Primavera (P6)

Course details

This course provides handson training for Primavera’s client/serverbased  solution, leading participants through the entire project life cycle, from planning to execution. Topics include adding  activities,  assigning  resources,  and creating  a baseline.  Participants  also will gain a thorough   background   in  the  concepts  of  planning  and  scheduling.   All  workshops   and instruction stress the three basic elements of project management:  schedule, resource and costs.

Learning Outcome

At the completion of this course the student will be able to:

• Describe Primavera solutions
• Describe the Project Management Life Cycle
• Describe enterprise and project specific data, navigate in the home and activity window and customized a layout
• Describe enterprise Project Structure
• Create a project
• Create a work breakdown structure
• Add Activities
• Create Relationships
• Schedule a Project
• Assign Constraints
• Maintain the project documents library
• Format schedule data
• Describe roles and resources
• Assign Roles
• Assign resources and cost
• Analyze Resource/Cost Usage
• Optimize the project plan
• Baseline the project plan
• Project Execution and Control
• Describe reporting methods

Who Should Attend

• This course is targeted for Project Managers, Project Control Managers, Project Control Engineers,  Planning and Scheduling  Engineers,  Quantity Surveyors and others interested  in managing projects successfully or willing to contribute to project success.

Course Outline

• Introduction to Primavera
• The Project Management Life Cycle
• Data, Navigating, and Layouts
• Enterprise Project Structure
• Creating a Project