Google Project Management: Professional Certificate
Start your path to a career in project management. In this program, you’ll learn in-demand skills that will have you job-ready in less than six months. No degree or experience is required.
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Professional Certificate - 6 course series
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6 months at 10 hours a week
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Gain an immersive understanding of the practices and skills needed to succeed in an entry-level project management role
Learn the foundations of Agile project management, with a focus on implementing Scrum events, building Scrum artifacts, and understanding Scrum roles
Learn how to create effective project documentation and artifacts throughout the various phases of a project
Practice strategic communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management through real-world scenarios
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Organizational Culture
Career Development
Strategic Thinking
Change Management
Project Management
Stakeholder Management
Business Writing
Project Charter
Project Planning
Risk Management
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Prepare for a career in Project Management
- Receive professional-level training from Google
- Demonstrate your proficiency in portfolio-ready projects
- Earn an employer-recognized certificate from Google
- Qualify for in-demand job titles: Project Manager, Project Coordinator, Project Assistant
$77,000+
median U.S. salary for Project Management¹
715,000+
U.S. job openings in Project Management¹
75%
of certificate graduates report positive career outcome²
Get exclusive access to career resources upon completion
Resume review
Improve your resume and LinkedIn with personalized feedback
Interview prep
Practice your skills with interactive tools and mock interviews
Career support
Plan your career move with Coursera’s job search guide
Connect with 150+ U.S. hiring organizations in Google’s Employer Consortium
¹Lightcast™ US Job Postings (median U.S. salary with 0-5 years experience), Jan. 1, 2022 – Dec. 31, 2022).
²Positive career outcome (e.g., new job, promotion, or raise) within six months of completion. Based on program graduate survey, United States 2022.
²Positive career outcome (e.g., new job, promotion, or raise) within six months of completion. Based on program graduate survey, United States 2022.
Professional Certificate - 6 course series
Prepare for a new career in the high-growth field of project management, no experience or degree required. Get professional training designed by Google and get on the fastrack to a competitively paid job. There are over 715,000 open jobs in project management with a median entry-level salary of $77,000.¹
What you’ll learn
- Describe project management skills, roles, and responsibilities across a variety of industries
- Explain the project management life cycle and compare different program management methodologies
- Define organizational structure and organizational culture and explain how it impacts project management.
Skills you’ll gain
• Organizational Culture • Career Development • Strategic Thinking • Change Management
• Project Management
What you’ll learn
• Stakeholder Management • Strategic Thinking • Business Writing • Project Management
• Project Charter
- Understand the significance of the initiation phase of the project life cycle.
- Understand the key components of project charters and develop a project charter for project initiation.
- Complete a stakeholder analysis and utilize RACI charts to define and communicate project team member responsibilities.
- Evaluate various project management tools to meet project needs.
• Stakeholder Management • Strategic Thinking • Business Writing • Project Management
• Project Charter
What you’ll learn
Skills you’ll gain
• Project Planning • Strategic Thinking • Risk Management • Task Estimation • Procurement
- Describe the components of the project planning phase and their significance.
- Identify tools and best practices to build a project plan and risk management plan.
- Describe how to estimate, track, and maintain a budget.
- Draft a communication plan and explain how to manage it.
Skills you’ll gain
• Project Planning • Strategic Thinking • Risk Management • Task Estimation • Procurement
What you’ll learn
Skills you’ll gain
• Quality Management • Strategic Thinking • Project Execution • Risk Management • Project Management
- Implement the key quality management concepts of quality standards, quality planning, quality assurance, and quality control.
- Demonstrate how to prioritize and analyze data and how to communicate a project’s data-informed story.
- Discuss the stages of team development and how to manage team dynamics.
- Describe the steps of the closing process and create project closing documentation.
Skills you’ll gain
• Quality Management • Strategic Thinking • Project Execution • Risk Management • Project Management
What you’ll learn
Skills you’ll gain
• Coaching • Influencing • Agile Management • Problem Solving • Scrum
- Explain the Agile project management approach and philosophy, including values and principles.
- Discuss the pillars of Scrum and how they support Scrum values.
- Describe the five important Scrum events and how to set up each event for a Scrum team.
- Explain how to coach an Agile team and help them overcome challenges.
