Primavera P6 Project Planning Certification

Module 1: Introduction to Primavera P6

• Primavera P6 overview
• Key features and capabilities
• Project planning applications
• Scheduling concepts
• Project control concepts
• Primavera P6 workflow

Module 2: Navigating Primavera P6

• Primavera P6 interface
• Enterprise and project views
• Navigation tools
• Layouts
• Tables and columns
• User preferences

Module 3: Enterprise Project Structure

• EPS concepts
• Enterprise hierarchy
• EPS nodes
• Organising projects
• Project positioning
• Managing project structures

Module 4: Organisational Breakdown Structure

• OBS concepts
• Organisational hierarchy
• Responsible managers
• Responsibility assignment
• EPS and OBS relationships
• Managing responsibilities

Module 5: Creating and Configuring Projects

• Creating projects
• Project IDs and names
• Planned start dates
• Project settings
• Responsible managers
• Project information

Module 6: Work Breakdown Structure

• WBS fundamentals
• Creating WBS elements
• WBS hierarchy
• Project deliverables
• Organising project scope
• WBS responsibilities

Module 7: Creating and Managing Activities

• Activity creation
• Activity IDs
• Activity names
• Activity types
• Activity durations
• Activity details

Module 8: Activity Relationships

• Finish-to-Start
• Start-to-Start
• Finish-to-Finish
• Start-to-Finish
• Leads and lags
• Building schedule logic

Module 9: Project Calendars

• Global calendars
• Project calendars
• Resource calendars
• Working periods
• Non-working periods
• Calendar exceptions

Module 10: Scheduling the Project

• Scheduling process
• Data date
• Schedule calculation
• Forward pass
• Backward pass
• Reviewing scheduling results

Module 11: Critical Path and Float Analysis

• Critical path concepts
• Critical activities
• Total float
• Free float
• Schedule drivers
• Critical path analysis

Module 12: Constraints and Milestones

• Project constraints
• Activity constraints
• Start constraints
• Finish constraints
• Milestone activities
• Impact of constraints

Module 13: Activity Codes and Project Codes

• Activity codes
• Project codes
• Code structures
• Assigning codes
• Organising activities
• Using codes for analysis

Module 14: Resources and Roles

• Resource dictionary
• Labour resources
• Non-labour resources
• Material resources
• Resource roles
• Resource availability

Module 15: Resource Assignment and Analysis

• Assigning resources
• Resource units
• Resource loading
• Resource profiles
• Resource histograms
• Identifying overallocations

Module 16: Cost Management in Primavera P6

• Activity costs
• Resource costs
• Expense items
• Budgeted costs
• Actual costs
• Cost analysis

Module 17: Project Baselines

• Baseline concepts
• Creating baselines
• Assigning baselines
• Primary baselines
• Baseline comparisons
• Maintaining baseline information

Module 18: Updating Project Progress

• Setting the data date
• Actual start and finish
• Remaining duration
• Percentage complete
• Actual units
• Progress updating

Module 19: Schedule Variance and Performance Analysis

• Current versus baseline schedule
• Start variance
• Finish variance
• Duration variance
• Float changes
• Identifying schedule delays

Module 20: Filters, Grouping and Layouts

• Creating filters
• Applying filters
• Grouping activities
• Sorting information
• Custom layouts
• Saving and sharing layouts

Module 21: Reporting and Project Monitoring

• Schedule reports
• Progress reports
• Resource reports
• Cost reports
• Project dashboards
• Management reporting

Module 22: Advanced Planning and Project Control

• Schedule health reviews
• Progress analysis
• Forecasting completion
• Schedule optimisation
• Corrective actions
• Continuous project monitoring