Project Planning: Putting It All Together

A comprehensive, well-designed planning-phase course that equips beginners with the critical toolkit for real-world project implementation.

What will you learn in Project Planning: Putting It All Together Course

Analyze and define the core components of the project planning phase, including tasks, milestones, and work breakdown structures.
Estimate project timelines using techniques like critical path, team-based estimating, and capacity planning.
Create and manage budgets, track expenses, and navigate procurement processes with ethical considerations.

Implement risk management: identify, categorize, prioritize, mitigate, and communicate risks.
Design a communication plan and organize project documentation for clarity and stakeholder alignment.

Topics: Purpose of planning, distinctions between tasks and milestones, work breakdown structures.
Hands-on: Create WBS and milestone structures, practice plugin task–milestone alignment.

Topics: Components of a project plan, time-estimation techniques, capacity planning, critical path methodology.
Hands-on: Develop a Gantt-chart project schedule and estimate durations using best practices and plugin tools.

Topics: Project budgeting components, cost tracking, procurement process, documentation (SOW, ethics).
Hands-on: Build project budgets, craft statements of work, and practice procurement reflections.

Topics: Risk identification tools, risk categories, mitigation strategies, and stakeholder communication.
Hands-on: Develop a risk management plan, assign ownership, and prioritize risk responses.

Topics: Communication planning, documentation best practices, centralizing project artifacts.
Hands-on: Draft a communication plan and structure project documentation repositories.

Prepares you for roles like Project Coordinator, Junior Project Manager, or Scrum Master by covering essential planning-phase skills.
Supports attainment of PMI’s CAPM credential, with 100+ hours of formal education credited.
Part of a six-course certificate; completion offers entry-level career readiness in project management.

9.7Expert Score

Highly Recommendedx

Focused, well-structured, and grounded in real-world PM practice; ideal for building planning-phase competence efficiently.

Value

Price

9.2

Skills

9.4

Information

9.5

PROS

Clear, sequential structure with varied hands-on tasks per module.
Direct instruction from Google PM professionals—applies actual tools and frameworks.
No prior PM experience required—accessible yet thorough.

CONS

No comprehensive capstone—learners may need to self-integrate planning knowledge.
Modules are siloed—lack a unified project to connect all skills end-to-end.

Project Planning: Putting It All Together