistic buffers to protect delivery. You will also work with budgeting fundamentals so that costs support the plan instead of becoming a last-minute obstacle.
Beyond the mechanics, the course emphasizes leadership in action: facilitating productive discussions, clarifying roles and accountability, and supporting team performance with an improvement mindset. You will see how data can be used to make decisions and tell a clear story, and why quality management and retrospectives help projects get better each cycle. Finally, you will learn what it means to close a project responsibly, capturing outcomes and setting your team up for future success.
By the end, you will have a practical, end-to-end understanding of how projects are initiated, planned, supported, and completed in real organizations—skills you can apply immediately to your current role or use to move toward project management opportunities.
Video class: Intro to Project Management | Google Project Management Certificate
07m
Exercise: What is the primary objective of project management as described in the introduction of Google's Project Management Certificate Program?
Video class: Professional Project Management Skills | Google Project Management Certificate
21m
Exercise: What is a primary way a project manager adds value to a team?
Video class: Project Structures
34m
Exercise: What is the primary purpose of initiating a project in the project lifecycle?
Video class: Finding Project Manager Jobs | Google Project Management Certificate
06m
Exercise: What is the projected demand for project management aligned roles by 2027?
Video class: How Company Culture Affects Project Management | Google Project Management Certificate
27m
Exercise: _What is an organizational structure and why is it important to understand it as a project manager?
Exercise: What is the main difference between a classic and a matrix organizational structure regarding project management authority?
Video class: How to Run a Successful Meeting | Google Career Certificates
07m
Exercise: What is one key characteristic of effective team meetings?
Video class: Communicate Effectively as a Project Manager | Google Career Certificates
08m
Exercise: As a project manager, what is one of the key responsibilities when it comes to using project documents like plans and trackers?
Video class: Key Parts of Project Initiation | Google Project Management Certificate
10m
Exercise: What is the main purpose of the project initiation phase in project management?
Video class: Communicating and Working with Stakeholders | Google Project Management Certificate
23m
Exercise: _What should a project manager consider when identifying people resources for a project team?
Exercise: Why is it important to have just one person designated as 'accountable' in a RACI chart?
Video class: How to Set SMART Goals and Get Results | Google Project Management Certificate
42m
Exercise: _What is a project goal?
Video class: The Best Resources and Tools to Manage Your Project | Google Project Management Certificate
29m
Exercise: _What are the three resources that project managers typically work with during the initiation phase?
Exercise: Which is NOT typically considered a primary resource that project managers need to organize during the initiation phase?
Video class: Risk Management Basics | Google Project Management Certificate
29m
Exercise: _What is the difference between a risk and an issue in project management?
Video class: The Benefits of Project Planning | Google Project Management Certificate
35m
Exercise: What is the purpose of a milestone in project management?
Video class: Create a Project Communication Plan | Google Project Management Certificate
35m
Exercise: _What happened during the surprise party planning breakdown?
Video class: Project Planning for Beginners | Google Project Management Certificate
36m
Exercise: _What are the five basic elements that go into a project plan?
Exercise: What is the primary purpose of adding a buffer in project scheduling?
Video class: How to Create a Project Budget | Google Project Management Certificate
49m
Exercise: _What is a project budget?
Video class: Leadership vs Management In a Successful Team | Google Project Management Certificate
39m
Exercise: What are the top five factors identified by Google's researchers that have an impact on team effectiveness?
Video class: Storytelling with Data to Make Decisions | Google Project Management Certificate
34m
Exercise: _What is the definition of data, and how can it be used in decision-making?
Video class: Quality Management and Continuous Improvement | Google Project Management Certificate
45m
Exercise: What is the primary purpose of conducting project retrospectives?
Video class: How and When to Close a Project | Google Project Management Certificate
19m
Exercise: _What are the three criteria that make up a project closing?
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