Primavera P6 Training
P6 Professional Fundamentals Course - 2 1/2 Days
Oracle Primavera P6 Professional Fundamentals Course Details
Learn Planning & Scheduling with Primavera P6 Professional - Primavera's Client/Server Based Solution.
Class Format: Instructor-Led, Hands-On Classroom or Online Training
CLASS DATES
- LIVE Instructor-Led P6 Professional Training
- Build the Foundation for Successful Project Management in P6 through this Basic Course.
- Hands-On Workshops Create and Track an Entire Project to Completion.
- Workshops & Instruction use the 3 Elements of Project Management:
Schedule, Resource and Costs.
- Scheduling Techniques and Best Practices
are also covered.
- Receive Course Materials for Reference after Class.
- Receive a Certificate of Completion upon course completion.
Who Should Attend?
Planners and Schedulers, Program Managers, Project Managers and New Primavera P6 Users.
Prerequisites:
Fundamental project management training, an understanding of CPM scheduling concepts and knowledge of Windows™
Learn Outcomes
- Create a Project with Activities and Resources
- Calculate a Schedule
- Analyze Resource/Cost Data
- Compare Current vs. Target Schedules
At the completion of this course the student will have learned to:
- Add a Project to the Project Structure
- Create a Work Breakdown Structure
- Add Reference Documents
- Add Activities
- Add Steps and Roles to Activities
- Create Relationships
- Schedule a Project
- Add Constraints
- Organize Activities
- Assign Resources and Costs to Activities
- Analyze Resource/Cost Usage
- Optimize the Schedule
- Status the Project
- Analyze the Statused Project
Course Outline
SECTION ONE
- Introduction to and understanding data in Primavera P6 Professional
- The Project Management Life Cycle
- Overview and Navigating
- Creating a Project
- Creating a Work Breakdown Structure
SECTION TWO
- Adding Activities
- Building & Assigning Calendars
- Workshop Case Study: Creating a Project
- Creating Relationships & Schedule Logic
- Scheduling Techniques & Calculating Critical Path
- Assigning Constraints
- Grouping/Sorting/Layouts/Filters
- Understanding & Defining Roles & Resources
- Assigning Roles & Resources
SECTION THREE
- Optimizing the Project Plan (Timing, Resources & Costs)
- Baselining the Project Plan
- Importing and Exporting Schedule Data
- Workshop Case Study: Optimizing the Project
- Methods of Applying Progress
- Project Schedule Updating – Execution and Control
- Creating Reflection Projects (What-If Analysis and Remote Updating)
- Reporting Performance
- Final Workshop Case Study: Project Execution and Control
WORKSHOPS
- Creating a Work Breakdown Structure
- Adding Activities
- Creating Relationships
- Scheduling
- Assigning Resources and Costs
- Analyzing Resources
- Project Execution and Control
PLEASE NOTE
Please use the content in these outlines as a general guide as to the topics that will be taught. We cannot guarantee that all the topics listed in an outline will be covered during your particular class. Based on student need, your instructor may have to adjust the course content to suit your class, unexpected events, as well as the composition and skill level of the students in attendance. Course content is subject to change without notice. Course content may change with new releases of the sotware and training materials.
