Introduction to Oracle Primavera P6

P6-001

3 Days

This course provides hands-on training for Primavera’s P6 client/server based solution. Participants will gain background knowledge in the concepts of planning and scheduling. This three-day course leads students through hands-on workshops that create and track an entire project from inception through two progress updates. The course content and workshops use the three basic elements of project management: schedule, resource and costs.

Learning Outcomes

  • Create a project with activities and resources

  • Calculate a schedule

  • Analyse resource/cost data

  • Create a baseline/target schedule

  • Status a schedule with progress

  • Compare current Vs. target schedules

At the completion of this course the student will be able to:

  • Create an EPS for your Projects to reside in the database

  • Add a Project to the Project Structure

  • Create a Work Breakdown Structure

  • Add Activities

  • Add Steps and Codes to Activities

  • Create Relationships

  • Schedule a Project

  • Add Constraints

  • Customise Layouts

  • Assign Resources and Costs

  • Analyse Resource/Cost Usage

  • Optimise the Schedule

  • Baseline the Schedule

  • Status the Project

  • Analyse the Updated Project

  • Communicate Project Information

PREREQUISITE
Knowledge of Windows™

DELEGATE PROFILE
Planners, Schedulers, Quantity Surveyors, Engineers, Project Managers, Primavera Administrators

TRAINER PROFILE
The course will be delivered by an instructor with decades of experience in Planning & Scheduling utilising Primavera P6 in the field on live Projects and familiar with Schedule Forensic Delay Analysis (FDA)

COURSE LENGTH
3 days (09.30am till 4.30pm Irish Standard Time)

CLASS SIZE
Maximum 8 students per virtual class

LIVE INSTRUCTOR-LED ONLINE TRAINING
€1,725 pp for online course
Note: online training is conducted via Zoom live with each student receiving individual access to a virtual machine

***Payment must be received in full upon registering in order to secure your place***

Engineers Ireland CPD Units: 3 days

Course Outline

DAY ONE

  • Introduction to Planning Lifecycle

  • Introduction to Scheduling 

  • Navigating P6 Project & Activities Windows


  • Creating a Project


  • Creating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

  • Creating Activity Codes

  • Creating Calendars

  • Adding Activities

WORKSHOPS

  • Creating a Work Breakdown Structure

  • Adding Activities

  • Creating Relationships


  • Scheduling

  • Viewing Schedule Data


  • Assigning & Analysing Resources and Costs


  • Updating the Schedule

DAY TWO

  • Creating Relationships/Logic

  • Scheduling

  • Adding Constraints

  • Customising Layouts

  • Defining Resource

  • Assigning Resources and Costs

APPENDIX - TIPS & TRICKS

Tips and Tricks (Additional self-study workshops)

  • Displaying Near Critical Activities

  • Fill-Down Functionality

  • Activity Table Customisation

  • Line Numbers

  • Primavera Help

  • Cheat Sheets

DAY THREE

  • Analysing Resources and Costs

  • Baselining the Project Plan

  • Project Updating and Control

  • Communicating Project Information through:

    • Creation of customised Layouts

    • Reports

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