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PRIMAVERA P6, R 8.4

Training Contents & Schedule Breakdown

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Why Oracle Primavera P6?

Oracle Primavera P6 Professional Project Management is the most powerful and effective
solution for prioritizing, planning, managing and evaluating projects, programs or portfolios.
It provides a single solution for managing projects of any size while scaling intelligently to
accommodate user needs from simple project work to complex program coordination.
Primavera P6 Professional Project Management is the best way to manage all of your
projects.

Targeted Audience (Role)

Program Managers, Project Managers, Planners, Schedulers, Planning Engineers, End Users,
PM Consultants, Business Analysts.

Targeted Companies/Organizations
Construction Companies, Small to Large Enterprises, IT companies, and any organization or
individuals involved in small to large projects.

Prerequisite
Fundamental Project Management background and working knowledge of Microsoft
Windows.

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Primavera P6 Course Contents (Code 102 & 106)

We deliver training on globally recognized Oracle's prescribed Primavera P6 Professional PPM
course contents. (Course Code 102 Intermediate and Code 106 Advanced level)
1. The Project Management Life Cycle
Review the relationship between Primavera P6 and the Project Management Life Cycle
Identify the five process groups in the Project Management Life Cycle
2. Data, Navigating, and Layouts Describe enterprise and project-specific data
Open an existing project
Navigate in the Home window and Activities window Understand Primavera P6 Layout
Customize a Layout
Open and save existing layout
3. Enterprise Project Structure
Describe the components that comprise the Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)
Create EPS
View EPS
4. Creating a Project
Create a project
Navigate in the Projects window
View and modify information in Project Details
5. Creating a Work Breakdown Structure
Define a Work Breakdown Structure and its different uses
Create multiple levels of a WBS hierarchy
6. Adding Activities
Add an activity
Describe activity and its components
Describe activity types
Describe activity duration types
Add a Notebook topic to an activity
Add steps to an activity
Create and add Steps Template
View and modify information in Activity Details

7. Creating Relationships
Differentiate between the four relationship types
Define benefits and effects of creating relationships on the activities.
Define different ways of creating relationships

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View a network logic diagram

8. Scheduling
Describe float and its impact on a schedule
Identify loops and open ends
Calculate a schedule
Analyze the scheduling log report
9. Assigning Constraints
Apply an overall deadline to a project
Apply a constraint to an individual activity
Describe the available constraint types
10. Formatting Schedule Data
Group activities according to a specific criteria
Sort activities
Apply a filter
Create a
11. Roles and Resources
Describe roles
View the roles dictionary
Describe resources
Identify the differences between labor, non-labor and material resources
View the resource dictionary
12. Assigning Roles
Assign roles to an activity
Assign rates on roles
13. Assigning Resources and Costs
Assign labor, non-labor, and material resources to activities
Adjust Budgeted Units/Time for a resource
Assign expenses to activities
14. Analyzing Resources
Display the Resource Usage Profile and Spreadsheet
Customize the profile and spreadsheet

Analyze resource utilization.

15. Optimizing the Project Plan

Analyze schedule dates
Shorten a project schedule
Analyze resource utilization.
Define resource leveling methods and perform resource leveling

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Analyze project costs

Reduce project costs
16. Base lining the Project Plan
Create a baseline plan
Display baseline bars on the Gantt Chart
Modify the bars on the Gantt Chart
17. Project Execution and Control
Describe several methods for updating the project schedule
Use Progress Spotlight
Status activities
Suspend and resume an activity
Reschedule the project and analyze the scheduling report
18. Reporting Performance
Describe reporting methods
Create a report category
Create a report with the Report wizard
Create and run batch reports
Create a report using the current layout
Print Profile, Spreadsheet, Gantt Chart, Network Diagram, WBS, Project and Activity
Table
19. Using Codes in Primavera P6
Understand Codes in Primavera P6
Create a Project, Activity and Resource Code
Assign a Code to a Project, Activity or Resource
Use a Code in a Filter or Group
20. Maintaining the Project Documents Library
Describe the difference between a reference document and work product
Create a Document Record
Link the document record to a document file
Assign the project document to an activity or WBS
21. Importing and Exporting Data
Importing and Exporting Project Data
Transferring Project Data to other Users
Using the Import and Export Wizard
22. Formatting and Printing
Formatting Gantt chart, Project and Activity Layout
Configuring Optimal printing settings

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Printing Profiles, Spreadsheets, Network Diagram, Tables and Gantt Charts

23. Creating Calendars
Understanding Calendars
Creating and modifying a Calendar
Assigning a Calendar to Projects, Resources and Activities
Analyzing effect of assigning a Calendar
24. Advanced Scheduling
Defining Critical Activities
Calculate Multiple Float Paths
Total Float Calculation Methods
25. Using Earned Value Analysis
Understand important Earned Value formulas
Display Earned Value information and graphs
26. Project Website
Create, customize and launch a Project Website
Publish Project layouts as HTML pages
27. Tracking Layout
View the Tracking Layout
Customize the Tracking Layout
Compare WBSs, or Projects
Analyze Projects Cost or Resources Units
Forecast Schedule
28. Risk, Issues & Thresholds
Add Risk to a Project
Analyze the probability and impact of a risk
Create an Issue
Define Threshold values
Monitor Threshold and Issues
29. Claim Digger
Configure Claim Digger Options
Comparing projects with Claim Digger
30. User Access
Create a New Primavera User
Define User Security Profiles
Apply a Security Profile to a Primavera user

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31. Global Changes

Define Global Change Parameter
Apply a Global Change to a Project
32. Portfolios
Create a Project portfolio
View and open a project from a project portfolio
33. Admin Preferences, Categories
Understand, Configure Admin Preferences
Modify, or Create New Admin Categories
34. Top-Down Estimation
Estimate WBS or Resource Activity
Use Estimation Method
View, Apply Estimation History
35. Storing Period Performance
Store Project Period Performance
View Past Project Period Performance
36. Activity Usage Spreadsheet and Profile
Display Curves in Activity Usage Profile
Display Activity Cost and Unit Data
37. Question & Answer Session / Case Studies.

Materials provided
Study and reference manuals

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Training Schedule & Schedule breakdown

04 Days (12 hrs. in Total)
Day-01
Introduction to Project Management Processes (Project Management Life Cycle)
Day-02
Sr. # 02 to Sr. # 08 (07 categories)
Day-03
Sr. # 09 to Sr. # 14 (06 categories)
Day-04
Sr. # 15 to Sr. # 18 (04 categories)
Q&A session
The schedule is focusing on Intermediate level (Ref. Code 102) as most professionals are
interested in it, but on later stage if we see potential for Advanced level (Ref. Code 106) a
dedicated detailed schedule for that may also be produced (will add up 02 more days i.e.09
Hrs. additional) to compensate the rest of the contents.

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