Google Project Management case studies
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The Google Project Management Certificate is a fully online, self-paced program from Grow with Google, delivered on Coursera, that prepares people with no prior experience or degree for entry-level project management roles such as project coordinator, project assistant, or program manager. It consists of six courses totaling roughly 240 hours of material covering time and budget estimation, stakeholder management and effective meetings, risk identification and management, Agile and Scrum frameworks, leadership and team dynamics, and using AI to boost productivity. The Google Project Management case studies are 5 cases and about 4,191 words.
1The "Fix It" Request That Isn't a Project Yet
Brightline Logistics has 400 employees and a project management office (PMO) that reviews initiatives at a quarterly gate. Dana, a customer operations manager, is asked by the VP of Operations to "fix driver onboarding - it's painful and drivers are quitting in their first month." She is given 10% of a coordinator's time and no budget.
769 words, about 4 min2Ten-Week Promise, Unsigned Charter
Northvale Health Network (three hospitals, 40 clinics) approved a self-service check-in kiosk. The COO is the executive sponsor and has publicly promised go-live in 10 weeks to support a payer contract.
787 words, about 4 min3Critical Path Under Pressure
Granite Foods is replacing its ERP and has a 14-week baseline plan: ID Task Duration Depends on --- --- --- --- A Data audit 3 wk - B Vendor configuration 4 wk A C Interface build 5 wk A D Migration dry run 2 wk B, C E User acceptance testing 3 wk D F Training 2 wk C G Go-live cutover 1 wk E, F The vendor has now stated that user acceptance testing cannot start later than week 13 or its testing team is unavailable until the next quarter. The interface developer is available only 60% of the time.
912 words, about 5 min4Two Approvers, No Owner, and a Silent Slip
Harbor & Vine, a 200-person retailer, is replatforming its e-commerce site. The team is nine people across three time zones: two designers, four developers, a content lead, a QA analyst, and the PM.
840 words, about 4 min5Velocity Is Falling and Nobody Owes the Retro Actions
Meridian Software runs two-week sprints with a seven-person Scrum team. Velocity over the last four sprints: 46, 41, 38, 34 points.
883 words, about 4 min