The Fundamentals of Project Management in P6

Available for Releases 7 and 8.4

The Fundamentals of Project Management video course will focus on the three basic elements of project management: schedule, resource and costs. The course consists of 74 video lessons covering techniques that assists Primavera P6 users in creating a project from start to finish. Users will gain a thorough background in the concepts of planning and scheduling. Scheduling techniques will be covered. Lessons are taught by a Specialized Primavera P6 Master consultant and trainer.

Course Topics

At the completion of this video course the user will be able to:

• Add a Project to the Project Structure
• Create a Work Breakdown Structure
• Add Reference Documents
• Add Activities
• Add Steps and Codes to Activities
• Create Relationships
• Schedule a Project
• Add Constraints
• Organize Activities
• Assign Resources and Costs
• Analyze Resource/Cost Usage
• Optimize the Schedule
• Status the Project
• Analyze the Updated Project

Course Benefits

Many project management professionals are located in places where they cannot get quality P6 training. The video course allows users to learn how to manage projects in P6 from your own computer.

Who can benefit from this course?

• Primavera users who have no training
• Users outside of the United States that need P6 training
• Users who cannot afford travel expenses associated with attending a class
• Users that need a course refresher
• Users that do not have time to attend a class and want to learn in their own time

Advanced Project Management in P6 

Available for Releases 7 and 8.4

The Advanced Project Management in P6 video course covers the next level of project management techniques in P6. This course includes 64 video lessons designed to give current users a more in depth look at the software. Many of the lessons will aid the project office in determining how to setup user fields, global data items, and much more. Building off skills learned in the fundamentals course the advanced course covers advanced subjects such as earned value analysis, updating baselines, and duration types.

The course consists of video lessons covering techniques that teach Primavera P6 users topics that will give them a more thorough knowledge of project management in P6. Lessons are taught by a Specialized Primavera P6 consultant and trainer.

Learning Outcomes: 

• Modify projects using advanced functionality
• Analyze projects using earned value
• Effectively manage risks and issues
• View Primavera data in other applications

Advanced Course Topics:

• Create and Manage Portfolios 
• User Defined Fields and Global Change 
• Assign Codes
• Duration Types
• Percent Complete Types
• Earned Value Analysis
• Thresholds and Issues
• Advanced Scheduling
• Updating Baselines Risk Management
• Tracking Layouts
• Auto Compute Actuals
• Importing and Exporting Data
• Transferring Data between Primavera and Excel
• Claim Digger
• Activity Usage Profile and Spreadsheet
• Reflection Projects

Course Benefits

Many project management professionals are located in places where they cannot get quality P6 training. The video course allows users to learn how to manage projects in P6 from your own computer.

Who can benefit from this course?

• Primavera users who have no training
• Users outside of the United States that need P6 training
• Users who cannot afford travel expenses associated with attending a class
• Users that need a course refresher
• Users that do not have time to attend a class and want to learn in their own time