Provides in-depth project management training in P6 client-server-based solution, building off skills learned in the basic course (102). Topics include earned value analysis, updating baselines, importing and exporting project data, and top-down budgeting.
Targeted roles: Program managers, project managers, administrators, planners/schedulers.
Course length: 2 days
Course level: Advanced
Prerequisite: Course 102
Professional Development and Continuing Education Units:
Earns 13 PDUs and 1.3 CEUs
PMI Program Number 106-P
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Learning Outcomes:
Day One:
Creating a Project with Project Architect
- Create a project using Project Architect
- Customize the project plan
Assigning Codes
- Assign project code values to activities
- Assign resource code values to resources
- Assign activity code values to activities
User-Defined Fields and Global Change
- Establish user-defined fields
- Define global change parameters
- Run a global change
Portfolios
- Create a portfolio
- Add projects to a portfolio
- Open projects using portfolios
Advanced Scheduling
- Calculate multiple float paths when scheduling
- Explain the difference between the scheduling logic options
- Identify a calendars effect on lag
Monitor Thresholds and Issues
- Identify the difference between thresholds and issues
- Create a threshold and an issue
Importing and Exporting Data
- Describe the process of importing and exporting data
- Export projects
- Import projects
Transferring Data Between Primavera and Microsoft Excel
- Export activity data to a spreadsheet application
- Modify project information in the spreadsheet application
- Import project information from the spreadsheet application
Updating Baselines
- Specify the activities to update in the baseline
- Update activity and resource assignment data
Claim Digger
- Specify how Claim Digger compares project plans
- Create a comparison report in Claim Digger
Day Two:
Duration Types
- Determine which Duration Type works best in a given situation
- Assign a Duration Type to an activity
Calculating Percent Complete
- Describe the three Percent Complete types
- Determine which Percent Complete type to use based on how your organization reports progress
- Explain how activity percentages are calculated based on the Percent Complete type chosen
- Use weighted steps to calculate Percent Complete
Earned Value Analysis
- Define Earned Value
- Define Performance Percent Complete
- Review results of different earned value techniques
- Realize the benefits of using earned value techniques
Activity Usage Profile and Spreadsheet
- Display cost data in the Activity Usage Profile
- Display curves in the Activity Usage Profile
- Analyze earned value data using curves in the Activity Usage Profile
Top-Down Budgeting
- Establish project budgets
- Establish spending plans
- Track budget changes
- Track and analyze budgets
- Establish funding sources
Top-Down Estimating
- Describe top-down estimating
- Add estimation weights to activities and WBS elements
- Perform top-down estimating
Risk Documentation
- Set up risk types
- Create a risk
- Calculate a risks exposure values
- Analyze the impact of a risk
Tracking Layouts
- Identify the four types of tracking layouts
- Navigate in a tracking layout
- Open a tracking layout
- Modify layouts
- Create new layouts
Auto Compute Actuals
- Describe the business rules for auto compute actuals
- Auto compute an activity
- Analyze the effect of auto compute actuals on an activity
- Auto compute a resource
- Auto compute an expense