Planning and Control with Oracle Primavera P6 PPM Professional

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. Purpose, Required Background Knowledge

This video provides an overview of the purpose and the required background knowledge to achieve the most out of this course.

3. Purpose of Planning, Planning Metrics, Cycle, Level, Monitoring, and Controlling

This video talks about the purpose of planning, planning metrics, cycle, level, monitoring, and controlling.

4. Summary

This video summarizes the topics we have covered so far.

1. Introduction

This video provides an introduction to the section on creating a project plan.

2. Understanding the Software, Enterprise Project Management, and Your Project

This video helps you in understanding the software, enterprise project management, and your project in detail.

3. Level 1 - Planning without Resources

In this video, you will be looking at planning without resources - level 1.

4. Level 2, Level 3, and Level 4

In this video, you will be looking at planning without resources - level 2, level 3, and level 4.

5. Summary

This video summarizes the topics we have covered so far.

1. Summary, Projects Window, Opening Projects, Activity Window and Portfolio

This video talks about an overview of the section, followed by the projects window, opening projects, activity window, and portfolios.

2. Top and Bottom Panes, User Preferences, Starting Day of the Week, and Date Picker

This video explains the top and bottom panes, user preferences, and finally, starting day of the week, and date picker.

3. Admin Preferences, Options, Do Not Ask Me About this Again, Mouse Clicking

This video talks about admin preferences, options, do not ask me about this again, and mouse clicking.

4. Accessing Help

In this video, you will look at accessing help.

5. Refresh Data-F5 Key, Commit Changes-F10 Key, Send Project, and Closing Down

This video explains refresh data-F5 key, commit changes-F10 key, send project, and closing down.

6. Summary

This video summarizes the topics we have covered so far.

7. Workshop - Navigating Around the Windows

In this workshop video, you will be looking at navigating around the windows.

1. Introduction

This video provides an introduction to the section on creating a new project.

2. Creating, Copying, Importing, Setting Up a Project

This video helps you with creating, copying, importing, and setting up a project.

3. Summary

This video summarizes the topics we have covered so far.

4. Workshop - Creating Your Project

In this workshop video, you will create your own project.

1. Introduction

This video provides an introduction to the section on defining calendars.

2. Database Default Calendar, Global and Project Calendars, Project Default Calendar

This video explains database default calendar, global and project calendars, and project default calendar.

3. Creating a New Global, Project Calendar and Resource Calendars

This video explains creating a new global, project calendar and resource calendars.

4. Move, Copy, Rename, and Delete a Calendar and Edit Calendars

This video helps you move, copy, rename, and delete a calendar and edit calendars.

5. Summary

This video summarizes the topics we have covered so far.

6. Workshop - Maintaining the Calendars

In this workshop video, you will be maintaining the calendars.

1. Introduction

This video provides an introduction to the section on creating a Primavera Project WBS.

2. Opening and Navigating the WBS Window, Creating and Deleting a WBS Node

This video explains opening and navigating the WBS window, creating and deleting a WBS node.

3. Summary

This video summarizes the topics we have covered so far.

4. Workshop - Creating the Work Breakdown Structure

In this workshop video, you will be creating the work breakdown structure.

1. Introduction

This video provides an introduction to the section on adding activities and organizing under the WBS.

2. New Activity Defaults

This video explains new activity defaults.

3. Adding New Activities, Default Activity Duration, Copying and Renumbering

This video talks about adding new activities, default activity duration, copying and renumbering.

4. Elapsed Duration, Finding Bars, Assigning Calendars and WBS, Reordering or Sorting

This video explains elapsed duration, finding bars, assigning calendars and WBS, and reordering or sorting.

5. Undo

This video explains how to undo things in the tool.

6. Summarizing Activities Using WBS

This video is about summarizing activities using WBS.

7. Spell Check

This video shows how to spell check in the tool.

8. Summary

This video summarizes the topics we have covered so far.

9. Workshop - Adding Activities

In this workshop video, you will be adding activities.

