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Course Outl ine

Duration: 3 Days

Prerequisites: Basic project management and scheduling knowledge. No previous experience working with Primavera P6 Professional necessary. Previous experience with other project scheduling tools an advantage.

Course Description This course covers all the fundamentals of using Primavera P6 Professional Rel 8.x. Through a series of lectures, interactive sessions and hands-on exercises, participants will gain the knowledge and experience they need to use P6 Professional as an effective project management tool.

Course Contents

Lesson 1: Navigation

• Primavera P6 overview • An introduction to Primavera P6 • Understanding the benefits of true Enterprise Project Management systems • Logging In • Understanding the Views and Layouts • Customizing Layouts • Lesson summary

Lesson 2: Enterprise Project Structure

• Enterprise Project Structure (EPS) overview • Understanding the Enterprise Project Structure • Modifying the EPS • Lesson summary

Lesson 3: Project Creation

• Project creation overview • Preparing for a new project • Creating a new project • Lesson summary

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Lesson 4: The Work Breakdown Structure

• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) overview • Defining a Work Breakdown Structure • Modifying the WBS • Lesson summary

Lesson 5: Adding Activities

• Activities overview • Describing an Activity and its attributes • Working with Activity Types • Adding Activities • Understanding Duration Types • Importing Activities • Assigning Activity Codes • Lesson summary

Lesson 6: Relationships and Constraints

• Relationships overview • Relationship Types • Creating Relationships • Performing a Forward and Backward Pass • Apply a Constraint to an Activity • Critical Path Method • Modifying the Project Duration • Lesson summary

Lesson 7: Formatting Project Data

• Formatting overview • Grouping • Sorting • Filtering • Lesson summary

Lesson 8: Roles and Resources

• Resources and Roles overview • Describing Roles and Resources • Assigning Roles to an Activity • Assign Rates on Roles • Assigning Resources • Displaying the Resource Usage Profile • Analyzing Resource Assignments • Lesson summary

 

 

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Lesson 9: Project Analysis

• Analysis overview • Analyzing Schedule Dates • Adjusting the Project Schedule • Analyzing Resource Availability • Lesson summary

Lesson 10: Baselines

• Baselines overview • Creating a Baseline Plan • Display Baseline Bars on the Gantt Chart • Setting up a Baseline view • Lesson summary

Lesson 11: Project Execution

• Project execution overview • Status update methods • Using Progress Spotlight • Progressing activity status • Rescheduling the Project • Lesson summary

Lesson 12: Reporting

• Reporting overview • Describing Reporting Methods • Running a Schedule Report • Creating a report with the Report Wizard • Lesson summary