Planning & Scheduling with Primavera P6


Course Price: $1,295.00 USD
Public Location: Louisiana Facilities (New Orleans & Slidell (35mi from NOLA))
Private Training: Contact us about hosting training at your facility!
Duration / PDUs Awarded: 2.00 Days / 14.00 PDUs
Time: 8:30am - 4:00pm

March Dates: March 9-10 (New Orleans), NEW - March 15-16 (Slidell)

Course Structure:

Over the years, GPM has found that using an interactive, hands-on workshop where concept reinforcement is stressed is the best means of helping students apply new skills on the job.

What You Will Learn:

Day 1

Lesson 1. – Introduction to Project Management & Scheduling
  • What is Project Management?
  • What is Scheduling?
Lesson 2. – Starting a New Project
  • Initiating a Project
  • Customizing Project Information
  • Setting Parameters
  • Saving / Protecting Project Information
Lesson 3. - WBS / Activities
  • Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
  • Defining Activities
  • Adding Activities
  • Estimating the Durations of Activities
Lesson 4. - Calendars
  • Planning for Workdays / Work hours
  • Adding New Calendars
  • Assigning Calendars to Tasks
Lesson 5. - Logic
  • What is Critical Path Methodology (CPM)?
  • Relationship Types
  • What are Predecessors / Successors?
  • Assigning / Tracking Logic
Day 2

Lesson 6. – Resource Planning
  • Organizational Resource Planning
  • Building the Resource Dictionary
  • Assigning Resources
Lesson 7. – Organizing and Filtering Schedule Information
  • Grouping & Sorting Project Information
  • Activity Coding
  • Filtering
Lesson 8. – Updating the Schedule
  • Creating the Target
  • Applying “Actuals” to the Schedule
  • On Time / On-Budget?
  • Monitoring the Schedule
Lesson 9. – Layouts and Reporting
  • Generating Graphic and Tabular Reports
  • Distributing Information to Project Stakeholders
  • Administrative Closure

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.