1. Introduction

This video provides an introduction to the section on formatting the display.

2. Project Window, Understanding Forms, Formatting the Bars, Progress Lines

This video explains project window, forms, formatting the bars, and progress lines.

3. Columns, Row Height, Timescale, Attachments, Fonts, Colors, and Line Numbers

This video explains the columns, row height, timescale, attachments, fonts, colors, and line numbers.

4. Summary

This video summarizes the topics we have covered so far.

5. Workshop - Formatting the Bar Chart

In this workshop video, you will work on formatting the bar charts.

1. Introduction

This video provides an introduction to the section on adding relationships.

2. Constraints, Understanding Relationships, Lags and Leads, and Formatting

This video explains constraints, understanding relationships, lags and leads, and formatting.

3. Adding and Removing Relationships, Dissolving Activities, Circular Relationships

This video explains adding and removing relationships, dissolving activities, and circular relationships.

4. Scheduling the Project, Reviewing Relationships, Leads and Lags

This video helps in scheduling the project, reviewing relationships, leads and lags.

5. Relationship Comments New to P6 Version 20

In this video, you will look at relationship comments new to P6 version 20.

6. Summary

This video summarizes the topics we have covered so far.

7. Workshop - Adding Relationships

In this workshop video, you will be adding relationships between the activities.

1. Introduction

This video provides an introduction to the section on activity network view.

2. Viewing a Project Using the Activity Network View, and Using the Network View

In this video, you will be viewing a project using the activity network view, and using the network view.

3. Early Date, Late Date, and Float Calculations

This video talks about early date, late date, and float calculations.

4. Summary

This video summarizes the topics we have covered so far.

5. Workshop - Scheduling Calculations and Activity Network View

In this workshop video, you will work on scheduling calculations and activity network view.

1. Introduction

This video provides an introduction to the section on constraints.

2. Assigning Constraints, Project Must Finish by Date, Activity Notebook

This video explains assigning constraints, project must finish by date, and activity notebook.

3. Summary

This video summarizes the topics we have covered so far.

4. Workshop 9 - Constraints

In this workshop video, you will be working on constraints.

1. Introduction

This video provides an introduction to the section on group, sort, and layout.

2. Group and Sort Activities and Understanding Layouts

This video demonstrates the group and sort activities, and then you will look at layouts.

3. Summary

This video summarizes the topics we have covered so far.

4. Workshop - Organizing Your Data

In this workshop video, you will be organizing the available data.

1. Introduction

This video provides an introduction to the section on filters.

2. Understanding Filters, Applying a Filter, Creating and Modifying a Filter

This video focuses on filters, then applying a particular filter. After that, you will be creating and modifying a filter.

3. Activity: Critical Path Visibility

This is an activity video on critical path visibility.

4. Summary

This video helps you out with a summary of the section learned so far.

5. Workshop - Filters

In this workshop video, you will produce some filters in order to accomplish certain activities.

1. Introduction

This video provides an introduction to the section on printing, reports, and visualizer.

2. Printing

In this video, you will look at printing.

3. Reports

This video explains the reports.

4. Publish to a Website

This video talks about the function called Publish Project Website that enables project data to be published to a website.

5. Visualizer

This video explains visualizer, which is a graphics reporting tool.

6. Claim Digger - Schedule Comparison

This video talks about the claim digger or the schedule comparison that enables a user to compare and evaluate what changes have been made to a later version of a report.

7. Summary

This video summarizes the topics we have covered so far.

8. Workshop - Printing

In this workshop video, you will issue a report for comments by management and set up headers and footers.

1. Introduction

This video provides an introduction to the section on scheduling options and setting a baseline.

2. Understanding Date Fields

This video explains the date fields options in the tool.

3. Scheduling Options - General Tab

In this video, we will look at the general tab of the schedule options that has a number of options to be understood before progressing ahead with a schedule.

4. Setting the Baseline

This video explains what is meant by setting a baseline in a tool. We will be able to compare the current project's progress against the baseline. Here, we will look at two types of baselines: management/contract baseline and last period status baseline.

