Primavera P6 Ppm Professional Advanced Features (updated 5/2022)

This course was updated in 2022 and covers P6 Version 8 to 20 and explains the differences between the versions.

What you'll learn

This course is aimed at teaching students the advanced features of Primavera Project Manager P6 PPM Professional Client up to an intermediate level.

- Setting up and administering a database

- Import/export

- Activity Codes

- Custom Data Fields

- Global Change

Requirements

The ability to use a personal computer and understand the fundamentals of the operating system.

Experience using application software such as Microsoft Office.

An understanding of how projects are planned, scheduled and controlled, including understanding the project management processes applicable to your projects.

Access to a computer with Oracle Primavera P6 loaded.

Description

The course was updated to Oracle Primavera P6 Version 201on 15 May 202.This course aims to teach participants: SCHEDULING OPTIONS AND SETTING A BASELINE Understanding Date Fields Scheduling Options – General Tab Setting the BaselineUSER AND ADMINISTRATION PREFERENCES AND SCHEDULING OPTIONS User Preferences Admin Menu Admin Preferences Miscellaneous DefaultsOTHER METHODS OF ORGANIZING PROJECT DATA Understanding Project Breakdown Structures Activity Codes User Defined Fields WBS Category or Project Phase Resource Codes Cost Accounts Owner Activity Attribute GLOBAL CHANGE Introducing Global Change The Basic Concepts of Global Change Specifying the Change Statements Examples of Simple Global Changes Selecting the Activities for the Global Change Duration Calculations with Global Change (Any of the following) and (All of the following) Temporary Values Global Change Functions More Advanced Examples of Global Change MANAGING THE ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENTMultiple User Data Display Issues Enterprise Project Structure (EPS) Project Portfolios Organizational Breakdown Structure – OBS Users, Security Profiles and Organizational Breakdown Structure Project Codes Filtering, Grouping and Sorting Projects in the Projects Window Project Durations in the Projects Window Why Are Some Data Fields Gray and Cannot Be Edited? Summarizing Projects Job Services Tracking Window MULTIPLE PROJECT SCHEDULING Multiple Projects in One Primavera Project Multiple P6 Primavera Projects Representing One Project Setting Up Primavera Projects as Sub-projects Refresh Data and Commit Changes Who Has the Project Open? Setting Baselines for Multiple Projects Restoring Baselines for Multiple Projects UTILITIESReflection Projects Advanced Scheduling Options Audit Trail Columns Excel Import and Export Tool Project Import and Export Check In and Check Out UN/CEFACT XML format Online HTML Help

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction and Workshop Instructions

Section 2: Scheduling Options and Setting a Baseline

Lecture 2 Scheduling Options and Setting a Baseline - Introduction

Lecture 3 Understanding Date Fields

Lecture 4 Scheduling Options – General Tab

Lecture 5 Setting the Baseline

Lecture 6 Limitations on Viewing Baseline Data

Lecture 7 Scheduling Options and Setting a Baseline - Summary

Lecture 8 Workshop 13 – WBS, LOEs and Setting the Baseline

Section 3: User Preferences and Admin Preferences

Lecture 9 User Preferences and Admin Preferences

Lecture 10 User Preferences

Lecture 11 Admin Menu

Lecture 12 Admin Preferences

Lecture 13 Miscellaneous Defaults

Lecture 14 User Preferences and Admin Preferences - Summary

Section 4: Other Methods Of Organizing Project Dato

Lecture 15 Other Methods Of Organizing Project Data - Introduction

Lecture 16 Understanding Project Breakdown Structures

Lecture 17 Activity Codes, UDFs, WBS Category, Resource Codes, Cost Accounts

Lecture 18 Assignment Code New to P6 Version 20

Lecture 19 Other Methods Of Organizing Project Data - Summary

Lecture 20 Workshop 19 – Activity Codes and User Defined Fields (UDF)

Section 5: Global Change

Lecture 21 Global Change - Introduction

Lecture 22 Introducing Global Change, the Basic Concepts & Specifying the Change Statement

Lecture 23 More Advanced Examples of Global Change

Lecture 24 Global Change - Summary

Lecture 25 Workshop 20 – Global Change

Section 6: Managing the Enterprise Environment

Lecture 26 Managing the Enterprise Environment - Introduction

Lecture 27 Multiple User Data Display Issues

Lecture 28 EPS, Project Portfolios, OBS, Users, Security Profiles

Lecture 29 Project Codes, Filtering, Grouping & Sorting Projects in the Projects Window

Lecture 30 Summarizing Projects, Job Services, Tracking Window

Lecture 31 Managing the Enterprise Environment - Summary

Section 7: Multiple Project Scheduling

Lecture 32 Multiple Project Scheduling - Introduction

Lecture 33 Multiple Projects in a P6 Project, Multiple P6 Projects Representing One Project

Lecture 34 F5 a& F10, Who Has the Project Open? Setting Baselines for Multiple Projects.

Lecture 35 Restoring Baselines for Multiple Projects

Lecture 36 Multiple Project Scheduling - Summary

Section 8: Utilities

Lecture 37 Utilities - Introduction

Lecture 38 Reflection Projects, Advanced Scheduling Options, Audit Trail Columns

Lecture 39 Excel and Project Import and Export

Lecture 40 Check In and Check Out, UN/CEFACT XML format, Online HTML Help

Lecture 41 Utilities - Summary

Section 9: Earned Value Management with P6

Lecture 42 Earned Value Management with P6, Performance Measurement Baseline and Planned Va

Lecture 43 Earned Value and Actual Costs

Lecture 44 Estimate to Complete, Activity Usage S-Curves and Sample Graphical S-Curves

Lecture 45 Earned Value Management With P6 - Summary

Programme Managers and Project Control staff evaluating the software against your organisational requirements.,Project schedulers who wish to learn how to use the software to schedule and control projects.,Database managers who wish to understand how to set up and administer a database.,Experienced project personal who wish to learn how to schedule and control a project.