Planning & Control with Oracle Primavera P6 PPM Professional
Planning & Control with Oracle Primavera P6 PPM Professional
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Overview
Learn how to get the most out of the benchmark Windows-based project planning tool with this comprehensive training on Planning & Control with Oracle Primavera P6 PPM Professional. Extremely popular with project managers worldwide, its ability to handle large-scale and multi-faceted projects is second to none. With the aid of this tuition, you can confidently organise projects with the allocated resources and hit organisational targets square-on.
This practical Project Management Utility course covers fundamental project management skills, as well as the capabilities of P6 PPM. You will be taught how to create a project plan from scratch, navigate through the many functions of P6, set up schedules and activities online, instal constraints and filters, create assignments, define targets, and much more. This will be your one-stop destination for attaining a full appreciation of the project management potential of P6.
Take this training and never be left behind in the race for reaching your project goals with this world-class platform.
Course design
The course is delivered through our online learning platform, accessible through any internet-connected device. There are no formal deadlines or teaching schedules, meaning you are free to study the course at your own pace.
You are taught through a combination of
- Video lessons
- Online study materials
Will I receive a certificate of completion?
Upon successful completion, you will qualify for the UK and internationally-recognised CPD accredited certification. You can choose to make your achievement formal by obtaining your PDF Certificate at the cost of £9 and Hard Copy Certificate for £15.
Why study this course
It doesn’t matter if you are an aspiring professional or absolute beginner; this course will enhance your expertise and boost your CV with critical skills and an accredited certification attesting to your knowledge.
The Planning & Control with Oracle Primavera P6 PPM Professional is fully available to anyone, and no previous qualifications are needed to enrol. All One Education needs to know is that you are eager to learn and are over 16.
Course Curriculum
| Section 01: Introduction | |||
| Purpose, Required Background Knowledge | 00:02:00 | ||
| Purpose of Planning, Planning Metrics, Cycle, Level, Monitoring and Controlling | 00:10:00 | ||
| Summary | 00:01:00 | ||
| Section 02: Creating a Project Plan | |||
| Creating a Project Plan | 00:01:00 | ||
| Understanding the Software, Enterprise Project Management and Your Project | 00:06:00 | ||
| Level 1 – Planning Without Resources | 00:19:00 | ||
| Level 2, Level 3 and Level 4 | 00:05:00 | ||
| Summary | 00:02:00 | ||
| Section 03: Starting Up and Navigation | |||
| Introduction to Starting Up and Navigation | 00:01:00 | ||
| Logging In, Projects Window, Opening Projects, Displaying Activities, Portfolios | 00:16:00 | ||
| Top and Bottom Panes, User Preferences and Starting Day of the Week | 00:20:00 | ||
| Admin Preferences, Options, Do Not Ask Me about This Again, Mouse Clicking | 00:07:00 | ||
| Accessing Help | 00:04:00 | ||
| Refresh Data – F5 Key, Commit Changes – F10 Key, Send Project & Closing Down | 00:05:00 | ||
| Starting Up and Navigation – Summary | 00:01:00 | ||
| Workshop 1 – Navigating Around the Windows | 00:15:00 | ||
| Section 04: Creating a New Project | |||
| Introduction to Creating a New Project | 00:01:00 | ||
| Creating, Copying, Importing, Setting Up a Project | 00:19:00 | ||
| Summary of Creating a New Project | 00:01:00 | ||
| Workshop 2 – Creating Your Project | 00:07:00 | ||
| Section 05: Defining Calendars | |||
| Defining Calendars Introduction | 00:01:00 | ||
| Database Default Calendar, Global & Project Calendars, Project Default Calendar | 00:07:00 | ||
| Creating a New Global, Project Calendar and Resource Calendars | 00:08:00 | ||
| Move, Copy, Rename and Delete a Calendar and Editing Calendars | 00:19:00 | ||
| Defining Calendars – Summary | 00:01:00 | ||
| Workshop 3 – Maintaining the Calendars | 00:09:00 | ||
| Section 06: Creating a Primavera Project WBS | |||
| Creating a Primavera Project WBS – Introduction | 00:01:00 | ||
| Opening and Navigating the WBS Window, Creating and Deleting a WBS Node | 00:20:00 | ||
| Creating a Primavera Project WBS – Summary | 00:01:00 | ||
