Oracle Primavera P6 Training Contents

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Muhammad Asim Rashid PMP (License # 1675698)

Why Oracle Primavera P6?

Oracle Primavera P6 Professional Project Management is the most powerful and effective

solution for prioritizing, planning, managing and evaluating projects, programs or portfolios.

It provides a single solution for managing projects of any size while scaling intelligently to

accommodate user needs from simple project work to complex program coordination.

Primavera P6 Professional Project Management is the best way to manage all of your

projects.

Targeted Audience (Role)

Program Managers, Project Managers, Planners, Schedulers, Planning Engineers, End Users,

PM Consultants, Business Analysts.

Targeted Companies/Organizations

Construction Companies, Small to Large Enterprises, IT companies, and any organization or

individuals involved in small to large projects.

Prerequisite

Fundamental Project Management background and working knowledge of Microsoft

Windows.


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Primavera P6 Course Contents (Code 102 & 106)

We deliver training on globally recognized Oracle's prescribed Primavera P6 Professional PPM

course contents. (Course Code 102 Intermediate and Code 106 Advanced level)

1. The Project Management Life Cycle

Review the relationship between Primavera P6 and the Project Management Life Cycle

Identify the five process groups in the Project Management Life Cycle

2. Data, Navigating, and Layouts Describe enterprise and project-specific data

Open an existing project

Navigate in the Home window and Activities window Understand Primavera P6 Layout

Customize a Layout

Open and save existing layout

3. Enterprise Project Structure

Describe the components that comprise the Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)

Create EPS

View EPS

4. Creating a Project

Create a project

Navigate in the Projects window

View and modify information in Project Details

5. Creating a Work Breakdown Structure

Define a Work Breakdown Structure and its different uses

Create multiple levels of a WBS hierarchy

6. Adding Activities

Add an activity

Describe activity and its components

Describe activity typesDescribe activity duration types

Add a Notebook topic to an activity

Add steps to an activity

Create and add Steps Template

View and modify information in Activity Details

7. Creating Relationships

Differentiate between the four relationship types

Define benefits and effects of creating relationships on the activities.

Define different ways of creating relationships


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View a network logic diagram

8. Scheduling

Describe float and its impact on a schedule

Identify loops and open ends

Calculate a schedule

Analyze the scheduling log report

9. Assigning Constraints

Apply an overall deadline to a project

Apply a constraint to an individual activity

Describe the available constraint types

10. Formatting Schedule Data

Group activities according to a specific criteria

Sort activities

Apply a filter

Create a

11. Roles and Resources

Describe roles

View the roles dictionary

Describe resources

Identify the differences between labor, non-labor and material resources

View the resource dictionary

12. Assigning Roles

Assign roles to an activity

Assign rates on roles

13. Assigning Resources and Costs

Assign labor, non-labor, and material resources to activities

Adjust Budgeted Units/Time for a resource

Assign expenses to activities

14. Analyzing Resources

Display the Resource Usage Profile and Spreadsheet

Customize the profile and spreadsheet Analyze resource utilization.

15. Optimizing the Project Plan

Analyze schedule dates

Shorten a project schedule

Analyze resource utilization.

Define resource leveling methods and perform resource leveling


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Analyze project costs

Reduce project costs

16. Base lining the Project Plan

Create a baseline plan

Display baseline bars on the Gantt Chart

Modify the bars on the Gantt Chart

17. Project Execution and Control

Describe several methods for updating the project schedule

Use Progress Spotlight

Status activities

Suspend and resume an activity

Reschedule the project and analyze the scheduling report

18. Reporting Performance

Describe reporting methods

Create a report category

Create a report with the Report wizard

Create and run batch reports

Create a report using the current layout

Print Profile, Spreadsheet, Gantt Chart, Network Diagram, WBS, Project and Activity

Table

19. Using Codes in Primavera P6

Understand Codes in Primavera P6

Create a Project, Activity and Resource Code

Assign a Code to a Project, Activity or Resource

Use a Code in a Filter or Group

20. Maintaining the Project Documents Library

Describe the difference between a reference document and work product

Create a Document Record

Link the document record to a document fileAssign the project document to an activity or WBS

21. Importing and Exporting Data

Importing and Exporting Project Data

Transferring Project Data to other Users

Using the Import and Export Wizard

22. Formatting and Printing

Formatting Gantt chart, Project and Activity Layout

Configuring Optimal printing settings


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Printing Profiles, Spreadsheets, Network Diagram, Tables and Gantt Charts

23. Creating Calendars

Understanding Calendars

Creating and modifying a Calendar

Assigning a Calendar to Projects, Resources and Activities

Analyzing effect of assigning a Calendar

24. Advanced Scheduling

Defining Critical Activities

Calculate Multiple Float Paths

Total Float Calculation Methods

25. Using Earned Value Analysis

Understand important Earned Value formulas

Display Earned Value information and graphs

26. Project Website

Create, customize and launch a Project Website

Publish Project layouts as HTML pages

27. Tracking Layout

View the Tracking Layout

Customize the Tracking Layout

Compare WBSs, or Projects

Analyze Projects Cost or Resources Units

Forecast Schedule

28. Risk, Issues & Thresholds

Add Risk to a Project

Analyze the probability and impact of a risk

Create an Issue

Define Threshold values

Monitor Threshold and Issues

29. Claim Digger

Configure Claim Digger Options

Comparing projects with Claim Digger

30. User Access

Create a New Primavera User

Define User Security Profiles

Apply a Security Profile to a Primavera user


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31. Global Changes

Define Global Change Parameter

Apply a Global Change to a Project

32. Portfolios

Create a Project portfolio

View and open a project from a project portfolio

33. Admin Preferences, Categories

Understand, Configure Admin Preferences

Modify, or Create New Admin Categories

34. Top-Down Estimation

Estimate WBS or Resource Activity

Use Estimation Method

View, Apply Estimation History

35. Storing Period Performance

Store Project Period Performance

View Past Project Period Performance

36. Activity Usage Spreadsheet and Profile

Display Curves in Activity Usage Profile

Display Activity Cost and Unit Data

37. Question & Answer Session / Case Studies.

Materials provided

Study and reference manuals


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Training Schedule & Schedule breakdown

04 Days (12 hrs. in Total)

Day-01

Introduction to Project Management Processes (Project Management Life Cycle)

Day-02

Sr. # 02 to Sr. # 08 (07 categories)

Day-03


Day-04


Q&A session

The schedule is focusing on Intermediate level (Ref. Code 102) as most professionals are

interested in it, but on later stage if we see potential for Advanced level (Ref. Code 106) a

dedicated detailed schedule for that may also be produced (will add up 02 more days i.e.09

Hrs. additional) to compensate the rest of the contents.

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