Scheduling with Primavera Project Planner (P3) 3.1


Course Price: $1095.00 USD
Location: New Orleans, LA or host a private course at your facility!
Time: 8:30am - 4:00pm
Duration: 2.00 Days
PDUs Awarded: 14.00

Course Structure:

GPM has found over the years that educating students using a highly interactive, hands-on workshop where concept reinforcement is stressed and is the best means of preparing students to apply training on the job.

Who Should Attend:

Project Team Members, Project Managers, Program Managers, Estimators, Planners, Engineers, Drafters, Designers, Business Owners, Government Employees, Contractors, Sub-Contractors, Foremen, Supervisors, and Project Support Personnel.

What You Will Learn:

Day 1

Lesson 1. – Introduction to Project Management & Scheduling
  • Planning & Scheduling Terminology
  • Understanding / Calculating the Schedule
  • Software Overview
Lesson 2. – Starting a New Project
  • Customizing Project Information
  • Saving / Protecting Project Information
  • Importing / Exporting
  • Emailing a Schedule
Lesson 3. - The WBS & Activities
  • Creating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
  • Activity Types 
  • Adding Activities
  • Estimating Durations
Lesson 4. - Calendars
  • Planning Workdays / Work hours
  • Adding New Calendars
  • Assigning Calendars to Activities
Lesson 5. - Logic
  • Critical Path Methodology (CPM)
  • Predecessors / Successors
  • Relationship Types
  • Linking Activities
Day 2

Lesson 6. – Resources
  • Resource Planning
  • Building a Resource Dictionary
  • Assigning Resources to Activities
Lesson 7. – Project Information
  • Grouping & Sorting
  • Using Activity Codes
  • Creating Custom Filters
Lesson 8. – Updating the Schedule
  • Saving a Baseline
  • Applying “Actuals” to the Schedule
  • Analysis - On Time / On-Budget?
  • Corrective Actions
Lesson 9. – Layouts and Reporting
  • Generating Graphic and Tabular Reports
  • Saving Layouts
  • Distributing Information to Stakeholders

Lesson 10. – Case Studies

Repetition through “hands-on” training is the only way to become proficient in scheduling. Students may perform “real-life” case studies, which are included in materials as additional practice building a schedule.

Instructors / Certifications:

Global Project Management is a Global Registered Educational Provider (R.E.P.) with the Project Management Institute (PMI) and, appropriately, requires that ALL instructors be certified Project Management Professionals (PMP) with PMI.

All courses are eligible for Professional Development Units (PDUs) from PMI.