Primavera P6 Professional Fundamentals Rel 17 (D100635) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Understanding P6 Data
  • Describing Enterprise and Project-Specific data
  • Logging In
  • Opening an Existing Project
  • Opening and Customizing Layouts
Enterprise Project Structure
  • Describing Components of EPS
Creating a Project
  • Create a project
  • Navigating in the Projects Window
  • Viewing Project Details
Creating a Work Breakdown Structure
  • Defining a Work Breakdown Structure
  • Creating the WBS Hierarchy
Adding Activities
  • Describing an Activity and its Components
  • Describing Activity Types
  • Adding Activities
  • Adding a Notebook Topic
  • Adding Steps to an Activity
  • Assigning Activity Codes
Creating Relationships
  • Viewing a Network Logic Diagram
  • Relationship Types
  • Creating Relationships
Scheduling
  • Performing a Forward and Backward Pass
  • Describing Float
Assigning Constraints
  • Applying an Overall Deadline to a Project
  • Apply a Constraint to an Activity
Using Reflection Projects
  • Creating a Reflection Project
  • Merging Changes
Formatting Schedule Data
  • Grouping Activities
  • Sorting
  • Filtering
Roles and Resources
  • Describing Roles and Resources
  • Viewing Dictionaries
Assigning Roles
  • Assigning Roles to an Activity
  • Assign Rates on Roles
Assigning Resources
  • Assigning Resources
  • Adjusting Budgeted Units/Time
Analyzing Resources
  • Displaying the Resource Usage Profile
Optimizing the Project Plan
  • Analyzing Schedule Dates
  • Shortening a Project Schedule
  • Analyzing Resource Availability
Baselining the Project Plan
  • Creating a Baseline Plan
  • Display Baseline Bars on the Gantt Chart
Project Execution and Control
  • Describing Methods for Updating the Schedule
  • Using Progress Spotlight
  • Statusing Activities
  • Rescheduling the Project
Reporting Performance
  • Describing Reporting Methods
  • Running a Schedule Report
  • Creating a report with the Report Wizard