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About the Course

You made it! Applying Project Management in the Real World is the sixth and final course in the Google Project Management program. In this capstone course, you will practice applying the project management knowledge and skills you have learned so far. If you haven’t taken Courses 1-5 yet, we highly recommend doing so, as they provide the foundation necessary to complete the activities in this course. As you progress through this course, you will “observe” a project manager in a real-world scenario and complete dozens of hands-on activities. By the end of this course, you will have developed a portfolio of project management artifacts that will demonstrate the skills you have learned throughout the entire program, such as the ability to manage stakeholders and teams, organize plans, and communicate project details. These artifacts can exhibit their career readiness when applying for jobs in the field. To further prepare you to interview for project management jobs, you will reflect on past projects, develop an “elevator pitch,” and anticipate common interview questions. By the end of this course, you will be able to do the following: - analyze project documents to identify project requirements and evaluate stakeholders - complete a project charter and use it as a tool to align project scope and goals among stakeholders - identify tasks and milestones and document and prioritize them in a project plan - define quality management standards and explore how to effectively share qualitative data - demonstrate your project’s impact through effective reporting Google employees who currently work in the field will guide you, providing hands-on activities and examples that simulate common project management tasks while showing you some of the best tools and resources used on the job. Learners who complete the six courses in this program will be prepared to apply for entry-level jobs in project management. No previous experience is necessary....

Top reviews

SK

May 5, 2023

This course is fantastic! Though I am a skilled project manager; there are some good takeaways from this course; and Google Instructors talk about the best practices used at Google in a lucid manner!

BM

Jul 16, 2024

This course provided alot of information in a very clear, easy to understand and follow manner. The tools that I was left with will provide to be valuable throughout my career in Project Management.

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By Jiljo J

Jul 10, 2021

Theory is different and Practical is different. I was really nice to see a practical scenario and tailored it to the course in a great way. Thanks for the real practical learning. Special thanks to Dan on the step by step onboarding!

By Anjum F H

Aug 30, 2021

This was the best bundle on Project Management, Thanks to google and coursera for this amazing collection of resources and thanks to commonwealth of learning and better future for women for this fantastic opportunity!

By Diego G

Nov 3, 2021

Too many peer-graded assignments: I was afraid of not having the possibility to complete the course and I rushed to have more chances to finish it.

However, it is good having a recap of the course content and a lot of activities

By Heather T

Jul 10, 2021

I would have liked more information and activities on Agile project methodology.

By Shrini K

May 5, 2023

This course is fantastic! Though I am a skilled project manager; there are some good takeaways from this course; and Google Instructors talk about the best practices used at Google in a lucid manner!

By Miriam W K

Jun 8, 2021

The course was an excellent recap of the entire course! The peer assessment assignments were a tad too much though.

By Stephanie C

Mar 8, 2022

This is the most tedious course of the series. To go from one or two peer reviews in previouse courses to having two per module is too much. I have real world PM documents that I am working on, I don't need to create this much documentation for a fictional project. Also, I would not share any of these artifacts with a potential employers.

By Deleted A

Aug 1, 2021

Thank you so much for this course. The instructors were all great (it was nice to have different personalities and deliveries of content). Of course, the double efficacy of Google and Coursera enables students to have access to a really wide variety of resources (not only on LinkedIn but also in other students).

By Okechukwu B O

May 9, 2021

The Capstone Project was perfect as it reinforced what was learnt in the previous courses leading to the Capstone. Found the interview tips as well as LinkedIn Optimization tips very useful. Highly recommended and looking forward to more professional certificate courses from Google.

By Ulmer N

May 24, 2023

am really greatful to have been given the opportunity to learn this coursework it is very educative and would like to recommend it to others so that they can gain some skills about project management.

By Billie M

Jul 16, 2024

This course provided alot of information in a very clear, easy to understand and follow manner. The tools that I was left with will provide to be valuable throughout my career in Project Management.

By Upasana M

Apr 12, 2022

great course please review my project having different in submitting . Its all complete pls advise need help its not allowing me to print my certificate already paid for the course need assistance

By Ajay M

Oct 31, 2021

This is very nice course. It not only helped me in learning project management skill but gave me platform to put to use knowledge I gained during the entire course. Thanks Google and Coursera

By Hải T M

Jul 23, 2021

Thanks so much for creating this program and meaningful studying experience. It's my pleasure to try this program and learn to become a project manager!!!

By Rosana S

Aug 6, 2021

It is a great way of practicing the learned concpets. Thank you so much Corseura and Google,

By Rohan D

Aug 6, 2021

The final module was excellent giving real time project management work. Thank You

By John ( M

Jun 14, 2021

is a great course to get your feet wet in Project Management. This is not the same level as a PMP cert but will give you an overview of what you need to understand what people are referring to.

By Christopher R

Jun 2, 2022

While there is certainly some insightful knowledge to be gained from this course, overall, it feels like a low education level style. The instruction is clear, mostly to the point, the instructors are effective communicators and the capstone project covers what was learned. However, the tasks and other demonstrations of knowledge are so easy it almost feels insignificant and some points. More so, when grading peer work, it is obvious some people put in zero effort because they will submit incomplete projects or the wrong project entirely, most likely in the hopes someone is too lazy to look at their work. The discussion boards are pointless and most people’s responses are as simple as “hi.” I am leaving this course with a solid foundational knowledge of project management but I am doubting the legitimacy behind it and concerned whether any employer will see this course as a strong demonstration of my intelligence.

By Alesia R

Mar 10, 2022

I think there needs to be a survey about all 6 courses, as the format on each is the same. I was certainly expecting one at the end of the course. They are good courses overall, but I wrote an entire binder of notes that could have been readings to print out and add to. When you say a video takes 6 minutes to watch, that is not entirely accurate if the student is taking the necessary notes. I would highly recommend skeleton or scaffolded notes.

By Vijay Y

Dec 29, 2021

very well structured. But too many assignments. Few assignments were not clear.

By Kartik K

Apr 24, 2021

A repetitive, interaction-less robotic-more conclusion!

Rating (Specialization) after (Course) 6: 2.33/5

P.S. Thanks to the team at Coursera.

P.P.S. Thanks Google, but truly expected much 'more' from the likes of you.

By Antoinette S

Aug 15, 2023

I absolutley have the concept of other students grading your work. There are people on here that are failing people on purpose and its not right.

By Merisa M

May 4, 2022

It's a "Capstone: Applying project management in the real world" certificate. NOT a Project management certificate!! wow

By Oluchi E

May 22, 2022

So many unnecessary questions and quizes, many repetitions and annoying extras.

By Lauren R

Feb 17, 2025

This was a great course. I am in between jobs and decided to add to my skill set. I do a lot of project management as part of my marketing job but have no formal training in it. Decided to dig in a little and find out what I was missing to improve my performance at work, this was great. I watched the video's at 2X speed and breezed through it — having a lot of work experience already helped a lot. Highly recommend this for anyone looking to improve their skills.