Primavera P6 Fundamentals Course

The Primavera P6 Fundamentals Course takes you through the entire project life cycle, from planning to execution. You’ll develop a thorough understanding of how to plan and schedule.

Course code: 102

Learn To

create and schedule a project
add activities and relationships
assign resources
adjust the project schedule
execute and control the project
report performance

Benefits

Enrolling in this course will help you understand the basic features and functions of Primavera P6 Professional so that you can apply them to your organisation’s project management processes. You’ll also learn how to manage projects on time and within budget to ensure optimal outcomes from capital and resource investments.

Explore Project Management Fundamentals

All workshops and instruction stress the three basic elements of project management – scheduling, resources and costs. At the end of each day, you’ll apply the concepts and functionality you learned in a case study. The course is divided into three sections…

creating a project
scheduling the project
project execution and control

Use Primavera P6 Professional

The Primavera P6 Fundamentals Course uses P6 Professional, Primavera’s Windows-based, client/server application. It is appropriate for those using Primavera P6 Professional either as a stand-alone application or as part of P6 EPPM.

Audience

Business Analysts
Functional Implementer
Project Manager
End Users

Suggested Prerequisites

Knowledge of project management principles

Recommended Related Training Courses

106 – Primavera P6 Professional Advanced

This Primavera P6 Advanced Course explores resource management and advanced project management techniques using P6 Professional. Learn new ways to manage resources and analyse project performance.

Course Objectives

Understand the P6 Project Life Cycle
Understand data structures
Create a project
Create a Work Breakdown Structure
Add activities
View calendars
Create relationships
Schedule the project
Assign constraints
Format schedule data
Define roles and resources
Assign roles
Assign resources
Analyze resources
Optimize the project plan
Create a baseline
Use reflections
Execute the project
Create reports

• Course content

  P6 Project Life Cycle
  EPS /OBS Data Structures
  System Orientation
  Define Project
  Define WBS
  Working with Activities
  Relationships
  Schedule
  Calendars
  Constraints
  Codes
  Layouts
  Roles & Resources
  Reflections
  Analysing / Optimising Project
  Baselines
  Export / Import Data
  Update Status
  Analysing / Optimising updated Project
  Reporting