Description

This course is designed for project managers and planners who need to plan and manage projects without resources in Oracle Primavera P6 PPM. You will learn how to navigate the user interface, create project plans, define activities, and manage project timelines without relying on resource constraints.

Project portfolio management is a vital aspect of any enterprise-level organization. Oracle's Primavera P6 PPM is a powerful software solution that offers end-to-end project management capabilities, including project scheduling, risk analysis, opportunity management, resource management, collaboration, and control. The software's seamless integration with other enterprise software, such as Oracle and SAP's ERP systems, makes it an industry-leading solution for managing complex projects and portfolios. The course begins with an introduction to the tool, followed by a step-by-step guide to creating a new project plan within the software. You will also learn how to define project calendars and create a WBS, an essential component of project planning. The course then delves into the process of adding activities to the project plan and organizing them under the WBS. You will then learn how to format the display of the project plan, as well as how to add and manage relationships between project activities. The course concludes with an in-depth look at the activity network view and constraints, providing you with the skills required to manage complex projects effectively. By the end of the course, you would have acquired the skills and knowledge necessary to plan and manage projects without resources using this Primavera tool.

What You Will Learn

Get introduced to Oracle Primavera Project Manager P6 PPM Professional
Create a new project and planning
Define calendars and creating a Primavera Project WBS
Add activities and organize them under the Work Breakdown Structure
Format the display and adding relationships
Explore the activity network view and constraints

Audience

This course is best suited for program managers and project control staff evaluating the software against your organizational requirements, and project schedulers and experienced project personnel who wish to learn how to use the software to schedule and control projects. Individuals with an understanding of how projects are planned, scheduled, and controlled, including understanding the project management processes applicable to your projects will also benefit from this course.

You will need your computer with Oracle Primavera P6 loaded and experience in using application software such as Microsoft Office.

Approach

This course follows the approach of explaining first, then a practical demonstration of the software functionality, followed up with student workshops to reinforce the learning.

Key Features

Workshop on navigating around the windows, creating your project, and maintaining the calendars * Workshop on creating the Work Breakdown Structure, adding activities, and formatting the bar chart * Workshop on adding relationships, scheduling calculations and activity network view, and constraints

Github Repo

https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Creating-an-Unresourced-Project-with-Oracle-Primavera-P6-PPM

About the Author

Paul E. Harris

Paul E. Harris holds an honors degree in civil engineering obtained in the UK and is a certified cost engineer through AACEI International, a PRINCE2 registered practitioner, and a 'Managing Successful Programs' registered practitioner. He has worked in the project controls industry for a number of years and has assisted many companies in a range of industries to set up and run project control systems. His Melbourne, Australia-based company, Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd., offers project controls consulting and training services worldwide with a strong focus on Microsoft Project and Oracle Primavera software.

Course Outline

1. lang="en-us">Section 1: Introduction

This section provides an introduction to the course.

1. lang="en-us">Video 1.1: Introduction and Workshop Instructions

This video provides an overview of the course and guides you with the instructions to be followed in order to achieve the most out of this course.

2. lang="en-us">Video 1.2: Purpose, Required Background Knowledge

In this video, you will learn about the purpose and the required background knowledge necessary for success in this course.

3. lang="en-us">Video 1.3: Purpose of Planning, Planning Metrics, Cycle, Level, Monitoring,

In this video, we will dive into the purpose of planning, planning metrics, cycle, level, monitoring, and controlling.

4. lang="en-us">Video 1.4: Summary

This video summarizes the topics we have covered so far, providing a concise overview of the key points discussed.

2. lang="en-us">Section 2: Creating a Project Plan

This section focuses on creating a project plan.

1. lang="en-us">Video 2.1: Introduction

Get an insightful introduction to the section on creating a project plan and learn about its significance in project management.

2. lang="en-us">Video 2.2: Understanding the Software, Enterprise Project Management, and Your Project

Explore the intricacies of project management software, enterprise project management systems, and gain a deeper understanding of how they relate to your specific project.

3. lang="en-us">Video 2.3: Level 1 - Planning without Resources

Delve into the essentials of planning without resources at level 1, understanding the foundational aspects of project planning.

4. lang="en-us">Video 2.4: Level 2, Level 3, and Level 4

Build upon your knowledge of planning without resources as you progress through levels 2, 3, and 4, exploring more advanced concepts and techniques.

3. lang="en-us">Section 3: Starting Up and Navigation

This section talks about starting up and navigating through the tool.

1. lang="en-us">Video 3.1: Summary, Projects Window, Opening Projects, Activity Window, and Portfolio

Gain an overview of the section, covering topics such as the projects window, opening projects, activity window, and managing portfolios efficiently.

2. lang="en-us">Video 3.2: Top and Bottom Panes, User Preferences, Starting Day of the Week, and Date Picker

Learn about the top and bottom panes of the software, how to customize user preferences, set the starting day of the week, and effectively use the date picker feature.

3. lang="en-us">Video 3.3: Admin Preferences, Options, Do Not Ask Me About this Again, Mouse Clicking

Explore the administrative preferences and options available, optimize your user experience by customizing settings such as "Do Not Ask Me About this Again", and discover helpful mouse-clicking techniques.

4. lang="en-us">Video 3.4: Accessing Help

Uncover the various avenues to access help and support within the software, empowering you to find the assistance you need whenever you require it.