| Workshop 4 – Creating the Work Breakdown Structure | 00:02:00 | ||
| Section 07: Adding Activities and Organizing Under the WBS | |||
| Adding Activities and Organizing Under the WBS – Introduction | 00:02:00 | ||
| New Activity Defaults | 00:09:00 | ||
| Adding New Activities, Default Activity Duration, Copying and Renumbering | 00:06:00 | ||
| Elapsed Duration, Finding Bars, Assigning Calendars & WBS, Reordering or Sorting | 00:10:00 | ||
| Undo | 00:01:00 | ||
| Summarizing Activities Using WBS | 00:01:00 | ||
| Spell Check | 00:01:00 | ||
| Adding Activities and Organizing Under the WBS – Summary | 00:01:00 | ||
| Workshop 5 – Adding Activities | 00:03:00 | ||
| Section 08: Formatting the Display | |||
| Formatting the Display – Introduction | 00:01:00 | ||
| Project Window, Understanding Forms, Formatting the Bars, Progress Lines | 00:27:00 | ||
| Columns, Row Height, Timescale, Attachments, Fonts, Colors, Line Numbers | 00:17:00 | ||
| Formatting the Display – Summary | 00:01:00 | ||
| Workshop 6 – Formatting the Bar Chart | 00:11:00 | ||
| Section 09: Adding Relationships | |||
| Adding Relationships – Introduction | 00:01:00 | ||
| Constraints, Understanding Relationships, Lags and Leads and Formatting | 00:08:00 | ||
| Adding and Removing Relationships, Dissolving Activities, Circular Relationships | 00:06:00 | ||
| Scheduling the Project, Reviewing Relationships, Leads and Lags | 00:10:00 | ||
| Relationship Comments New to P6 Version 20 | 00:03:00 | ||
| Adding Relationships – Summary | 00:01:00 | ||
| Workshop 7 – Adding the Relationships | 00:06:00 | ||
| Section 10: Activity Network View | |||
| Activity Network View – Introduction | 00:01:00 | ||
| Viewing a Project Using the Activity Network View, and using the Network View | 00:11:00 | ||
| Early Date, Late Date and Float Calculations | 00:04:00 | ||
| Activity Network View – Summary | 00:01:00 | ||
| Workshop 8 – Scheduling Calculations and Activity Network View | 00:07:00 | ||
| Section 11: Constraints | |||
| Constraints – Introduction | 00:01:00 | ||
| Assigning Constraints, Project Must Finish By Date, Activity Notebook | 00:14:00 | ||
| Constraints – Summary | 00:01:00 | ||
| Workshop 9 – Constraints | 00:08:00 | ||
| Section 12: Group, Sort and Layouts | |||
| Group, Sort and Layouts -Introduction | 00:03:00 | ||
| Group and Sort Activities and Understanding Layouts | 00:13:00 | ||
| Group, Sort and Layouts – Summary | 00:01:00 | ||
| Workshop 10 – Organizing Your Data | 00:05:00 | ||
| Section 13: Filters | |||
| Filters – Introduction | 00:01:00 | ||
| Understanding Filters, Applying a Filter, Creating and Modifying a Filter | 00:11:00 | ||
| Filters – Summary | 00:01:00 | ||
| Workshop 11 – Filters | 00:04:00 | ||
| Section 14: Printing and Reports | |||
| Printing and Reports – Introduction | 00:01:00 | ||
| Printing | 00:13:00 | ||
| Reports | 00:07:00 | ||
| Publish to a Web Site | 00:03:00 | ||
| Visualizer | 00:08:00 | ||
| Claim Digger – Schedule Comparison | 00:03:00 | ||
| Printing, Reports and Visualizer – Summary | 00:01:00 | ||
| Workshop 12 – Printing | 00:06:00 | ||
| Section 15: Scheduling Options and Setting a Baseline | |||
| Scheduling Options and Setting a Baseline – Introduction | 00:02:00 | ||
| Understanding Date Fields | 00:15:00 | ||
| Scheduling Options – General Tab | 00:15:00 | ||
| Setting the Baseline | 00:07:00 | ||
| Limitations on Viewing Baseline Data | 00:04:00 | ||
| Scheduling Options and Setting a Baseline – Summary | 00:01:00 | ||
| Workshop 13 – WBS, LOEs and Setting the Baseline | 00:11:00 | ||
| Section 16: Updating an Unresourced Schedule | |||
| Updating and Unresourced Schedule – Introduction | 00:01:00 | ||
| Practical Methods of Recording Progress | 00:10:00 | ||
| Understanding the Concepts and Updating the Schedule | 00:19:00 | ||
| Updating an Unresourced Schedule – Summary | 00:01:00 | ||
| Workshop 14 – Progressing and Baseline Comparison | 00:05:00 | ||
| Section 17: User Preferences and Admin Preferences | |||
| User Preferences and Admin Preferences Introduction | 00:01:00 | ||
| User Preferences | 00:23:00 | ||
| Admin Menu – Create Users | 00:20:00 | ||
| Admin Preferences and Admin Categories | 00:21:00 | ||
| Miscellaneous Defaults | 00:12:00 | ||
| User Preferences and Admin Preferences – Summary | 00:01:00 | ||
| Section 18: Creating Roles and Resources | |||
| Creating Roles and Resources – Introduction | 00:01:00 | ||
