PRIMAVERA P6 TRAINING IN ATLANTA
Address: 300 Colonial Center Parkway, 3rd Floor, Roswell, GA 30076 | Duration: 3 Days | Course Fee: $1,695.00
Hands-on Training With Primavera P6
Our in-person course is held at our Atlanta area (Roswell) training facility with a face-to-face instructor and access to Primavera P6 Professional via our training system. Students will gain an understanding of the principles of planning and scheduling as well as hands-on experience building a P6 schedule from scratch, updating and monitoring the schedule, & generating reports.
If you prefer to learn remotely, virtual classes are available and take place in real-time with a live trainer and other participants.
Certificate Course: A Certificate of Successful Training with Primavera P6 Professional is awarded upon completion of training.
Course Syllabus
Day 1
- Instructor / participant introductions
- Overview of planning and scheduling
- Primavera and the Project Management Life Cycle
- Knowledge Areas and Process Groups
- An introduction to Primavera P6
- Describe enterprise and project-specific data
- Log in
- Open an existing project
- Navigate in the Home window and Activities window
- Open an existing layout
- Customize a layout
- Save a layout
- Creating the Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)
- View the EPS
- The OBS / Responsible Managers
- Create a project
- Navigate in the Projects window
- View and modify information in Project Details
- Define a Work Breakdown Structure
- Create multiple levels of a WBS hierarchy
- Describe an activity and its components
- Describe activity types
- Add activities
- Add a Notebook topic to an activity
- Add steps to an activity
- Assign activity codes to activities
- View a network logic diagram
- Differentiate between the four relationship types
- Create relationships in the Activity Network
- Create relationships in Activity Details
Day 2
- Perform a forward and backward pass
- Describe float and its impact on a schedule
- Identify loops and open ends
- Calculate a schedule
- Analyze the scheduling log report
- Apply an overall deadline to a project
- Apply a constraint to an individual activity
- Add notebook topics to constrained activities
- Describe the available constraint types
- Describe the difference between a work product and a reference document
- Create a document record
- Link the document record to a project document or work product
- Assign the project document(s) to an activity or WBS
- Group activities according to a specific criteria
- Sort activities
- Apply a filter
- Create a filter
- Describe roles
- Views the roles dictionary
- Describe resources
- Identify the differences between labor, non-labor and material resources
- View the resource dictionary
- Assign resources by role
- Assign labor, non-labor, and material resources to activities
- Adjust Budgeted Units/Time for a resource
- Assign expenses to activities
- Display the Resource Usage Profile
- Format a profile
- Format the timescale
Day 3
- Analyze schedule dates
- Shorten a project schedule
- Analyze resource availability
- Remove resource over allocation
- Analyze project costs
- Create a baseline plan
- Display baseline bars on the Gantt Chart
- Modify the bars on the Gantt Chart
- Describe several methods for updating the project schedule
- Use Progress Spotlight
- Status activities
- Reschedule the project
- Describe reporting methods
- Run a schedule report
- Create a resource report with the Report wizard
- Create a report using the current layout
- Discussion: Ahead / Behind?
- Compression Techniques: Crashing, Fast-Tracking, etc.
- Exercises - Impact Analysis
- Participants are welcome to discuss scheduling requirements and get instructor feedback!
Additional Details
In-person, hands-on training with a live instructor offers numerous benefits for effective skill development. Participants engage in interactive sessions where they can directly interact with the instructor and other attendees, receive personalized instruction, and gain immediate feedback. Key benefits include:
- Interactive Learning Environment: Participants can ask questions, seek clarifications, and engage in discussions, promoting a deeper understanding of the software.
- Less Distractions: Getting out of the office and being able to focus entirely on the training is invaluable!
- Immediate Feedback: Participants receive real-time guidance and corrections, helping them address mistakes and improve their software skills promptly.
- Hands-On Practice: Dedicated lab or practice time allows participants to actively apply what they've learned, reinforcing concepts and building practical experience.
- Collaboration and Networking: Working with peers promotes collaboration, exposes participants to different perspectives, and fosters valuable networking opportunities.
- Basics Course (3 Days): $1,695
We understand that many of your questions will come AFTER training. We offer 30-days of post-training instructor support as well as 1 year of free refresher course support to all trained (virtual or in-person).
TRAINING OPTIONS
TRAINING ADDRESS
- 300 Colonial Center Pkwy, Floor 3
Roswell, Georgia 30076
Tel: (770) 727-0120
INTERESTED IN VIRTUAL TRAINING?
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The In-Person Training Experience
- Select a course date and register.
- Your registration is confirmed and you are contacted by our Training Coordinator.
- A printed Primavera P6 training manual is shipped to the training facility.
- You may choose to read over the training materials in preparation of coming to class.
- We suggest arriving at our training facility at 8:45am on the first day of training.
- Your in-person, Oracle-certified instructor will interact with you and assist as you work through exercises.
- You have the opportunity to connect with, problem-solve, and network with other students from a wide range of backgrounds.
- After training, you will be sent a Certificate of Scheduling with Primavera P6.