Skills you’ll gain
• Coaching • Influencing • Agile Management • Problem Solving • Scrum
What you’ll learn
• Quality Management • Stakeholder Management • Problem Solving • Effective Communication • Project Management
- Complete a project charter, filling out key information including a project summary, SMART goals, scope, benefits, and costs.
- Examine project documentation and conduct research to identify tasks for a project and organize those project tasks and milestones in a project plan.
- Determine quality standards and evaluate against those standards to ensure that the project is achieving the required level of quality.
- Develop effective stakeholder reports by applying storytelling strategies to describe data.
• Quality Management • Stakeholder Management • Problem Solving • Effective Communication • Project Management
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Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements. Project managers ensure projects within an organization are managed and completed with maximum value and benefits realized.
Project managers are in high demand. In fact, a study the Project Management Institute found that, by the year 2027, employers will need 87.7 million people to fill project management-related roles. As the workplace continues to grow and evolve, project managers serve as a pivotal piece of an organization’s ability to adapt and remain agile.
Project managers are natural problem-solvers. In addition to setting the plan and guiding teammates through the project, they are tasked with managing changes and risks. Each day is dynamic and different for a project manager because they are at the center of the project, building relationships, prioritizing tasks, and delivering results! Using various tools and templates, as well as a unique skill set, the project manager brings order to chaos.
PMI (2017). Project Management Job Growth and Talent Gap 2017–2027.
Project managers are natural problem-solvers. In addition to setting the plan and guiding teammates through the project, they are tasked with managing changes and risks. Each day is dynamic and different for a project manager because they are at the center of the project, building relationships, prioritizing tasks, and delivering results! Using various tools and templates, as well as a unique skill set, the project manager brings order to chaos.
PMI (2017). Project Management Job Growth and Talent Gap 2017–2027.
In the U.S. and Canada, Coursera charges $49 per month after the initial 7-day free trial period. The Google Project ManagementCertificate can be completed in less than 6 months at under 10 hours per week of part-time study, so most learners can complete the certificate for less than $300 USD. In other countries where Google Career Certificates are available, your cost may be lower.
This certificate is currently available globally in English. You can also find Google Career Certificates available globally in the following languages: Turkish, German, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, and Indonesian Bahasa. We are working on adding more languages soon. Please continue to check back here for updates.
None! Whether you’re completely new to the job field or have had some exposure, a Google Career Certificate is the right program for you.
We highly recommend taking the courses of each certificate program in the order presented, as the content builds on information from earlier courses.
Spreadsheets (e.g., Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel, etc.), word processing applications (e.g., Google Docs, Microsoft Word, etc.), and presentation applications (e.g., Google Slides, Microsoft PowerPoint, etc.) will be used. Additionally, learners will have the option to use Asana and to learn about other common work management tools.
One of the most exciting parts about joining the field of project management is the large number of job opportunities available. In fact, the Project Management Institute estimates that employers will need to fill nearly 2.2 million new project-oriented roles each year through 2027.
The Google Project Management Certificate helps you develop essential project management skill sets and business acumen. By learning and practicing the project management approaches included in this program, you’ll prepare yourself for introductory-level project manager roles across a variety of industries. Some common titles include Program Manager, Junior Project Manager, Project Coordinator, Scrum Master, and more. Project management is a skill that lends itself to many different types of roles in numerous industries with many opportunities for career growth.
By learning the project management skills included within this program, you’ll prepare yourself for project manager roles across a multitude of industries and sectors. Project managers are found in every kind of organization–as employees, managers, contractors, and independent consultants. With experience, they may become program managers (responsible for multiple related projects) or portfolio managers (responsible for selection, prioritization, and alignment of projects and programs with an organization’s strategy).
Google is an approved member of the
Project Management Institute’s
Authorized Training Partner Program, which ensures practitioners have access to consistent and high-quality training experiences. Those who complete the Google Project Management Certificate will qualify for over 100 hours of project management education that apply directly to requirements for globally-recognized PMI credentials, like the
Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® certification
, at a discounted price.
