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Project Execution: Running the Project
  • Level Foundation
  • Duration 26 hours
  • Course by Google
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About

This is the fourth course in the Google Project Management Certificate program. This course will delve into the execution and closing phases of the project life cycle. You will learn what aspects of a project to track and how to track them. You will also learn how to effectively manage and communicate changes, dependencies, and risks. As you explore quality management, you will learn how to measure customer satisfaction and implement continuous improvement and process improvement techniques. Next, you will examine how to prioritize data, how to use data to inform your decision-making, and how to effectively present that data. Then, you will strengthen your leadership skills as you study the stages of team development and how to manage team dynamics. After that, you will discover tools that provide effective project team communication, how to organize and facilitate meetings, and how to effectively communicate project status updates. Finally, you will examine the steps of the project closing process and how to create and share project closing documentation. Current Google project managers will continue to instruct and provide you with hands-on approaches for accomplishing these tasks while showing you the best project management tools and resources for the job at hand. Learners who complete this program should be equipped to apply for introductory-level jobs as project managers. No previous experience is necessary. By the end of this course, you will be able to: - Identify what aspects of a project to track and compare different tracking methods. - Discuss how to effectively manage and communicate changes, dependencies, and risks. - Explain the key quality management concepts of quality standards, quality planning, quality assurance, and quality control. - Describe how to create continuous improvement and process improvement and how to measure customer satisfaction. - Explain the purpose of a retrospective and describe how to conduct one. - Demonstrate how to prioritize and analyze data and how to communicate a project's data-informed story. - Identify tools that provide effective project team communication and explore best practices for communicating project status updates. - Describe the steps of the closing process for stakeholders, the project team, and project managers.

Modules

Getting started with the course

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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1 Videos

  • Introduction to Course 4

2 Readings

  • Course 4 overview
  • Helpful resources to get started

Tracking and measuring project progress

    • 5 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 2 Quiz
    • 1 Plugin
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5 Videos

  • The importance of tracking
  • Common items to track
  • Different tracking methods
  • Belinda: tracking and managing a budget
  • Pranjal: Managing multiple tracks

3 Readings

  • Choose the right tracking method for your project
  • Project status reports
  • Activity Exemplar: Build and explain a project status report

2 Quiz

  • Activity: Build and explain a project status report
  • Test your knowledge: Project tracking

Managing changes, risk and dependencies

    • 3 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Test your knowledge: Dependencies

3 Videos

  • Why risks and changes occur
  • Identifying and tracking dependencies
  • Techniques to help manage risks

2 Readings

  • Case study: Using risk management tools
  • Activity Exemplar: Put together a ROAM analysis

1 Quiz

  • Activity: Put together a ROAM analysis

Communicating issues to stakeholders

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Activity: Create an escalation email

2 Videos

  • Escalating issues
  • Communicating changes to the team

1 Readings

  • Writing an effective escalation email

Review: Introduction to project execution

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
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1 Videos

  • Wrap-up

1 Quiz

  • Module 1 Challenge

Understanding quality management

    • 6 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 2 Assignment
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2 Assignment

  • Test your knowledge: Quality management
  • Test your knowledge: Compile feedback to measure satisfaction

6 Videos

  • Introduction: Quality management and continuous improvement
  • Key quality management concepts
  • Fostering customer relationships with communication skills
  • Measuring customer satisfaction
  • Ensuring accessibility during feedback collection
  • Sue: The importance of understanding customer needs

2 Readings

  • Recap: Quality management concepts
  • User acceptance testing: Goals, best practices, and management

Pursuing continuous improvement

    • 4 Videos
    • 1 Plugin
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Test your knowledge: Continuous improvement

4 Videos

  • Continuous improvement and process improvement
  • Data-driven improvement frameworks
  • Differentiating projects from programs
  • Jacob: Cultivating a continuous improvement mindset

Using retrospectives for project success

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
    • 1 Plugin
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3 Videos

  • The purpose of a retrospective
  • Conducting a retrospective
  • Gernot: Using retrospectives to get back on track

1 Readings

  • Retrospective Template

1 Quiz

  • Test your knowledge: Retrospectives

Review: Quality management and continuous improvement

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
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1 Videos

