Primavera P6 Professional Fundamentals Rel 8.2

This course leads participants through the entire project life cycle, from planning to execution. Topics include adding activities, assigning resources, and creating a baseline. Participants also gain a thorough background in the concepts of planning and scheduling.

All workshops and instruction stress the three basic elements of project management: schedule, resources, and costs. At the end of each day, students apply the concepts and functionality they learned in a case study. The course is divided into three sections: Creating a Project; Scheduling the Project; Project Execution and Control.

The course uses P6 Professional, Primavera's Windows-based, client/server application. It is appropriate for those using P6 Professional either as a stand-alone application or as part of P6 EPPM.

Professional Development and Continuing Education Units: Earns 19.5 PDUs and 1.95 CEUs

Learn To:

• Schedule a project
• Assign resources
• Adjust the project schedule
• Execute and control the project
• Create a project
• Add activities

Please note that this course uses the P6 Optional Client (Windows-based client)

Audience

• Business Analysts
• Functional Implementer
• Project Manager
• End Users

Course Topics Understanding P6 Data

• Describing Enterprise and Project-Specific data
• Logging In
• Opening an Existing Project
• Opening and Customizing Layouts

Enterprise Project Structure

• Describing Components of EPS

Creating a Project

• Create a project
• Navigating in the Projects Window
• Viewing Project Details

Creating a Work Breakdown Structure

• Defining a Work Breakdown Structure
• Creating the WBS Hierarchy

Adding Activities

• Describing an Activity and its Components
• Describing Activity Types
• Adding Activities
• Adding a Notebook Topic
• Adding Steps to an Activity
• Assigning Activity Codes

Creating Relationships

• Viewing a Network Logic Diagram
• Relationship Types
• Creating Relationships

Scheduling

• Performing a Forward and Backward Pass
• Describing Float

Assigning Constraints

• Applying an Overall Deadline to a Project
• Apply a Constraint to an Activity

Using Reflection Projects

• Creating a Reflection Project
• Merging Changes

Formatting Schedule Data

• Grouping Activities
• Sorting
• Filtering

Roles and Resources

• Describing Roles and Resources
• Viewing Dictionaries

Assigning Roles

• Assigning Roles to an Activity
• Assign Rates on Roles

Assigning Resources

• Assigning Resources
• Adjusting Budgeted Units/Time

Analyzing Resources

• Displaying the Resource Usage Profile

Optimizing the Project Plan

• Analyzing Schedule Dates
• Shortening a Project Schedule
• Analyzing Resource Availability

Baselining the Project Plan

• Creating a Baseline Plan
• Display Baseline Bars on the Gantt Chart

Project Execution and Control

• Describing Methods for Updating the Schedule
• Using Progress Spotlight
• Statusing Activities
• Rescheduling the Project

Reporting Performance

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

Course Objectives

• Understand data structures
• Create a project
• Create a Work Breakdown Structure
• Add activities
• View calendars
• Create relationships
• Schedule the project
• Assign constraints
• Format schedule data
• Define roles and resources
• Assign roles
• Assign resources
• Analyze resources
• Optimize the project plan
• Execute the project
• Create reports