Project Manager End Users Business Analysts Functional Implementer Planners/schedulers

Understanding P6 Data Describing Enterprise and Project-Specific data Opening an Existing Project, or multiple projects and navigate around Opening and Customising Layouts Enterprise Project Structure Describing Components and benefits of the EPS Creating a Project Create a project Viewing Project Details Setting company specific defaults 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 and their differences Adding Activities Adding a Notebook Topic Adding Steps to an Activity Assigning Activity Codes Creating Calendars Creating Relationships Relationship Types Using lags Creating Relationships – various options Scheduling Theory behind scheduling – Performing a Forward and Backward Pass Critical path analysis Describing Float Problems with scheduling – loops and open ends Using the schedule log record Assigning Constraints Applying an Overall Deadline to a Project Apply a Constraint to an Activity rule of thumb Soft and hard constraints Formatting Schedule Data Grouping Activities for organisational purposes Sorting Filtering (single and multiple filters) Roles and Resources Describing Roles and Resources Viewing Dictionaries Assigning Roles Assigning Roles to an Activity Assigning Resources Assigning Resources Analysing Resources Displaying the Resource Usage Profile to check for Resource over-allocation Display Costs in the Resource Usage Profile S–Distribution curves Optimising the Project Plan Analysing Schedule Dates Shortening a Project Schedule Fixing Resource Over-allocation Compare Total Budgeted Cost to the Current Allocated Budget 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 Updating Activities that have progress Rescheduling the Project to reflect progress Using Reflection Projects Creating a Reflection Project Merging Changes Reporting Performance Describing Reporting Methods Running a Schedule Report Creating a report with the Report Wizard Printed Output End of Course Summary Exercise Unlike some other training companies, we provide this exercise and it has been quoted as “The best, and most important part of the course” by delegates.

Fundamentals P6 PPM Training (3 Day)

Course Overview

Learn To…

Fully understand Primavera P6 Fundamentals PPM functionality and navigation
Create a project and take it through the complete Project Life Cycle
Monitor Critical Path Analysis
Manipulate the plan for your own company requirements
Create, assign and analyse Roles and Resources
Baseline (Create a target of) the plan
Update the plan when it has started
Create Reports and printed output

Benefits to You…

Understand P6 Fundamentals PPM Professional’s advanced resource and project management functionality (in the most relaxed and helpful environment) so you can make improved decisions when managing your projects. You’ll learn how to manage resources effectively to maximise investment and use advanced project management techniques to ensure maximum return on investment.

At the end of each day is a fun, interactive, revision quiz where the delegates will be split into teams.

At the end of the course, you’ll apply the concepts and functionality you learned in an end-of-course summary exercise, either on your own, or choose to work alongside a colleague.

Who Should Attend

Project Manager
End Users
Business Analysts
Functional Implementer
Planners/schedulers

Objectives

Benefits…

Enrolling in this course will help you (in the most relaxed and helpful environment) understand the basic features and functions of Primavera P6 Professional, also includes extra additional more advanced functionality, so that you can apply them to your organisation’s project management processes. Key features are learning how to manage projects to complete them on time and within budget, and within your organisation’s resource capacity.

Explore Project Management Fundamentals…

All workshops and instruction stress the three basic elements of project management – scheduling, resources and costs. At the end of each day is a fun, interactive, revision quiz where the delegates will be split into teams.

At the end of the P6 Fundamentals PPM course, you’ll apply the concepts and functionality you learned in an end-of-course summary exercise, either on your own, or choose to work alongside a colleague.

Topics

Understanding P6 Data

Describing Enterprise and Project-Specific data
Opening an Existing Project, or multiple projects and navigate around
Opening and Customising Layouts

Enterprise Project Structure

Describing Components and benefits of the EPS

Creating a Project

Create a project
Viewing Project Details
Setting company specific defaults

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 and their differences
Adding Activities
Adding a Notebook Topic
Adding Steps to an Activity
Assigning Activity Codes
Creating Calendars

Creating Relationships

Relationship Types
Using lags
Creating Relationships – various options

Scheduling

Theory behind scheduling – Performing a Forward and Backward Pass
Critical path analysis
Describing Float
Problems with scheduling – loops and open ends
Using the schedule log record

Assigning Constraints

Applying an Overall Deadline to a Project
Apply a Constraint to an Activity rule of thumb
Soft and hard constraints

Formatting Schedule Data

Grouping Activities for organisational purposes
Sorting
Filtering (single and multiple filters)

Roles and Resources

Describing Roles and Resources
Viewing Dictionaries

Assigning Roles

Assigning Roles to an Activity

Assigning Resources

Assigning Resources

Analysing Resources

Displaying the Resource Usage Profile to check for Resource over-allocation
Display Costs in the Resource Usage Profile
S–Distribution curves

Optimising the Project Plan

Analysing Schedule Dates
Shortening a Project Schedule
Fixing Resource Over-allocation
Compare Total Budgeted Cost to the Current Allocated Budget

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
Updating Activities that have progress
Rescheduling the Project to reflect progress

Using Reflection Projects

Creating a Reflection Project
Merging Changes

Reporting Performance

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

End of Course Summary Exercise

Unlike some other training companies, we provide this exercise and it has been quoted as “The best, and most important part of the course” by delegates.

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