Introduction
Primavera P6 is an impressive project management application, used worldwide to enhance projects effectively and easily. The application is used by managers, engineers, schedulers involved in planning, managing, and reporting of a project, and has benefited every industry such as manufacturing, oil & gas, engineering, construction, and aerospace. Due to the worldwide use of Primavera P6 software, the demand of its expert users is high.
Primavera P6 is one of the most popular tools in project scheduling, and there are benefits of learning for career growth. Primavera P6 training aims to provide an in-depth knowledge and hands-on experience. It helps users to implement / apply the application in their projects.
Benefits of Primavera P6 learning
- More knowledge / More confidence: Primavera P6 can lead you
through the process of setting up a project from the beginning to the end. It
includes efficient techniques in project management, scheduling and resource
management. Having more knowledge gives you more confidence. - Increased job opportunities: Many large companies in the world use Primavera P6 software to manage
their projects. The software is used across many industries to deliver
large-scale projects. - Ability to work in more roles: A detailed knowledge of Primavera P6 makes you familiar with different aspects of a project like scheduling techniques and rules, resource management, cost analysis, and reporting.
- Higher salary: Having a detailed knowledge of Primavera P6 can help you negotiate a higher rate of pay. Even if you like to stay in your current position, the new skills allow you to take larger and more complex projects, and lead different aspects of the work.
Course Information
Fundamentals of Primavera P6 will be presented in a 2-day training program.
Learn the fundamentals of Primavera P6 Professional as used in engineering and construction.
After the training, you will get solid understanding of how to use the software, and will be able to prepare schedules, and create reports.
The workshops, examples, and techniques used in this class are based on real projects.
Who should take the course
This Primavera P6 Professional Fundamentals training course focuses on the needs of engineering and construction professionals.
This course is for:
- Project planners / schedulers
- Project managers
- Team leaders
- Any roles related to scheduling work, creating reports or supporting project work
Course prerequisites
This course needs some basic information about:
- Networks (Activity on node)
- Project scheduling process
Ways to take the course
You can join our Primavera P6 Fundamentals training online or in-person.
We also offer this course at your own location.
Course Agenda
Lesson 1 – Resource Optimization
- Reviewing Resource Loading
- Resource Assignments Window
- Copying and Pasting into Excel
- Other Tools for Histograms and Tables
- Methods of Resolving Resource Peaks and Conflicts
- Resource Leveling
- Leveling Examples ( Leveling with & without Positive Float)
- Resource Shifts
- Guidelines for Leveling
- What to look for if Resources are Not Leveling
- Resource Curves
- Workshop – Resources Optimization
Lesson 2 – Updating a Resourced Schedule
- Understanding Budget Values and Baseline Projects
- Understanding the Current Data Date
- Information Required to Update a Resourced Schedule
- Project Window Defaults for Updating a Resourced Schedule
- Activities Window – Percent Complete Types
- Using Steps to Calculate Activity Percent Complete
- Updating the Schedule
- Updating Resources
- Updating Expenses
- Workshop – Updating a Resourced Schedule
Lesson 3 – Other Methods of Organizing Project Data
- Understanding Project Breakdown Structures
- Activity Codes
- User Defined Fields
- WBS Category or Project Phase
- Resource Codes
- Cost Accounts
- Owner Activity Attribute
- Workshop – Activity Codes and User Defined Fields (UDF)
Lesson 4 – Global Change
- Introducing Global Change
- The Basic Concepts of Global Change
- Specifying the Change Statements
- Examples of Simple Global Changes
- Selecting the Activities for the Global Change
- Duration Calculations with Global Change
- (Any of the following) and (All of the following) Temporary Values
- Global Change Functions
- More Advanced Examples of Global Change
- Workshop – Global Change
Lesson 5 – Managing the Enterprise Environment
- Multiple User Data Display Issues
- Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)
- Project Portfolios
- Organizational Breakdown Structure – OBS
- Users, Security Profiles and Organizational Breakdown Structure
- Project Codes
- Filtering, Grouping and Sorting Projects in the Projects Window
- Project Durations in the Projects Window
- Why Are Some Data Fields Gray and Cannot Be Edited?
- Summarizing Projects
- Job Services
- Tracking Window
Lesson 6 – Multiple Project Scheduling
- Multiple Projects in One Primavera Project
- Multiple P6 Primavera Projects Representing One Project
- Setting Up Primavera Projects as Sub-projects
- Refresh Data and Commit Changes
- Who Has the Project Open?
- Setting Baselines for Multiple Projects
- Restoring Baselines for Multiple Projects
Lesson 7 – Utilities
- Reflection Projects
- Advanced Scheduling Options ( Calculating & Displaying Multiple Paths)
- Audit Trail Columns
- Excel Import and Export Tool
- Project Import and Export
- Check In and Check Out
- UN/CEFACT XML format
- Online HTML Help
- Activity Discussion Feature
Lesson 8 – Earned Value
- Performance Measurement Baseline
- Planned Value
- Earned Value
- Actual Costs
- Estimate to Complete
- Activity Usage S-Curves
- Sample Graphical S-Curves
Upcoming Classes
- PRIMAVERA P6 – ADVANCED – 2 AUGUST 2024
- PRIMAVERA P6 – ADVANCED – 30 AUGUST 2024
- PRIMAVERA P6 – ADVANCED – 27 SEPTEMBER 2024
