About This Course

Discover how to effectively plan, implement, and control projects using Microsoft Project 2007. Learn how to apply the world's most popular project management software to convert your lists and schedules into an integrated plan you can be proud of. See how Microsoft Project helps you think through and organize your project's details, sequence tasks, produce a baseline, assign resources and costs, track progress, identify and analyze variances, and revise your project plan.

You'll discover the basics of Microsoft Project 2007 so you can create a project schedule in no time flat. Once you construct a basic schedule, you'll learn how to enlarge and share it with clients and coworkers. After completing the course, you'll know how to develop, implement, and control a project plan that meets organizational and customer objectives.

The course will help you avoid going down dead-end alleys and also prevent you from overloading your schedule. Should you encounter trouble on your project, you'll be able to apply a number of tried-and-true problem-resolution techniques to help get back on track. You'll learn how to fine-tune different aspects of your project, including splitting tasks for work interruptions and defining material consumption rates.

PMBOK® Guide, PMI®, PMP®, CAPM®, and the PMI R.E.P. logo are either marks or registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

ed2go is a global Registered Education Provider for the Project Management Institute (PMI). Registered Education Providers (R.E.P.s) offer programs and courses that are preapproved for professional development units through PMI and have been reviewed by a project management professional (PMP) to ensure that they meet PMI's expectations for professional development in project management.

This program/course is a good choice for those looking for project management experience and those aspiring to obtain a PMI credential.  It's also an excellent choice for existing PMI credential holders looking for an approved activity for PMI's continuing certification PDUs. At the end of this course, you'll receive a certificate indicating your completion of PDUs equal to the number of hours of this course through ed2go, R.E.P. #3213. Please visit pmi.org to learn more about PMI's credentials and how they may fit into your continuing education plans.

About The Instructor

This course includes a knowledgeable and caring instructor who will guide you through your lessons, facilitate discussions, and answer your questions. The instructor for this course will be Tony Swaim. Tony Swaim has helped many clients, colleagues, and students reach their professional and personal goals. He has been an online instructor since 1998 and has taught at colleges and universities across the United States since 1981. His focus areas are project management, purchasing, continuous process improvement (CPI)/Six Sigma, and supply chain management. Tony manages a successful consulting firm, and his industry experience includes 20 years of supply chain management. He earned an MBA from California State University, Long Beach, and holds professional certifications in six disciplines, including the Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI®).