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Adam Minahan

Instructional Designer / e-Learning Developer

Writer's pictureAdam Minahan

Google Project Management Certificate

I recently completed the Google Professional Certificate in Project Management on Coursera. I have compliled some of my notes here to create a brief overview of what I have learned so that I can apply it to future projects.



Foundations of Project Management

What is a "project"?

What is "project management"?

Why use project management?

What does a project manager do?

What is the value of a project manager?

How do project managers impact organizations?

What are a project manager's key roles and responsibilties?

What is a project manager's role within a team?

What are the core skills of a project manager?

How does a project manager demonstrate leadership?

What are the phases of the project management "life cycle"?

What are some project management methodologies?

What are different types of organizational structures?

How does organizational structure impact project management?

What is the role of a Project Management Office (PMO)?

How does organizational culture impact project management?

What is a project manager's role in change management?


Project Initiation: Starting a Successful Project

What are the key components of project initiation?

What are "SMART" goals?

What are "OKRs"?

How is a project's scope determined?

What is "scope creep" and how can it be avoided?

How can we manage project scope?

What is the difference between "launching" and "landing" a project?

How should we choose a project team?

What are the essential project roles?

What are the responsibilities of the project roles?

How can we conduct a stakeholder analysis?

What is a "RACI Chart" and how do I build one?

Why do projects fail?

What are some important project documents?

What should a project charter include?

What are some benefits of project management tools?


Project Planning: Putting It All Together

Tips for leading a successful kick-off meeting

Milestones vs tasks

Best practices for setting milestones

What is a "work breakdown structure (WBS)"?

What is a "critical path"?

Project plan templates

Project budgeting best practices

Project budget templates

What is the procurement process?

Risk vs Issue

Risk management helps us understand:

The phases of risk management

Tools for risk management

Types of risks

Risk mitigation strategies

Risk management template

Communication plan template


Project Execution: Running the Project

Items to track

Tools for project tracking

Key components of a project status report

Project status report template

Dependencies

ROAM analysis template

Quality managemet concepts

Retrospective template

Tuckman's Stages of Group Development

Cogner's four steps to persuade

Meeting agenda template

Project closeout report template


Agile Project Management

Agile Manifesto

VUCA

Scrum founding principles

Scrum pillars and values

Scrum Guide

Characteristics of a great Scrum team

Product backlog template

Product Roadmap First Principles

This is nothing

The influencer change framework


Applying Project Management in the Real World

Project charter template

Stakeholder analysis template

Project plan template

Closeout report template

Personal closing report



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