Primavera P6 Professional Fundamentals for Project Managers

Gain skills to manage projects through Primavera Software

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Every organisation needs effective management in order to provide quality service or product to the customer. To control the execution and delivery of the project, it is very necessary to monitor the task going on within the project continuously. This is where a manager comes into play.

Primavera is well-known software for managing and controlling the project activities. We at MSP introduces Primavera P6 Professional Fundamentals for Project Managers course to provide basic knowledge regarding the Primavera software. This includes an introduction to Enterprise Project Structure (EPS) and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) that help the delegates to work in a planned manner.   

  • Get to know about the various features of Primavera Software

  • Learn to manage project using software effectively

  • Achieve skills of using Primavera to implement the learnt techniques at the workplace

  • Learn to work with Work Breakdown structure and Enterprise Project Structure

  • Key learning points and tutor support during the training

WHAT'S INCLUDED ?

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Certificate

Delegates will get certification of completion at the end of the course.

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Key Learning Points

Clear and concise objectives to guide delegates through the course.

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Tutor Support

A dedicated tutor will be at your disposal throughout the training to guide you through any issues.

PREREQUISITES

Primavera P6 Professional Fundamentals for Project Managers course doesn’t have any prerequisite but having basic knowledge of project management can be useful.

TARGET AUDIENCE

  • Primavera P6 Professional Fundamentals for Project Managers course is designed for those who are involved in managing activities within the organisation.
  • They can use Primavera Management software to include effective management techniques within the organisation to provide quality service or product.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

Upon successful completion of the course, the delegates will learn to:

  • Create efficient management project in Primavera P6
  • How to add activities
  • Execute and control the project
  • Handle risk and challenges that may come while dealing with the project
  • Optimise the project plan and activities
  • Allocate resources effectively
  • Schedule the various tasks that are included in the project implementation

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW

This training includes everything a project manager needs from creating a project to adding activities and scheduling the available data resources. During the Primavera training, our trainer will help the delegates to use this software for best management processes.

We provide flexible training programs like online, onsite and classroom training. Those professionals who are already in the same field and want to upgrade their skills may also join this course.


PROGRAM CONTENT

Overview of P6 Data

  • Define Project Portfolio Management P6
  • Define Enterprise Project Structure (EPS) and Organizational Breakdown
  • Main menu navigation and P6 help
  • Differentiate between project data and enterprise data
  • Open project and layouts
  • Log in to the software

Overview of Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)

  • An introduction to EPS
  • The various features of EPS

Overview of Creating a Project

  • How to create a project?
  • Creating work breakdown structure
  • Navigation in the Projects Window
  • Linking projects
  • Viewing Project Details

Overview of Generating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

  • Define WBS
  • Create the WBS Hierarchy

Overview of Add Activities

  • Describe an Activity and its types
  • Define business relationships
  • Add Activities and Notebook topics
  • Understand steps of an activity
  • Assign activity codes

Overview of P6 Calendars

  • Create calendars
  • View calendars
  • Assign schedules to activities

Produce Relationships

  • Displaying a Network Logic Diagram
  • Building Relationships
  • Explaining various connection types

Overview of Scheduling

  • An Introduction to Critical Path Method Scheduling and the Impact of Float
    • Accomplishment of Forwarding and Backwards passes
    • Sequence activities
  • Describing Float

Overview of Assigning Constraints

  • Deliberating a general deadline to a Project
  • Smearing constraint to an activity

Overview of Progressing projects

  • How to application development?
  • The updating of individual activities
  • Measuring project performance

Use Reflection Projects

  • Generating a reflection project
  • Assimilating changes

Format Schedule Data

  • How to Group methods?
  • Defining sorting and filtering

Describe Roles and Resources

  • An Introduction to functions and resources
  • The Viewing of Dictionaries
  • Assigning roles to a process
  • Allocating rates on roles

Overview of Assigning Resources

  • Allocate resources
  • Adapt budgeted units/time
  • Investigate resources
  • Indicate the resource usage profile

