The Primavera P6 v17.12 Course offers you the opportunity to delve into a booming field of project management, where there is a growing demand for skilled professionals. In a working environment where efficiency and strategic planning are essential, acquiring skills in project set-up and management is invaluable. You will learn to define and link tasks, master the critical path and establish baselines, enabling you to optimise resources and monitor project delivery with precision. Furthermore, the course will teach you how to use filters, groupings and codes, enhancing your ability to make global changes and generate advanced reports. This knowledge will not only help you stand out in the job market, but will also equip you with essential tools to lead projects successfully. The online format of the course allows you to learn at your own pace, making it easy to access valuable content from anywhere.
Primavera P6 v17.12
Introduction
Objectives
- To understand how to create and set up projects efficiently in Primavera P6.
- Identify and link tasks to determine a project’s critical path.
- Allocate and tailor appropriate resources to optimise their use in projects.
- Monitor the implementation of projects and record their progress effectively.
- Apply filters and groupings to improve data management in projects.
- Use codes and global settings to customise project management.
- Generate advanced reports and print out the results for analysis.
Table of Contents
TEACHING UNIT 1. SET-UP. CREATING AND CONFIGURING PROJECTS
Introduction. Basic terminology
Application settings
Creating and configuring projects
Recording basic activity data
Display settings
TEACHING UNIT 2. DEFINING AND LINKING TASKS. CRITICAL PATH AND BASELINES
Linking activities
Selecting types of rooms
Types of activities and milestones
Critical activities. Mapping the project’s critical path
Save the Project Baseline
TEACHING UNIT 3. DEFINITION, ALLOCATION AND PROFILING OF RESOURCES
Structure of the company’s organisational breakdown structure (OBS)
Definition and allocation of resources and cost allocation. Resource schedules
Definition of roles and allocation of resources by role
Analyse the use and cost of resources. Add costs to the selected tasks
Check resource allocations. Resolve resource conflicts
TEACHING UNIT 4. MONITORING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION AND RECORDING PROGRESS
Monitoring project implementation
Recording and analysing the progress and development of tasks
Percentage rates and monitoring reports
Tracking by Activity Steps
The Earned Value Method (EVM)
TEACHING UNIT 5. FILTERS, GROUPINGS, CODES AND GLOBAL CHANGES
Filters and Groupings
Activity Network Diagrams (PERT)
Project, activity and resource codes
Personalised data and global changes
TEACHING UNIT 6. REPORTS AND PRINTING. ADVANCED TOPICS
Reports
Data exchange with Excel and Project
Printing Tables and Diagrams
Portfolio development and management
Reflection projects in Primavera P6