Suggested Prerequisites:

Knowledge of project management principles

	Manage multiple projects
	Create a project
	Create a Work Breakdown Structure
	Add activities
	Maintain the project documents library
	Create relationships
	Schedule the project
	Assign constraints
	Format schedule data
	Define roles and resources
	Assign roles
	Assign resources and costs
	Analyze resources
	Optimize the project plan
	Execute the project
	Report performance  (Return to top)

Data, Navigating, and Layouts

• Describe enterprise and project-specific data
• Log in
• Open an existing project
• Navigate in the Home window and Activities window
• Open an existing layout
• Customize a layout
• Save a layout

Enterprise Project Structure

• Describe the components that comprise the Enterprise Project Structure
• View the EPS

Creating a Project

• Create a project
• Navigate in the Projects window
• View and modify information in Project Details

Creating a Work Breakdown Structure

• Define a Work Breakdown Structure
• Create multiple levels of a WBS hierarchy

Adding Activities

• Describe an activity and its components
• Describe activity types
• Add activities
• Add a Notebook topic to an activity
• Add steps to an activity
• Assign activity codes to activities

Creating Relationships

• View a network logic diagram
• Differentiate between the four relationship types
• Create relationships in the Activity Network
• Create relationships in Activity Details

Scheduling

• Perform a forward and backward pass
• Describe float and its impact on a schedule
• Identify loops and open ends
• Calculate a schedule
• Analyze the scheduling log report

Assigning Constraints

• Apply an overall deadline to a project
• Apply a constraint to an individual activity
• Add notebook topics to constrained activities
• Describe the available constraint types

Maintaining the Project Documents Library

• Describe the difference between a work product and a reference document
• Create a document record
• Link the document record to a project document or work product
• Assign the project document to an activity or WBS

Formatting Schedule Data

• Group activities according to a specific criteria
• Sort activities
• Apply a filter
• Create a filter

Roles and Resources

• Describe roles
• Views the roles dictionary
• Describe resources
• Identify the differences between labor, nonlabor and material resources
• View the resource dictionary

Assigning Roles

• Assign roles to an activity
• Assign rates on roles

Assigning Resources and Costs

• Assign resources by role
• Assign labor, nonlabor, and material resources to activities
• Adjust Budgeted Units/Time for a resource
• Assign expenses to activities

Analyzing Resources

• Display the Resource Usage Profile
• Format a profile
• Format the timescale

Optimizing the Project Plan

• Analyze schedule dates
• Shorten a project schedule
• Analyze resource availability
• Remove resource overallocation
• Analyze project costs

Baselining the Project Plan

• Create a baseline plan
• Display baseline bars on the Gantt Chart
• Modify the bars on the Gantt Chart

Project Execution and Control

• Describe several methods for updating the project schedule
• Use Progress Spotlight
• Status activities
• Reschedule the project

Reporting Performance

• Describe reporting methods
• Run a schedule report
• Create a resource report with the Report wizard
• Create a time distributed report
• Create a report using the current layout

Project Web Site

• Create and launch a project Web site
• Customize the appearance of a project Web site
• Publish activity layouts as HTML pages

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Course 102A P6 Professional - Advanced
 

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