This course provides in-depth project management training in P6. Topics include updating baselines, importing and exporting project data, and top-down budgeting.

Detailed instruction on earned value analysis includes lessons on duration types and how to calculate percent complete. Students also will learn to leverage best practices to create a project using methodologies.

Professional Development and Continuing Education Units:

• Earns 13 PDUs and 1.3 CEUs

Learn To:

• Global change
• Managing issues and risks
• Advanced scheduling techniques
• Earned value analysis
• Top-down budgeting
• Assign codes

Suggested Prerequisites:

• Basic project management knowledge
• Project Management in Primavera P6 Rel. 7 Course 102

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• Import and export data
• Update baselines
• Use Claim Digger
• Apply duration types
• Calculate percent complete
• Use earned value analysis
• Use top-down budgeting
• Apply tracking layouts
• Auto compute layouts
• Use top-down estimating
• View reflection projects
• Manage issues and risks
• Create a project with Project Architect
• Assign Codes
• Use global change
• Advanced scheduling
   

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Creating a Project with Project Architect

• Customizing the Project Plan

Assigning Codes

• Assigning Activity Codes
• Assigning Resource Codes
• Assigning Project Codes

Using User-Defined Fields and Global Change

• Establishing User-Defined Fields
• Defining Global Change Parameters

Managing Portfolios

• Creating a Portfolio
• Opening Projects Using Portfolios

Advanced Scheduling

• Calculating Multiple Float Paths
• Explaining Scheduling Logic Options
• Identifying a Calendar�s Effect on Lag

Monitoring Thresholds and Issues

• Creating a Threshold and an Issue

Importing and Exporting Data

• Importing a Project
• Exporting a Project
• Importing/Exporting with MS Excel

Updating Baselines

• Update Activity and Resource Assignment Data

Claim Digger

• Creating a Comparison Report in Claim Digger

Calculating Percent Complete

• Describing Three Percent Complete Types
• Using Weighted Steps to Calculate Percent Complete

Earned Value Analysis

• Define Performance Percent Complete
• Review Results of Earned Value Techniques

Activity Usage Profile and Spreadsheet

• Displaying Cost dData
• Displaying Curves in the Activity Usage Profile

Top-Down Budgeting

• Establishing Project Budgets
• Establishing Spending Plans
• Tracking Budget Changes

Top-Down Estimating

• Adding Estimation Weights

Documenting Risk

• Calculate a Risk�s Exposure
• Analyzing the Impact of a rRsk

Using Reflection Projects

Auto Compute Actuals