lecture on project management

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CE 233Construction Management

Lecture 8_2

Primavera P3

Setting Up a New Project

Dr. Jae-Ho Pyeon

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Primavera Project Planner

A widely used interactive construction

scheduling and planning software

Graphical screens and output

Simplifies the interpretation of the

scheduling documentsLeads to more effective project

management


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What You Should Learn from This

Lesson

1. How to create a new project

2. How to add project activity data

3. How to add relationship input

4. How to schedule the project

5. How to back up the project file

6. How to restore the backup file7. How to open an existing project

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Sample Project Data

1154Start Up and Test Elect and Mech Sys.125

757Finish Site Work135

125, 1351Final Inspection145

95, 10521Mech and Elect Finish115

85, 9528Interior Finish105

8521Rough In Elect and Mech95

7518Interior Partitions85

6528Exterior Closure75

55 FS=720Roof Slab and Beams65

455Columns55

25, 357Ground Floor Slab45

25 SS=34Under Slab Utilities35

1514Foundations25

510Clearing15

1Start Project5

PredecessorsOriginal

duration

Act iv it y descr ip tionAct iv it y ID


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Open Primavera Project Planner

Select File

Select New

To begin a new project:

Creating a Project

File

New

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Enter a 4

character project

name (required)

Set the planning

unit and work

week

Project Title and Company name is optional

Do not enter

A finish date

Select Add to initiate project

Enter the planned

project start date


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Select + to enter an activity

The project should open with

this screen of the classic

schedule

layout.

Activity Input

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Enter the first activity ID number.

Start with a number other than 1, in case

you have to add another activity.

Activity Input: ID


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Select the field under the column heading

activity description. Enter a description for

the activity.

Activity Input: Description

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Select the field under the column heading

Orig. Dur. Enter the duration of the activity.

Activity Input: Duration


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Hit the enter key to complete the activity

entry. Note that the activity now appears

on the bar chart.

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Repeat the procedure to enter additional

activities. Note that Primavera automatically

numbers the new activities with ID numbers.

In this example the interval is 10.

Enter Additional Activities


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An activity form window can be displayed

At the bottom of the screen by selecting,

View, Activity Form.

The activity form is used to enter and display

Activity data.

Activity Form

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Activity Form Window


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Relationship Input

Open the Predecessors window

Pred Click + Select Activities

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After entering all activities,

predecessors can be assigned.

Select Pred on the Activity Form

Menu bar.

Start with your first activity.

Select + to add a predecessor

to the highlighted activity.


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The first activity does not have apredecessor. Move to the next

activity.

Select the scroll down arrow to

view a listing of all activities.

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Select the correct predecessor

from the list.


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Note that by default, the FS

relationship is used with a

lag of 0. However, both the

relationship and the lag may

be changed.

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Continue through the

activity list, entering the

predecessors for each activity.

Some activities may have more

than one predecessor.


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Note that we have selected a

SS with a 3 day lag for the

Under Slab Utilities. This is to

permit the foundation work to

advance for 3 days prior to

starting the Under Slab Utilities.

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A FS with a 7 day lag

was used to allow sufficient

concrete strength gain.


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Calculating the Schedule

Tools Schedule

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After listing all activities and

entering predecessors, the

schedule calculation is obtained

by selecting the schedule icon

on the upper menu bar.


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You must select a schedule

date. This should be theplanned start date for a new

schedule.

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Normally we want

to view the schedule

on screen first.


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A schedule report is

generated.

You should have only one

activity with no predecessor

and only one activity with no

successor.

This report will help you

identify errors in your

network logic.

It also gives you the scheduledcompletion date.

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Before ending your work,

you should backup your

file to a diskette.

Select Tools,

Project Utilities,Back Up.

Backing Up a Project

Tools Project Utilities Back Up


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You mustselect your

project and click

on the box in

the back up

column.

Compress files

(One PRX file)

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To restore a project,

select the Tools command

followed by Project

Utilities/Restore options.

Restoring a Project

Tools Project Utilities Restore


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Again, you must select your project and click

on the box.

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To open a project on the hard drive,

select the File command

followed by the Open option.

Opening an Existing Project

File Open


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Then select

your project

from the list.

Note that

projects can not

be opened from

the back up

diskette.

They must first

be restored.

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