  • Wrap-up

1 Quiz

  • Module 2 Challenge

Gathering data for a project

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Plugin
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3 Videos

  • Introduction: Data-informed decision-making
  • The value of data
  • Common types of project data

1 Readings

  • Common data metrics for project management

Prioritizing and analyzing data

    • 2 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Test your knowledge: Prioritizing and analyzing data

2 Videos

  • Discerning important data
  • Using data analysis to inform decisions

2 Readings

  • Data ethics considerations
  • The six steps of data analysis

Presenting and visualizing data

    • 4 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 2 Assignment
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2 Assignment

  • Test your knowledge: Presenting and visualizing data
  • Activity: Create a presentation

4 Videos

  • Presenting data to tell a project's story
  • Data visualization tools
  • Effective presentation techniques
  • Making presentations accessible

3 Readings

  • Different ways to visualize data
  • Preparing an effective presentation
  • Activity Exemplar: Create a presentation

Review: Data-informed Decision-making

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
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1 Videos

  • Wrap-up

1 Quiz

  • Module 3 Challenge

Cultivating effective teams

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Test your knowledge: Effective teams

3 Videos

  • Introduction: Leadership and influencing skills
  • The necessity of project teamwork
  • The factors that impact team effectiveness

Effective project leadership

    • 5 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Test your knowledge: Managing team development and dynamics

5 Videos

  • Leading high-functioning teams
  • Emilio: Learning to lead
  • Team development and managing team dynamics
  • Rowena: Delegating the details
  • Ethical and inclusive leadership

2 Readings

  • Providing “air cover” to your team
  • A framework for ethical decision-making

The elements of influencing

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 2 Assignment
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2 Assignment

  • Reflection: Effective influencing
  • Reflection: Positive influence statements

3 Videos

  • Steps to effective influencing
  • Using sources of power to influence
  • Chris: Influencing others by demonstrating project impact

1 Readings

  • Creating an effective influencing statement

Review: Leadership and influencing skills

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Module 4 Challenge

1 Videos

  • Wrap-up

Communication tools and techniques

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Test your knowledge: Project communication

3 Videos

  • Introduction: Effective project communication
  • Communicating in different ways
  • Common communication tools

1 Readings

  • Principles of effective email writing

Organizing and facilitating project meetings

    • 2 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Plugin
    • 2 Assignment
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2 Assignment

  • Test your knowledge: Effective meetings
  • Activity: Plan a meeting and inform the team

2 Videos

  • How to organize effective meetings
  • Common types of project meetings

2 Readings

  • Facilitating inclusive and accessible meetings
  • Checklist for productive meetings

Review: Effective project communication

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Module 5 Challenge

1 Videos

  • Wrap-up

Understanding project closure

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
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2 Videos

  • Introduction: Closing a project
  • The importance of project closure

1 Readings

  • Case study: The impact of skipping project closure steps

1 Quiz

  • Test your knowledge: Closing a project

The steps of the closing process

    • 4 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
    • 1 Plugin
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4 Videos

  • The closing process for clients and stakeholders
  • The closing process for the team
  • Sarah: Why I love retrospectives
  • The closing process for the project manager

2 Readings

  • Demonstrating project impact to stakeholders
  • Activity Exemplar: Create a project closeout report

1 Quiz

  • Activity: Create a project closeout report

Course review: Project Execution: Running the Project

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
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1 Videos

  • Course wrap-up

3 Readings

  • Reflect and connect with your peers
  • Course 4 glossary
  • Getting started on Course 5

1 Quiz

  • Module 6 Challenge

Auto Summary

"Project Execution: Running the Project" is a comprehensive course within the Google Project Management Certificate program, focusing on the execution and closing phases of the project life cycle. Taught by current Google project managers, this course covers tracking project aspects, managing changes, quality management, data prioritization, leadership skills, and effective communication. The course is designed for beginners, requires no prior experience, and prepares learners for entry-level project management roles. Available on Coursera, the course offers Starter, Professional, and Paid subscription options and spans a duration of 1560 minutes. Ideal for aspiring project managers looking to enhance their practical skills.

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