Primavera P6 (One-on-one Training)

Duration: 1 day
Course Price: $1,695.00
Course Location: Global PM's office or Online
Course Includes: Instructor led training, P6 training manual, 30 days of follow-up telephone support with your instructor, and a Certificate of Successful Training Using Primavera P6.
Technical Requirements: (If conducted online) PC, high-speed internet access, and a speaker phone. *Primavera software is not required.
Benefits of one-on-one training:
---1. One-on-one live instructor led training
---2. Minimize time away from work
---3. Customized training at your pace

Available Dates

If you would like to schedule a session, please call us for availability.

Course Overview:

This introductory-level course provides hands-on training for Primavera’s client/server-based solution. Students will gain experience building a new schedule, updating / analyzing the schedule, and generating reports. Global PM instructors also emphasize the fundamentals of scheduling.

Lesson Plan:

Introduction
The Fundamentals of Scheduling
Terminology: Critical Path, Float, Lag, Relationship types, etc.
Understanding the Critical Path Method
An Introduction to Primavera P6

Getting Started
Log in
Open an existing project
Navigate in the Home window and Activities window
Open an existing layout
Customize a layout

Creating a Project
The Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)
Create a project
Navigate in the Projects window
View and modify information in Project Details

Creating a Work Breakdown Structure
Define a Work Breakdown Structure
Create multiple levels of a WBS hierarchy

Adding Activities
Describe an activity and its components
Describe activity types
Add activities
Add a Notebook topic to an activity
Add steps to an activity
Assign activity codes to activities

Creating Relationships
View a network logic diagram
The four relationship types
Create relationships

Scheduling
Perform a forward and backward pass
Describe float and its impact on a schedule
Identify loops and open ends
Calculate a schedule

Assigning Constraints
Apply an overall deadline to a project
Apply a constraint to an individual activity
Add notebook topics to constrained activities
Describe the available constraint types

Project Documents
Work Product and Documents
Create a document record
Assign the project document to an activity or WBS

Formatting Schedule Data
Group activities according to a specific criteria
Sort activities
Activity Filters

Assigning Resources and Costs
Labor, nonlabor and material resources
Assign resources to activities
Resource costs
Assign expenses to activities
Analysis

Updating the Schedule
Create a baseline (target)
Baseline bars on the Gantt Chart
Update activities
Reschedule the project

Reporting Performance
Describe reporting methods
Run a schedule report
Create a resource report with the Report wizard
Create a report using the current layout

Course Structure:

For nearly 14 years, Global PM has found that hosting interactive, instructor-led, hands-on workshops is the best method of training.

Our Guarantee!

1. Students who attend Primavera P6 training are welcome to re-take another public course for extra practice at NO additional fee (Re-take must be the same course, taken at the same facility, pending available seating. Students taking advantage of this offer shall bring the training manual initially provided to the class.).

2. Our Planning and Scheduling with Primavera P6 course include 30 days of telephone support. Students may call/email questions to Global PM after training!