Oracle Primavera P6 Professional - Fundamentals

This course leads participants through the entire project life cycle, from planning to execution, in Primavera P6 Professional Client. Topics include adding activities, assigning resources, and creating a baseline. Participants also gain a thorough background in the concepts of planning and scheduling.

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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 Primavera P6 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.

Learn To:

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

Course level: Basic
Targeted roles: Functional Implementer, Business Analysts, End Users, Project Manager
Course length: 3 days
Prerequisite: Knowledge of project management principles
Professional Development and Continuing Education Units: Earns 24 PDUs and 2.4 CEUs / PMI Program Number - 1471

COURSE OBJECTIVES

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
Understand data structures

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