ZERO P6 Curriculum

Curriculum:   ZERO P6 - W11

Description:   P6 Professionals for Non-Users and Beginners (5 hours)

Toolset:           Primavera P6 Professional Version 16/18

This Course was designed for New P6 Users with little or no experience. The user can be anyone interested in learning the Primavera P6 planning and scheduling tool. You can be a Project Manager, Planner, Scheduler, Coordinator, Controller, Analyst, Student, Professor, or anyone who wants to expand know-how.

You are all welcome to PM Solution Pro ZERO P6!

Section 1 Overview (~10 minutes)

1. Understanding, clarifying, and setting student expectations
2. Student identifies the path of learning with the instructor’s guidance
3. Prioritizing lessons (Student-led learning approach)

Section 2 Preparation of New User (~20 minutes)

1. You will work remotely on a stand-alone copy of Primavera P6 Professional from the start of this course.
2. Understanding P6 operating menus and nomenclature
3. Familiarity with the P6 file format and other interface tools
4. Quick review: what is a project

Section 3 Enterprise Project Structure (~20 minutes)

1. What is an Enterprise project structure (EPS)?
2. Create and develop your EPS
   • Adding EPS
   • Modifying and renaming EPS
   • Moving EPS
   • Deleting EPS

Section 4 Work Breakdown Structure (~20 minutes)

1. What is a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)?
2. Create and develop your project WBS
   • Adding WBS
   • Modifying and renaming WBS
   • Moving WBS
   • Deleting WBS

Section 5 Project Creation (~20 minutes)

1. What is a project?
2. Create and develop your project
   • Creating a project
   • Adding a project
   • Modifying and renaming projects
   • Copying a project-the quickest way!
     • Method 1 (EPS window)
     • Method 2 (Project window)
   • Moving projects
   • Deleting projects

Section 6 Activity Creation (~20 minutes)

1. What is an activity?
2. Create and develop your project activity
   • Creating activities
   • Adding activities
   • Modifying and renaming Activities
   • Moving activities
   • Deleting activities

Section 7 Activity Constraints (~20 minutes)

1. Understanding constraints
2. Types of constraints: Primary and Secondary
3. Types of activity constraints
4. Start constraints: Start on constraint, start on or after constraint, Start on or before constraint
5. Finish constraints: Finish on constraint, Finish on or after constraint, Finish on or before constraint
6. Mandatory constraints: Mandatory start constraint, Mandatory finish constraint
7. Late constraint: As late as possible constraint

Section 8 Activity Relationships-Determining Logic (~20 minutes)

1. What is activity relationship?
2. Four types of activity relationship and real-life application
   • Finish to Start (FS)
   • Start to Start (SS)
   • Finish to Finish (FF)
   • Start to Finish (SF)

Section 9 Managing Activity Relationships (~20 minutes)

1. Creating relationships
2. Adding relationships
3. Modifying and renaming Relationships
4. Moving relationships
5. Deleting relationships

Section 10 Calendars (~20 minutes)

1. Creating Calendars
2. Defining Calendars
3. Techniques in naming calendars
4. Difference between Project Calendars and Global Calendars
5. Assigning Calendar Default (Why?)

Section 11 Project Schedule Baselines (~20 minutes)

1. Understanding schedule baselines
2. Why are baselines important?
3. Type of schedule baselines
4. Adding baselines
5. Effective way of naming baselines
6. On deleting baselines-the repercussions!

Section 12 Introduction to Resources (~20 minutes)

1. Creating Resources
2. Adding Resources
3. Modifying and renaming Resources
4. Moving Resources
5. Deleting Resources

Section 13 Using Activity Layouts (~20 minutes)

1. Introduction to PLF (Primavera Layout Files)
2. How to export and import PLF
3. Creating a simple activity layout
4. Using activity layouts for reporting progress
5. Converting Activity Layout to Excel Spreadsheet

Section 13 XER Files-P6 Native File Format (~20 minutes)

1. Creating and exporting XER Files
2. Importing an XER File

Section 14 Practicum for the remainder of the session (~30 minutes)

The instructor will provide details of the exercise or a better way, the student can suggest what exercise he wants to do.

Section 15 Mentorship for 15 days

• PM Solution Pro P6 Instructor will provide remote mentoring support to students for 15 days after training.
• Students will have lifetime membership and subscription to the PM Solution Pro Website, where they can avail access to helpful blogs, and various management certificate courses as they are rolled out.
• A Certificate of Completion will be issued to the student after completion of the course.

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