Course Overview
LogiKal provides training in Primavera P6 Release 8, 18 (PPM Professional). The course material is “Planning and Control Using Oracle® Primavera P6” written by Paul Harris, Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd.
The course is aimed at teaching students how to use Oracle® Primavera P6 PPM up to an intermediate level. Unlike other training material, the format allows the book to be read as a reference guide back in the workplace.
COURSE AGENDA
Day 1
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- 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
Day 2
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- Group, Sort and Layouts
- Filters
- Printing and Reports
- Scheduling Options and Setting a Baseline
- Updating an Un-resourced Schedule
- User and Administration Preferences and Scheduling Options
- Creating Roles and Resources
- Assigning Roles, Resources and Expenses
- Resource Optimization
Day 3
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- 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
TARGET AUDIENCE
- Programme Managers and Project Control staff evaluating the software against organisational requirements.
- Project schedulers /project planners 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 personnel who wish to learn how to schedule and control a project.
REQUIREMENTS
- Ability to read and write English
- Understanding of how projects are managed with a sound understanding of project management processes
- The ability to use a computers with a good understanding of the operating system and Microsoft Office products
- Prior experience in other planning and scheduling software is very beneficial