This course aims to teach participants:
- Introduction to the user interface,
- How to plan projects without resources,
- Filters layouts, printing,
- Baselines and Updating an un-resourced project,
- Creating and assigning roles and resources,
- Controlling projects with resources and costs,
- Setting up and administering a database,
- Plus some advanced features including Import/Export, Activity Codes, Custom Data Fields and Global Change.
The following people should consider attending this course:
- Programme Managers and Project Control staff evaluating the software against your organisational requirements.
- Project schedulers who wish to learn how to use the software to schedule and control projects.
- Database managers who wish to understand how to set up and administer a database.
- Experienced project personal who wish to learn how to schedule and control a project.
Students should have:
- The ability to use a personal computer and understand the fundamentals of the operating system,
- Experience using application software such as Microsoft Office and
- An understanding of how projects are planned, scheduled and controlled, including understanding the project management processes applicable to your projects.
COURSE CONTENTS
- Introduction
- Creating a Project Plan
- Starting Up and Navigation
- Creating a New Project
- Defining Calendars
- Creating a Primavera Project WBS
- Adding Activities and Organizing Under The WBS
- Formatting the Display
- Adding Relationships
- Activity Network View
- Constraints
- Group, Sort and Layouts
- Filters
- Printing, Reports and Visualizer
- Scheduling Options and Setting a Baseline
- Updating an Unresourced Schedule
- User and Administration Preferences
- Creating Roles and Resources
- Assigning Roles, Resources and Expenses
- Resource Optimization
- Updating a Resourced Schedule
- Other Methods of Organizing Project Data, Activity Codes and User Defined Fields
- Global Change
- Managing the Enterprise Environment
- Multiple Project Scheduling
- Utilities, Reflection Projects, Audit Trail, Import and Export
- Earned Value Management with P6
Who this course is for:- Programme Managers and Project Control staff evaluating the software against your organisational requirements.
- Project schedulers who wish to learn how to use the software to schedule and control projects.
- Database managers who wish to understand how to set up and administer a database.
- Experienced project personal who wish to learn how to schedule and control a project.