Course Information: Oracle Primavera P6
Description
This course provides hands-on training on Primavera’s client/server-based solution, leading participants through the entire project life cycle - from planning to execution. The course covers adding activities, assigning resources, and creating a baseline. Participants will also gain a thorough knowledge about the concepts of planning and scheduling.
Course Outline
1. Understanding Primavera P6
- Introducing Primavera P6
- Describing the Organizational Breakdown Structure and Enterprise Project Structure
2. Project, Activities, and Activity Views
- Viewing the EPS Page
- Modifying Project Information
- Creating a Work Breakdown Structure
- Creating Multiple Levels
- Describing Activity Types
- Viewing Activity Information
- Editing Activity Details
- Assigning Steps and codes
- Customizing a View
- Filtering Data
- Grouping and Sorting Data
- Creating Relationships
- Viewing Relationship Types
3. Project Schedule, Constraints, and Optimization
- Defining Key Terms in Scheduling
- Defining Total Float
- Describing Loops and Open Ends
- Calculating a Schedule
- Applying a Must Finish By Date
- Constraining an Activity
- Analyzing Schedule Dates
- Shortening a Project Schedule
4. Project Workspace
- Adding and Removing Port Lets
- Customizing the Project Workspace
5. Roles and Resources
- Assigning a Role to Resources
- Assigning Resources
- Checking Resource Availability
6. Calendars, Baselines, and Project Plan
- Defining Work types
- Editing a Project Calendar
- Assigning a Calendar to an Activity
- Selecting a Baseline
- Adding a Baseline
- Describing Methods of Applying Progress Using Progress Spotlight
- Defining the Data Date
- Updating the Progress of Activities
7. Analyze Updated Project
- Comparing Dates
- Viewing Schedule Performance
- Addressing Variances
- Viewing Dashboards
- Customizing Dashboards
- Adding and Removing Dashboards
- Viewing Portfolio Data
- Using Project Templates
- Creating a Template from a Project
- Creating a new Project from a Template
- Tailoring a Project by Adding a WBS from a Template
8. Managing Risks and Issues
- Adding Project Risks
- Creating and Viewing Thresholds
- Creating and Viewing Issues and Issues History