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Primavera P6 Fundamentals Rel 15

Primavera P6 Fundamentals Rel 15

Participants will create a project, add activities and relationships, assign resources, adjust the project plan to account for schedule delays and overallocated resources, and analyze portfolios. Participants also will learn how to customize the Personal Workspace and the Project Workspace to monitor project progress and communicate with team members.

The course uses P6, Primavera Web-based project management tool. Oracle BI and BPM are not covered in this course.

This course is offered in partnership with SAR Systems, an Oracle Univeristy-accredited training provider.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

During this workshop, you will learn:

  1. How to create a project
  2. How to add activities
  3. How to assign resources
  4. How to analyze Project Performance
  5. How to customize dashboards and the Project Workspace
  6. How to execute and control the project

 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This course is best suited to project managers, project planners and schedulers, business analysts, end users and functional implementers.

PREREQUISITE

Participants should have completed a project management fundamentals course such as our Project Management Essentials, or equivalent.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Understanding P6 Data

  • Describing the Enterprise Project Structure
  • Describing the Organizational Breakdown Structure

 

Creating a Project
  • Viewing the EPS page
  • Modifying Project Information

 

Creating a Work Breakdown Structure
  • Creating Multiple Levels

 

Adding Activities
  • Describing Activity Types
  • Viewing Activity Information
  • Editing Activity Details
  • Assigning Codes

 

Using Activity Views
  • Customizing a View
  • Filtering Data
  • Grouping and Sorting Data

 

Creating Relationships
  • Viewing Relationship Types
  • Creating Relationships in the Gantt Chart

 

Scheduling a Project
  • Defining Key Terms
  • Defining Total Float
  • Describing Loops and Open Ends
  • Calculating a Schedule

 

Assigning Constraints
  • Applying a Must Finish By Date
  • Constraining an Activity

Optimizing The Project Schedule

 

  • Analyzing Schedule Dates
  • Shortening a Project Schedule

 

Viewing The Project Workspace
  • Adding and Removing Portlets
  • Customizing the Project Workspace

 

Calendars
  • Defining Work Types
  • Editing a Project Calendar
  • Assigning a Calendar to an Activity

 

Baselining the Project Plan
  • Selecting a Baseline
  • Adding a Baseline

 

Executing the Project Plan
  • Describing Methods of Applying Progress
  • Using Progress Spotlight
  • Defining the Data Date
  • Applying Progress to Activities

 

Analyzing the Updated Project
  • Comparing Dates
  • Viewing Schedule Performance
  • Addressing Variances

 

Viewing Dashboards
  • Customizing Dashboards
  • Adding and Removing Dashboards
  • Viewing Portfolio Data
COURSE INFO

Course ID: SS-1101

Course Level: Beginner

Duration: 3 days

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UPCOMING SESSIONS

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PMI PDU BREAKDOWN

PMI Talent TriangleThe following table provides the breakdown of the professional development units (PDUs) for this course aligned with the PMI Talent TriangleTM.

 WoWPSBA
PMP2100
PgMP2100
PfMP2100
PMI-ACP000
PMI-SP2100
PMI-RMP000
PMI-PBA000

The three columns in the above table are Ways of Working, Power Skills & Business Acumen.

Other Credits

Other professional (re)certification credits are available, including:

  • Certified Business Analyst Professionals (CBAPs) earn 21CDUs (Category 2B)
  • Certified Software Quality Engineers (CSQEs) earn 3 RUs
  • CIPS Information Systems Professionals (ISPs) earn 21 Learning Credits
  • CIPS Information Technology Certified Professional (ITCPs) earn 21 Learning Credits