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Project Initiation: Starting a Successful Project
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Project Initiation: Starting a Successful Project
Set your project up for success through strong project initiation. Learn to determine benefits and costs, set measurable goals, manage scope, and define success criteria. You will gain skills in stakeholder analysis, RACI charts, and developing a project charter. This is the second course in the Google Project Management Certificate, a series designed to prepare you for an introductory-level project manager role.
Course Info
Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Understand the significance of the project initiation phase of the project life cycle.
- Describe the key components of the project initiation phase.
- Determine a project’s benefits and costs.
- Define and create measurable project goals and deliverables.
- Define project scope and differentiate among tasks that are in-scope and out-of-scope.
- Understand how to manage scope creep to avoid impacting project goals.
- Define and measure a project’s success criteria.
- Complete a stakeholder analysis and explain its significance.
- Utilize RACI charts to define and communicate project team member responsibilities.
- Understand the key components of project charters and develop a project charter for project initiation.
- Evaluate various project management tools to meet project needs.
Prerequisites
No prior experience required
Audience
Beginner
Available languages
English