5. lang="en-us">Video 3.5: Refresh Data-F5 Key, Commit Changes-F10 Key, Send Project, and Closing Down

Discover the functionalities of key commands like refreshing data with the F5 key, committing changes with the F10 key, sending projects, and efficiently closing down your work.

4. lang="en-us">Section 4: Creating a New Project

This section helps you create a new project.

1. lang="en-us">Video 4.1: Introduction

Get introduced to the section on creating a new project, understanding its significance in initiating a successful project.

2. lang="en-us">Video 4.2: Creating, Copying, Importing, Setting Up a Project

Learn step-by-step instructions on creating new projects, duplicating existing projects, importing project data, and effectively setting up a project for optimal results.

5. lang="en-us">Section 5: Defining Calendars

This section focuses on defining calendars.

1. lang="en-us">Video 5.1: Introduction

Receive an introduction to the section on defining calendars and grasp the importance of accurate calendar definition for project scheduling.

2. lang="en-us">Video 5.2: Database Default Calendar, Global and Project Calendars, Project Default Calendar

Understand the concepts of the database default calendar, global and project calendars, and project default calendar, and their impact on project planning and scheduling.

3. lang="en-us">Video 5.3: Creating a New Global, Project Calendar, and Resource Calendars

Discover how to create new global calendars, project-specific calendars, and resource calendars, allowing you to tailor the scheduling to specific requirements.

4. lang="en-us">Video 5.4: Move, Copy, Rename, and Delete a Calendar and Edit Calendars

Learn how to manage calendars effectively by moving, copying, renaming, and deleting them, as well as making necessary edits to existing calendars.

5. lang="en-us">Video 5.5: Summary

This video summarizes the topics we have covered so far, providing a concise overview of the key points discussed.

6. lang="en-us">Video 5.6: Workshop - Maintaining the Calendars

Engage in a workshop video where you will actively maintain and manage calendars, solidifying your knowledge and skills.

6. lang="en-us">Section 6: Creating a Primavera Project WBS

This section explains creating a Primavera Project WBS (Work Breakdown Structure).

1. lang="en-us">Video 6.1: Introduction

Receive an insightful introduction to creating a Primavera Project WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) and understand its significance in project organization.

2. lang="en-us">Video 6.2: Opening and Navigating the WBS Window, Creating and Deleting a WBS Node

Learn how to navigate the WBS window effectively, open and close it, and create or delete WBS nodes to organize project components.

8. lang="en-us">Section 8: Formatting the Display

This section focuses on formatting the display.

1. lang="en-us">Video 8.1: Introduction

Receive an introduction to the section on formatting the display, understanding its significance in presenting project information clearly and effectively.

2. lang="en-us">Video 8.2: Project

In this video, you will learn how to navigate the project window, comprehend the usage of forms, format bars to represent activities, and utilize progress lines to visualize project progress.

3. lang="en-us">Video 8.3: Columns, Row Height, Timescale, Attachments, Fonts, Colors, and Line Numbers

In this video, you will discover various formatting options available, including customizing columns, adjusting row height, modifying the timescale, adding attachments, selecting fonts and colors, and displaying line numbers.

4. lang="en-us">Video 8.4: Summary

This video summarizes the topics we have covered so far, providing a concise overview of the key points discussed.

5. lang="en-us">Video 8.5: Workshop - Formatting the Bar Chart

In this workshop video, you will actively format the bar chart, applying different formatting techniques to improve project clarity.

9. lang="en-us">Section 9: Adding Relationships

This section focuses on adding relationships.

1. lang="en-us">Video 9.1: Introduction

Gain an insightful introduction to the section on adding relationships between activities and understanding their role in depicting project dependencies.

2. lang="en-us">Video 9.2: Constraints, Understanding Relationships, Lags and Leads,

This video helps you explore the concept of constraints in activity relationships, comprehend different types of relationships, grasp the usage of lags and leads, and understand how formatting affects relationship display.

3. lang="en-us">Video 9.3: Adding and Removing Relationships

In this video, you will learn how to add and remove relationships between activities, allowing for accurate depiction of task dependencies.

4. lang="en-us">Video 9.4: Dissolving

In this video, you will understand how to dissolve relationships, handle circular relationships, schedule the project based on the defined relationships, review relationships for accuracy, and manage leads and lags effectively.

5. lang="en-us">Video 9.5: Relationship Comments and Reduced MS Relationships

In this video, you will explore the functionality of relationship comments and discover the application of reduced Microsoft (MS) relationships for efficient project planning.

6. lang="en-us">Video 9.6: Summary

This video summarizes the topics we have covered so far, providing a concise overview of the key points discussed.

7. lang="en-us">Video 9.7: Workshop - Adding

Engage in a practical workshop-style video where you will actively add relationships between activities, applying the knowledge gained throughout the section.

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About the Author

Paul E. Harris

Course Outline

1. lang="en-us">Section 1: Introduction

2. lang="en-us">Section 2: Creating a Project Plan

3. lang="en-us">Section 3: Starting Up and Navigation

4. lang="en-us">Section 4: Creating a New Project

5. lang="en-us">Section 5: Defining Calendars

6. lang="en-us">Section 6: Creating a Primavera Project WBS

8. lang="en-us">Section 8: Formatting the Display

9. lang="en-us">Section 9: Adding Relationships

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