Course Description

This course leads participants through the entire project life cycle, from planning to execution. Topics include adding activities, assigning resources, and creating a baseline. Participants also gain a thorough background in the concepts of planning and scheduling.

All workshops and instruction stress the three basic elements of project management: schedule, resources, and costs. At the end of each day, students apply the concepts and functionality they learned in a case study.

The course is divided into three sections: Creating a Project; Scheduling the Project; Project Execution and Control.

The course uses P6 Professional, Primavera's Windows-based, client/server application. It is appropriate for those using P6 Professional either as a stand-alone application or as part of P6 EPPM.

Target Student

Business Analysts, functional Implementer, Project Manager, End Users.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of project management principles.

Delivery Method

Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Performance-Based Objectives

Learn to:

• Schedule a project
• Assign resources
• Adjust the project schedule
• Execute and control the project
• Create a project
• Add activities

Course Content

Course Objectives

• Understand data structures
• Create a project
• Create a work breakdown structure
• Add activities
• View calendars
• Create relationships
• Schedule the project
• Assign constraints format schedule data
• Define roles and resources
• Assign roles
• Assign resources
• Analyze resources
• Optimize the project plan
• Execute the project
• Create reports

Course Topics

• Understanding P6 data
• Enterprise project structure
• Creating a project
• Creating a work breakdown structure
• Adding activities
• Creating relationships
• Scheduling
• Assigning constraints
• Using reflection projects formatting schedule data
• Roles and resources
• Assigning roles
• Assigning resources
• Analyzing resources
• Optimizing the project plan
• Baselining the project plan
• Project execution and control
• Reporting performance