Primavera P6 Professional Fundamentals (Client Server)

This Primavera P6 Professional training course takes you through the entire project life cycle, from planning to execution. You'll develop a thorough understanding of how to plan and schedule.

What you will learn

• Create and schedule a project

• Add activities and relationships

• Assign resources

• Adjust the project schedule

• Execute and control the project

• Report performance

Enrolling in this course will help you understand the basic features and functions of Primavera P6 Professional so that you can apply them to your organisation’s project management processes. You'll also learn how to manage projects on time and within budget to ensure optimal outcomes from capital and resource investments.

All workshops and instruction stress the three basic elements of project management - scheduling, resources and costs. At the end of each day, you'll apply the concepts and functionality you 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 Primavera P6 Professional either as a stand-alone application or as part of P6 EPPM.

Audience

• Business Analysts

• Functional Implementer

• Project Manager

• End Users

Students, freelance planners, non-corporate learners or any other self-funding individuals can benefit from our Self-funding discount. Check the Self-funding box on the booking form to find out more.

Course Topics

• P6 Project Life Cycle

• EPS /OBS Data Structures 

• System Orientation 

• Define Project

• Define WBS 

• Working with Activities

• Relationships

• Schedule

• Calendars

• Constraints

• Codes

• Layouts

• Roles & Resources

• Reflections

• Analysing / Optimising  Project

• Baselines

• Export / Import Data

• Update Status

• Analysing / Optimising  updated Project

• Reporting

Course Objectives

• Understand the P6 Project Life Cycle

• 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

• Create a baseline

• Use reflections

• Execute the project

• Create reports