5. Limitations on Viewing Baseline Data

This video explains the limitations on viewing baseline data.

6. Summary

This video summarizes the topics we have covered so far.

7. Workshop - WBS, LOEs, and Setting the Baseline

In this workshop video, we will look at how WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) and LOE (Level of Effort) activities work, and then create and assign a baseline.

1. Introduction to Data Structure

This video provides an introduction to data structure.

2. Practical Methods of Recording Progress

This video explains practical methods of recording progress and understanding the concepts.

3. Understanding the Concepts and Updating the Schedule

In this video, we will cover these topics: updating the schedule, progress spotlight and update progress, suspend and resume, scheduling the project, comparing progress with the baseline, progress line display on the Gantt chart, checking list before updating the schedule, in-progress schedule checklist, and corrective actions.

4. Summary

This video summarizes the topics we have covered so far.

5. Workshop - Progressing and Baseline Comparison

This is the workshop video, where we will look at the project's progress and compare it with the baseline set.

1. Introduction

This video provides an introduction to the section on user preferences and admin preferences.

2. User Preferences

This video demonstrates the user preferences.

3. Admin Menu

This video explains the admin menu options.

4. Admin Preferences

This video demonstrates the admin preferences.

5. Miscellaneous Defaults

In this video, you will look at miscellaneous defaults: currencies, financial periods, default project, and language.

6. Summary

This video summarizes the topics we have covered so far.

1. Introduction

This video provides an introduction to the section on creating roles and resources.

2. Understanding Resources and Roles

This video helps us understand about the resources and roles.

3. Creating Resources and the Resources Window

In this video, you will be creating resources and the resources window.

5. Summary

This video helps you out with the summary of the section learned so far.

6. Workshop - Adding Resources to the Database

In this workshop video, you will be adding resources to the database. The files include the workshops instructions, the XER files, and layouts for all the workshops.

1. Introduction

This video provides an introduction to the section on assigning roles, resources, and expenses.

2. Understanding Resource Calculations and Terminology

This video helps you understand the calculations of the resource and its terminology.

3. Project Resource Preferences and User Preferences Applicable to Assigning Resources

This video talks about project resource preferences and user preferences applicable to assigning resources.

4. Activities Window Resource Preferences and Defaults

This video will talk about the activity window resource preferences and defaults.

5. Assigning and Removing Roles, Resources, Resource Duration Calculation

This video helps you with assigning and removing roles, then resources, and finally, you will also calculate the resource duration.

6. Expenses

In this video, you will work with the expense component.

7. Suggested Setup to Create a Resourced Schedule

This video will guide you with the setup required to create a resources schedule.

8. Summary

This video summarizes the topics we have covered so far.

9. Workshop - Assigning Resources and Expenses to Activities

In this workshop video, you will be assigning resources and expenses to activities.

1. Introduction

This video provides an introduction to the section on resource optimization.

2. Reviewing Resource Loading, Resource Assignments Window

This video helps in reviewing resource loading and resource assignments window.

3. Copying and Pasting into Excel, Other Tools for Histograms and Tables

This video shows how to copy and paste data into Excel. You will also see if there are other tools for histograms and tables available in the Primavera software.

4. Methods of Resolving Resource Peaks and Conflicts and Resource Leveling

This video explains the methods of resolving resource peaks and conflicts, and resource leveling.

5. Resource Curves

In this video, you will learn about resource curves.

6. Summary

This video summarizes the topics we have covered so far.

7. Workshop - Resources Optimization

In this workshop video, you will work with the steps to optimize resources.

1. Introduction

This video provides an introduction to the section on updating a resourced schedule.

2. Budget Values and Baseline Projects, Data Date, Required Information to Update

This video helps you understand budget values and baseline projects. You will also look at data with date components and finally, you will learn what is the information required to update a resourced schedule.

3. Project Window Defaults to Update a Resourced Schedule

This video explains project window defaults to update a resourced schedule.

