For new project coordinators and anyone organizing a small team effort. These lessons are also included in Google's broader project management playlist, so existing learners can use this as a focused revision route.
About this course
Turn a project idea into a plan that a team can follow. Google's focused planning videos cover the purpose of planning, practical plan development, communication, budgeting, and risk management. This collection is useful before beginning execution and tracking lessons.
What you can learn
- Break a goal into a practical project plan
- Prepare a communication plan and a basic budget
- Identify risks and decide how to respond
Course at a glance
| Provider | |
|---|---|
| Platform | YouTube · Grow with Google |
| Access | Free Video |
| Level | Beginner — WikiFree audience assessment |
| Main language | English |
| Available videos | 5 |
| Video duration | 3h 6m · allow extra time for practice |
| Details checked | 8 October 2026 |
Who is this for?
For new project coordinators and anyone organizing a small team effort. These lessons are also included in Google's broader project management playlist, so existing learners can use this as a focused revision route.
Put the ideas into practice
Choose a small project and list its deliverables, tasks, assumptions, and dependencies. Estimate costs separately from time, identify three risks, and decide who needs which updates during delivery.
Choose a video from the lesson list, search for a topic, or use Previous and Next to follow the official playlist order. Mark lessons complete as you go. Your progress is saved in this browser without requiring a WikiFree account.
Free videos and certificate access
These publicly available YouTube videos are free to watch. This listing does not include a Google Career Certificate, graded assignments, or access to a separate paid learning program. Some playlists introduce or preview a larger certificate curriculum. Any certificate enrollment and its current terms are separate from watching here.
Software, advertising, cloud services, and some AI features shown in the videos may require an account or a paid plan. Watching does not require purchasing those optional services. Recorded interfaces can differ from current versions.
Use this course in a learning path
- Free Project Management Learning Path for BeginnersCourse resource in this path
- Project Risk Coordinator Career Path: Courses and Portfolio ProjectResource 01
Related courses for your next step
- Return to the full introductionGoogle Project Management
Use the broader collection for initiation, people skills and delivery; it also includes videos shared with this planning course.
Focus: Define goals, stakeholders, and a workable project plan · Connect schedules, budgets, risks, and communication
Beginner - Go deeper into budgetingProject Cost Management
Continue from the planning overview into estimation, baselines and forecasting.
Focus: Cost estimation · Project budgeting
Intermediate - Move into deliveryGoogle Project Execution and Tracking
Follow planning with lessons on tracking work, quality and project outcomes.
Focus: Track progress and communicate changes clearly · Connect team leadership with quality and continuous improvement
Intermediate
Compare course focus, level and study time
| Course | Level | Focus | Study time |
|---|---|---|---|
| This course — Free Project Planning Course: Budgets and Risks | Beginner | Break a goal into a practical project plan · Prepare a communication plan and a basic budget · Identify risks and decide how to respond | 3h 6m of video; practice time is additional |
| Free Project Management Course by Google | Beginner | Define goals, stakeholders, and a workable project plan · Connect schedules, budgets, risks, and communication · Compare delivery approaches and track progress toward closure | 18h 20m of video; practice time is additional |
| Project Cost Management: Free Course | Intermediate | Cost estimation · Project budgeting · Cost baselines | 6h 0m of video; practice time is additional |
| Free Project Execution and Tracking Course by Google | Intermediate | Track progress and communicate changes clearly · Connect team leadership with quality and continuous improvement · Use data in decisions and prepare for project closure | 3h 18m of video; practice time is additional |
Provider: Google. Videos play from the Grow with Google channel on YouTube.
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Is this training has certificate.
Thanks for asking, Abdulrahman. The free planning videos on this page do not include a certificate. The Google Project Management Career Certificate is a separate program with its own enrollment terms. Are you mainly looking for a certificate or for hands-on planning practice?