Oracle Primavera P6 Professional Training (Basic)

Project Management and Planning in Oracle Primavera P6 Course

Figure 1: Oracle Primavera P6 Gantt Chart

This course provides hands-on training for Primavera’s client/server-based 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 gain a thorough background in the concepts of planning and scheduling. All workshops and instruction mostly stress the three basic elements of project management: schedule, resource and costs.

Professional Development Units: Earns 19.5 PDUs

Learn To

Figure 2: Oracle Primavera P6 Activity Usage Profile

• Create a Primavera P6 project
• Add activities
• Schedule a project
• Assign resources
• Adjust project schedule
• Create reports

Primavera Course Objectives

Figure 3: Oracle Primavera P6 Activity Network

1. Manage multiple projects in Oracle Primavera P6
2. Create a project
3. Create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
4. Add activities
5. Create relationships
6. Schedule the project
7. Assign constraints
8. Format schedule data
9. Define roles and resources
10. Assign resources and costs
11. Analyze resources (Labor, Nonlabor, Material)
12. Optimize the Primavera project plan
13. Execute the Primavera project
14. Report performance in Primavera

Audience

• End Users
• Project Manager
• Functional Implementer
• Business Analysts
• Planners and Schedulers

Suggested Prerequisites

• Knowledge of Basic Windows Operating System

Course Topics

1. Data, Navigating, and Layouts
2. Enterprise Project Structure
3. Creating a Project
4. Creating a Work Breakdown Structure
5. Adding Activities
6. Creating Relationships
7. Scheduling
8. Assigning Constraints
9. Maintaining the Project Documents Library
10. Formatting Schedule Data
11. Roles and Resources
12. Assigning Resources and Costs
13. Analyzing Resources
14. Optimizing the Project Plan
15. Baselining the Project Plan
16. Project Execution and Control
17. Reporting Performance
18. Project Web Site

Primavera Course Contents

1. Introduction to Oracle Primavera P6 Professional
• What is Primavera P6?
• Primavera Project Management Methodology
2. The Project Management Life Cycle
• Initiating
• Planning
• Executing
• Controlling / Monitoring
• Closing
3. Data, Navigating, and Layouts
• Enterprise and Project-Specific Data
• Logging In
• Navigation and Layouts
• Activity table and Gantt Chart
• Customizing Layout and selectin columns
• Displaying Activity Details
• Saving Layouts
4. Enterprise Project Structure
• Creating the EPS Nodes
• Benefits of the EPS
5. Creating a Project
• Create a New Project Wizard
• Projects Window
• Project Details
6. Creating Work Breakdown Structure
• Understanding WBS
• Creating the WBS Hierarchy
• Viewing WBS Elements
7. Adding Activities
• Primavera Activity Components
• Assigning Activity Type
• Activity Details
• Adding Steps to an Activity
• Step Templates
• Activity Codes
• Calendar Assignments
8. Creating Relationships
• Network Logic Diagram
• Precedence Diagramming Method - PDM
• Relationship Types
• Relationships with Lag
• Creating a Start-to-Start Relationship
• Viewing Relationships in Gantt Chart
9. Scheduling
• Critical Path Method Scheduling
• What is the Data Date
• Scheduling Concepts
• Total Float
• Circular Relationships (Loops)
• Schedule Log
• Driving Relationships
10. Assigning Constraints
• Must Finish By
• Start On or After
• Finish On or Before
• Start On
• Start On or Before
• Finish On
• Finish On or After
• As Late As Possible
• Mandatory Start and Finish
11. Maintaining the Project Documents Library
• Project Documents
• Creating a Document Record
• Assigning a Project Document to an Activity
12. Formatting Schedule Data
• Grouping Data
• Sorting Activities
• Filtering Activities
13. Roles and Resources
• Defining Resources
• Defining Roles
• Resource Details, Units & Prices
• Resource Capacity Max. Units/Time
14. Assigning Roles
• Assign Multi Roles to an Activity
• Assign a Roles to Multi Activity
15. Assigning Resources and Costs
• Steps for Resource Management
• Assigning Resources
• Planning Costs
16. Analyzing Resources
• Resource Analysis Settings
• Resource Usage Profile
17. Optimizing the Project Plan
• Analyzing the Project
• Focusing on Critical Activities
• Shortening the Project
• Analyzing Resource Allocation
• Analyzing the Budget
18. Baselining the Project Plan
• Creating a Baseline
• Comparing Project with Baseline
19. Project Execution and Control
• Updating a Project
• The Data Date
• Updating Process
• Defining a Statusing Period
• Entering Actuals
• Statusing Milestones
• Statusing Activities in Progress
• Suspending and Activity
• Statusing Activities to Completion
• Rescheduling the Project
• Controlling the Project
• Compressing the Schedule
20. Reporting Performance
• Methods for Performance Reporting
• Running and Existing Report
• Report Wizard
• Creating a Report Using the Current Layout