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The Project Management Life Cycle
- Review the relationship between Primavera P6 and the Project Management Life Cycle
- Identify the five process groups in the Project Management Life Cycle
Data, Navigating, and Layouts Describe enterprise and project-specific data
- Open an existing project
- Navigate in the Home window and Activities window
- Understand Primavera P6 Layout
- Customize a Layout
- Open an existing layout
- Save a layout
Enterprise Project Structure
- Describe the components that comprise the Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)
- Create EPS
- View the EPS
Creating a Project
- Create a project
- Navigate in the Projects window
- View and modify information in Project Details
Creating a Work Breakdown Structure
- Define a Work Breakdown Structure and its different uses
- Create multiple levels of a WBS hierarchy
Adding Activities
- Add an Activity
- Describe activity and its components
- Describe activity types
- Describe activity duration types
- Add a Notebook topic to an activity
- Add steps to an activity
- Create and add Steps Template
- View and modify information in Activity Details
Creating Relationships
- Differentiate between the four relationship types
- Define four ways of creating activity relationships
- View a network logic diagram
Scheduling
- Describe float and its impact on a schedule
- Identify loops and open ends
- Calculate a schedule
- Analyze the scheduling log report
Assigning Constraints
- Apply an overall deadline to a project
- Apply a constraint to an individual activity
- Describe the available constraint types
Formatting Schedule Data
- Group activities according to a specific criteria
- Sort activities
- Apply a filter
- Create a filter
Roles and Resources
- Describe roles
- View the roles dictionary
- Describe resources
- Identify the differences between labor, nonlabor and material resources
- View the resource dictionary
Assigning Roles
- Assign roles to an activity
- Assign rates on roles
Assigning Resources and Costs
- Assign resources by role
- Assign labor, nonlabor, and material resources to activities
- Adjust Budgeted Units/Time for a resource
- Assign expenses to activities and the Project
Analyzing Resources
- Display the Resource Usage Profile and Spreadsheet
- Customize the profile and spreadsheet
Optimizing the Project Plan
- Analyze schedule dates/li>
- Shorten a project schedule
- Analyze resource availability
- Remove resource over allocation
- Analyze project costs
- Reduce project costs
Baselining the Project Plan
- Create a baseline plan/li>
- Display baseline bars on the Gantt Chart
- Modify the bars on the Gantt chart
Project Execution and Control
- Describe several methods for updating the project schedule/li>
- Use Progress Spotlight
- Status activities
- Suspend and resume an activity
- Reschedule the project and analyze the scheduling report
Reporting Performance
- Describe reporting methods/li>
- Create a report category
- Create a report with the Report wizard
- Create and run batch reports
- Create a report using the current layout
- Print Profile, Spreadsheet, Gantt chart and Project or Activity Table
Using Codes in Primavera P6
- Understand Codes in Primavera P6
- Create a Project, Activity and Resource Code
- Assign a Code to a Project, Activity or Resource
- Use a Code in a Filter or Group
Maintaining the Project Documents Library
- Describe the difference between a reference document and work product/li>
- Create a Document Record
- Link the document record to a document file
- Assign the project document to an activity or WBS
Importing and Exporting Data
- Importing and Exporting Project Data/li>
- Transferring Project Data to other Users
- Using the Import and Export Wizard
Formatting and Printing
- Formatting Gantt chart, Project and Activity Layout/li>
- Configuring Optimal printing settings
- Printing Profiles, Spreadsheets, Network Diagram, Tables and Gantt Charts
Creating Calendars
- Understanding Calendars/li>
- Creating and modifying a Calendar
- Assigning a Calendar to Projects, Resources and Activities
- Analyzing effect of assigning a Calendar
Advanced Scheduling
- Defining Critical Activities/li>
- Calculate Multiple Float Paths
- Total Float Calculation Methods
Using Earned Value Analysis
- Understand important Earned Value formulas/li>
- Display Earned Value information and graphs
Project Website
- Create, customize and launch a Project Website/li>
- Publish Project layouts as HTML pages
Tracking Layout
- View the Tracking Layout/li>
- Customize the Tracking Layout
- Compare WBSs, or Projects
- Analyze Projects' Combined Cost or Resource Units
Risk, Issues & Thresholds
- Add Risk to a Project/li>
- Analyze the probability and impact of a risk
- Create an Issue
- Define Threshold values
- Monitor Threshold and Issues
Claim Digger
- Configure Claim Digger Options/li>
- Comparing projects with Claim Digger
User Access
- Create a New Primavera User/li>
- Define User Security Profiles
- Apply a Security Profile to a Primavera user
Global Changes
- Define Global Change Parameter/li>
- Apply a Global Change to a Project
Portfolios
- Create a Project portfolio/li>
- View and open a project from a project portfolio
Admin Preferences, Categories
- Understand, Configure Admin Preferences/li>
- Modify, or Create New Admin Categories
Top-Down Estimation
- Estimate WBS or Resource Activity/li>
- Use Estimation Method
- View, Apply Estimation History
Storing Period Performance
- Store Project Period Performance/li>
- View Past Project Period Performance
Activity Usage Spreadsheet and Profile
- Display Curves in Activity Usage Profile/li>
- Display Activity Cost and Unit Data
Question & Answer Session / Case Studies
- Additional topics/li>
- Project Management
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