| Understanding Resources and Roles | 00:09:00 | ||
| Creating Roles, Creating Resources and the Resources Window | 00:18:00 | ||
| Creating Roles & Resources – Summary | 00:01:00 | ||
| Workshop 15 – Adding Resources to the Database | 00:08:00 | ||
| Section 19: Assigning Roles, Resources and Expenses | |||
| Assigning Roles, Resources and Expenses – Introduction | 00:01:00 | ||
| Understanding Resource Calculations and Terminology | 00:04:00 | ||
| Project Resource Preferences, User Preferences Applicable to Assigning Resources | 00:11:00 | ||
| Activities Window Resource Preferences and Defaults | 00:14:00 | ||
| Assigning & Removing Roles, Resources, Resource Duration Calculation | 00:09:00 | ||
| Expenses | 00:03:00 | ||
| Suggested Setup for Creating a Resourced Schedule | 00:02:00 | ||
| Assigning Roles, Resources and Expenses – Summary | 00:01:00 | ||
| Workshop 16 – Assigning Resources and Expenses to Activities | 00:07:00 | ||
| Section 20: Resource Optimization | |||
| Resource Optimization – Introduction | 00:01:00 | ||
| Reviewing Resource Loading, Resource Assignments Window | 00:20:00 | ||
| Copying and Pasting into Excel, Other Tools for Histograms and Tables | 00:09:00 | ||
| Methods of Resolving Resource Peaks & Conflicts & Resource Leveling | 00:17:00 | ||
| Resource Curves | 00:04:00 | ||
| Resource Optimization – Summary | 00:01:00 | ||
| Workshop 17 – Resources Optimization | 00:18:00 | ||
| Section 21: Updating a Resourced Schedule | |||
| Updating a Resourced Schedule – Introduction | 00:04:00 | ||
| Budget Values & Baseline Projects, Data Date, Required Information to Update | 00:07:00 | ||
| Project Window Defaults for Updating a Resourced Schedule | 00:18:00 | ||
| Percent Complete Types, Using Steps to Calculate Activity Percent Complete | 00:10:00 | ||
| Updating the Schedule, Updating Resources, Updating Expenses | 00:11:00 | ||
| Updating a Resourced Schedule – Summary | 00:01:00 | ||
| Workshop 18 – Updating a Resourced Schedule | 00:10:00 | ||
| Section 22: Other Methods of Organizing Project Data | |||
| Other Methods of Organizing Project Data – Introduction | 00:01:00 | ||
| Understanding Project Breakdown Structures | 00:03:00 | ||
| Activity Codes, UDFs, WBS Category, Resource Codes, Cost Accounts | 00:25:00 | ||
| Assignment Code New to P6 Version 20 | 00:04:00 | ||
| Other Methods of Organizing Project Data – Summary | 00:01:00 | ||
| Workshop 19 – Activity Codes and User Defined Fields (UDF) | 00:06:00 | ||
| Section 23: Global Change | |||
| Global Change – Introduction | 00:01:00 | ||
| Introducing Global Change, the Basic Concepts & Specifying the Change Statement | 00:10:00 | ||
| More Advanced Examples of Global Change | 00:05:00 | ||
| Global Change – Summary | 00:01:00 | ||
| Workshop 20 – Global Change | 00:07:00 | ||
| Section 24: Managing the Enterprise Environment | |||
| Managing the Enterprise Environment – Introduction | 00:03:00 | ||
| Multiple User Data Display Issues | 00:11:00 | ||
| EPS, Project Portfolios, OBS, Users, Security Profiles | 00:16:00 | ||
| Project Codes, Filtering, Grouping & Sorting Projects in the Projects Window | 00:07:00 | ||
| Summarizing Projects, Job Services, Tracking Window | 00:22:00 | ||
| Managing the Enterprise Environment – Summary | 00:02:00 | ||
| Section 25: Multiple Project Scheduling | |||
| Multiple Project Scheduling – Introduction | 00:01:00 | ||
| Multiple Projects in a P6 Project, Multiple P6 Projects Representing One Project | 00:14:00 | ||
| F5 & F10, Who Has the Project Open? Setting Baselines for Multiple Projects | 00:03:00 | ||
| Restoring Baselines for Multiple Projects | 00:07:00 | ||
| Multiple Project Scheduling – Summary | 00:03:00 | ||
| Section 26: Utilities | |||
| Utilities – Introduction | 00:01:00 | ||
| Reflection Projects, Advanced Scheduling Options, Audit Trail Columns | 00:06:00 | ||
| Excel Import and Export Tool | 00:09:00 | ||
| Project Import and Export | 00:19:00 | ||
| Check In and Check Out, UN/CEFACT XML format, Online HTML Help | 00:09:00 | ||
| Utilities – Summary | 00:01:00 | ||
| Section 27: Earned Value management with PM | |||
| Earned Value, PMB and Planned Dates | 00:12:00 | ||
| Earned Value and Actual Costs | 00:06:00 | ||
| ETC and EV Curves | 00:07:00 | ||
| EV Summary | 00:01:00 | ||
| Assignment | |||
| Assignment – Planning & Control with Oracle Primavera P6 PPM Professional | 00:00:00 | ||
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