Google Career Certificates are designed to prepare you for an entry-level role in job fields like data analytics, digital marketing & e-commerce, IT support, project management, and UX design. Upon completion of a Google Career Certificate, like this one, certificate graduates in the U.S. will have the option to share their information with top U.S. employers that are hiring entry-level professionals, like Target, T-Mobile, Wells Fargo and of course, Google. Employer consortiums are currently available in the U.S., Canada, India, Singapore, Indonesia and are coming to more countries soon. The employers included will vary by country.
In addition to expert-led training and hands-on projects designed to prepare you for a job, you’ll get access to
an interview practice tool
, mock interviews and resume building workshops, career coaching sessions and more. You’ll also be able to connect with over 150 U.S. employers who are searching for candidates who have completed a Google Career Certificate.
Google had long faced an issue that many other companies also contend with: We had open IT support roles, but not enough qualified candidates to fill them. So we built and tested a training program to provide pathways to jobs in technical support at Google for people with no college degree or experience. In 2018, Google launched the IT Support Certificate so that this training could be available to everyone. Since then, thousands of people have completed the program. In the United States, 75% of certificate graduates report a positive career outcome (e.g., new job, promotion, or raise) within six months of completion.¹
When we saw the positive impact this program was having on people all over the world, we expanded into additional fast-growing, high-paying career fields: cybersecurity, data analytics, digital marketing & e-commerce, project management and UX design. Built and taught by Google, these certificates prepare people from all backgrounds for jobs in fields with great demand for qualified candidates. No degree or previous experience is required. Graduates get the chance to connect directly with over 150 U.S. employers who are accepting Google Career Certificates for open jobs.
¹Based on program graduate survey, United States, 2022.
Google had long faced an issue that many other companies also contend with: We had open IT support roles, but not enough qualified candidates to fill them. So we built and tested a training program to provide pathways to jobs in technical support at Google for people with no college degree or experience. In 2018, Google launched the IT Support Certificate so that this training could be available to everyone. Since then, thousands of people have completed the program. In the United States, 75% of certificate graduates report a positive career outcome (e.g., new job, promotion, or raise) within six months of completion.¹
When we saw the positive impact this program was having on people all over the world, we expanded into additional fast-growing, high-paying career fields: cybersecurity, data analytics, digital marketing & e-commerce, project management and UX design. Built and taught by Google, these certificates prepare people from all backgrounds for jobs in fields with great demand for qualified candidates. No degree or previous experience is required. Graduates get the chance to connect directly with over 150 U.S. employers who are accepting Google Career Certificates for open jobs.
¹Based on program graduate survey, United States, 2022.
Those planning to attend a degree program can utilize ACE®️ recommendations , the industry standard for translating workplace learning to college credit. Learners can earn a recommendation of 9 college credits for completing the Project Management Certificate, the equivalent of 3 college courses at the bachelor’s degree level. This aims to help open up additional pathways to learners who are interested in higher education, and prepare them for entry-level jobs.
To share proof of completion with schools, certificate graduates will receive an email prompting them to claim their Credly badge, which contains the ACE®️ credit recommendation. Once claimed, they will receive a competency-based transcript that signifies the credit recommendation, which can be shared directly with a school from the Credly platform. Please note that the decision to accept specific credit recommendations is up to each institution and is not guaranteed.
When we saw the positive impact this program was having on people all over the world, we expanded into additional fast-growing, high-paying career fields: cybersecurity, data analytics, digital marketing & e-commerce, project management and UX design. Built and taught by Google, these certificates prepare people from all backgrounds for jobs in fields with great demand for qualified candidates. No degree or previous experience is required. Graduates get the chance to connect directly with over 150 U.S. employers who are accepting Google Career Certificates for open jobs.
¹Based on program graduate survey, United States, 2022.
Those planning to attend a degree program can utilize ACE®️ recommendations , the industry standard for translating workplace learning to college credit. Learners can earn a recommendation of 9 college credits for completing the Project Management Certificate, the equivalent of 3 college courses at the bachelor’s degree level. This aims to help open up additional pathways to learners who are interested in higher education, and prepare them for entry-level jobs.
To share proof of completion with schools, certificate graduates will receive an email prompting them to claim their Credly badge, which contains the ACE®️ credit recommendation. Once claimed, they will receive a competency-based transcript that signifies the credit recommendation, which can be shared directly with a school from the Credly platform. Please note that the decision to accept specific credit recommendations is up to each institution and is not guaranteed.