4. Percent Complete Types, Using Steps to Calculate Activity Percent Complete

This video talks about percent complete types in the activity window. Then, you will learn the steps to calculate activity percent complete.

5. Updating the Schedule, Updating Resources, Updating Expenses

In this video, you will be updating the schedule, resources, and expenses.

6. Summary

This video summarizes the topics we have covered so far.

7. Workshop - Updating a Resourced Schedule

In this workshop video, you will be updating a resourced schedule.

1. Introduction

This video provides an introduction to the section on exploring some other methods of organizing project data.

2. Understanding Project Breakdown Structures

This video helps you understand project breakdown structures.

3. Activity Codes, UDFs, WBS Category, Resource Codes, Cost Accounts

This video talks about activity codes, UDFs (user-defined fields), WBS category (work breakdown structure), resource codes, and cost accounts.

4. Assignment Code New to P6 Version 20

This video is about the assignment code.

5. Summary

This video summarizes the topics we have covered so far.

6. Workshop 19 - Activity Codes and User-Defined Fields (UDF)

In this workshop video, you will create an activity code to represent the departments' responsibilities for the project and then create some UDFs.

1. Introduction

This video provides an introduction to the section on global change.

2. The Basic Concepts and Specifying the Change Statement

This video shows the basic concepts and specifying the change statement.

3. More Advanced Examples of Global Change

This video explores some more advanced examples of global change.

4. Summary

This video summarizes the topics we have covered so far.

5. Workshop 20 - Global Change

In this workshop video, you will copy the current schedule dates and activity durations into the user-defined fields created in the previous workshop. Then, you will display a bar using these user-defined fields and use a global change to edit some durations.

1. Introduction

This video provides an introduction to the section on managing the enterprise environment.

2. Multiple User Data Display Issues

This video explains multiple user data display issues.

3. EPS, Project Portfolios, OBS, Users, Security Profiles

This video explains the EPS (Enterprise Project Structure), project portfolios, OBS (Organizational Breakdown Structure), users, and security profiles.

4. Project Codes, Filtering, Grouping, and Sorting Projects in the Projects Window

This video talks about project codes, filtering, grouping, and sorting projects in the projects window.

5. Summarizing Projects, Job Services, Tracking Window

In this video, you will learn about how to summarize projects, job services, and tracking window.

6. Summary

This video summarizes the topics we have covered so far.

1. Introduction

This video provides an introduction to the section on multiple project scheduling.

2. Multiple Projects in a P6 Project, Multiple P6 Projects Representing One Project

This video explains multiple projects in P6 project, and multiple P6 projects representing one project.

3. Refresh Data and Commit Changes, and Check Who Has the Project Open

This video shows how to refresh data and commit changes. Moving ahead, you will also be able to know who has the project open.

4. Restoring Baselines for Multiple Projects

This video explains restoring baselines for multiple projects.

5. Summary

This video summarizes the topics we have covered so far.

1. Introduction

This video provides an introduction to the section on utilities.

2. Reflection Projects, Advanced Scheduling Options, and Audit Trail Columns

In this video, you will learn about the reflection projects, advanced scheduling options, and audit trail columns.

3. Excel and Project: Import and Export Tool

This video focuses on Primavera's built-in tool for importing and exporting to and from Excel. You will also look at how to import and export a project to and from the Primavera tool.

4. Check In and Check Out, UN/CEFACT XML Format, Online HTML Help

This video explains how to check in and check out of the database. After that, you will look at the UN/CEFACT XML format and check whether it is supported by Primavera or not, and finally, see how to get online HTML help.

5. Summary

This video helps you out with a summary of the section learned so far.

1. Earned Value, PMB, and Planned Dates

This video explains performance measurement baseline and planned value.

2. Earned Value and Actual Costs

This video explains earned value and actual costs.

3. ETC and EV Curves

This video explains estimate to complete, activity usage S-curves, and sample graphical S-curves.

4. Summary

This video summarizes the topics we have covered so far.