Layouts Filters, Group and Sort

  • Use layouts and reporting layouts
  • Introduce filtering, grouping and sorting
  • Modify columns and Gantt chart bars
  • Use project documents
  • Use of p6 document function

Overview of Reporting a Project Key

  • Producing standard report
  • Creating time distributed reports

Using P6 Visualizer

  • An Overview of Visualizer basic operations
  • Understanding the Options and Imports functions
  • Creating new timescale logic diagram
  • Creating new Gantt chart

Enhancing the Project Plan

  • Investigate schedule dates and resource obtainability
  • Limit a project schedule

An Introduction to Baselining the Project Plan

  • Creation of a Baseline Plan
  • Represent Baseline Bars on the Gantt Chart

Project Execution and Control

  • Determining methods for informing the schedule
  • Define Progress Spotlight
  • Stat using Actions
  • Rearrange Project

Overview of Reporting Performance

  • Describe reporting methods
  • Execute a Schedule Report
  • Generate a report with the Report Wizard

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ABOUT Manchester

Manchester is one of the major cities in the northwest of England. According to 2015 census, its population was 530,300. With 2.55 million population, it is the second most popular urban area in the UK. Manchester City Council is the local authority in the Manchester.

The history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement that was established in AD 79 on a sandstone nearby the rivers Irwell and Medlock. The areas lying on the south bank of the River Mersey were merged in the 20th century and it became the part of Lanchester city.

Manchester remained the manorial township throughout the middle ages but started to expand in the turn of 19th century “at an astonishing rate”.  The unplanned urbanisation of Manchester come to boom with the revolution of textile manufacturing. As a result, it becomes the world’s first industrialised city.

Manchester gained the status of a city in 1853. In 1894, the Ship Canal was opened in Manchester. It creates the Manchester’s Port and joins the city and sea. Its prosperity fainted during the Second World War as this war resulted in deindustrialisation. In 1996, the IRA bombing led to broad investment and regeneration. 

Governance

Manchester City Council governs the city Manchester. In 1986, the prior Greater Manchester County Council was eliminated making it a unitary authority. Manchester is a member of English Core Cities Group since 1995. Thomas Greeley granted an agreement to the town of Manchester in 1301. In 1359, its borough status was gone in some court case.  

Climate

Manchester has an Oceanic temperature climate. The temperature in summer goes to 20 Celsius and reaches 25 particularly in July and August. Temperature now goes to 30 Celsius on occasions. During the winters, the temperature rarely follows below the freezing. There is general rainfall throughout the year. Manchester has an average of annual rainfall is 806.6 mm.

This means that 140.4 days per annum are rainy. The average of UK is 154.4 days per annum. It has high humidity level along with a great supply of soft water. This is one of the crucial factors that results in textile industry localization. Because of urban warming effect in the city, snowfall is not very common.

Demography

In 1931, the population of Manchester started to increase during the Victorian era. After it, the population start reducing rapidly because of the removal of the slum and the increased building of social housing overspill estates. In 2012, the estimated population was 510,700.

It is an increase of 1.6 since the 2011 MYE. The population has evolved to 20.8% since 2001. According to 2011 census, Manchester is the third fastest growing area. Manchester experienced the great percentage of growth outside the London with an increase of 500,000. With the increase of 2.8 % from 2011, the population is projected to reach 532,200 by 2021.

Economy

Along with Salford, Stockport, Tameside and Trafford, the Office for National Statistics produce economic data for Manchester city. The growth of the economy is comparatively high between 2002 and 2012 where growth was 2.3% that is above the national average of the Manchester.

The UK’s wide-ranging economy of the metropolitan is the third largest with GDP of $88.3 bn. As it continues to recover from the recession that is faced in 2008-10, Manchester compares favourably to other geographies. It reports the annual growth of 5% in business stock.

Landmarks

The buildings of Manchester shows the variety of architectural styles that range from Victorian to contemporary architecture. The use of red brick makes the city beautiful. There is a large number of cotton mills just outside the city.

Project and its management

A project is a unique activity that has a tempo...