Primavera P6 Introduction Training

Secure Your Project Management

 

MESLI Consulting is Oracle Primavera certified.

Primavera Introduction Training

The Primavera Introduction Training allows you to explore a powerful governance platform. It is designed to schedule, manage, and coordinate all tasks, including allocated resources. Training on this Primavera tool offers a great opportunity to develop your skills in project planning.

 

This training introduces trainees to the essential features of the software. It demonstrates how to optimise the planning and monitoring of the most complex projects.

 

The Primavera P6 planning application is highly configurable from installation. It is possible to select the industry sector to tailor analysis reports, thus improving the performance of the solution according to the specific needs of your projects.

Objectives of the Primavera Introduction Training

Advanced Expertise in Primavera
Develop an in-depth mastery of the advanced features of Primavera P6 to plan, monitor, and manage complex projects efficiently.

100% Practical Training
Progress through hands-on workshops that can be directly applied to your projects. Implement best practices in planning.

Strategic Resource Management
Learn to balance workloads, optimise allocations, and leverage calendars and resource curves to improve project performance.

Project Monitoring and Reporting
Use data strategically with dynamic filters, automatic queries, reusable templates, and customised reports.

Immersion in Primavera P6 Software
Work in real-life conditions on a fully equipped workstation, ensuring immediate and operational skill development.

Learning Outcomes of the Primavera P6 Introduction Training

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CERTIFICATION

MESLI Consulting is a certified Gold Partner for Oracle solutions, including Primavera P6, Oracle Primavera Cloud, Primavera Risk Analysis, Unifier, and Aconex.

Primavera P6 Introduction Training Program

1.1 General introduction

  • The Fundamentals of Project Management
  • Architecture of the Primavera solution
  • Introduction to Primavera P6

 

1.2 Project structure in Primavera P6

  • Configuring EPS (Enterprise Project Structure)
  • Adding a project to the EPS
  • Using and Defining the Organisational Breakdown Structure (OBS)
  • Define the language in which the data is displayed

 

1.3 Create a project

  • Create a project
  • Changing parameters and settings for projects
  • Detailed information about the projects

 

1.4 Project Structure (WBS)

  • Create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for your project
  • Setting up the hierarchical levels of the WBS
  • Set up and configure calendars
  • The different types of calendars: project, resources, and global
  • Assign several calendars to projects

 

1.5 Inserting Tasks

  • Create tasks
  • Details of the tasks
  • Creating links between tasks
  • Dissolve a task
  • Copy and Paste tasks
  • Definition and configuration of critical tasks
  • Assigning calendars to tasks
  • Set up and modify task identifiers

 

1.6 Definition of the Network

  • Definition of logical networks
  • Configuration of critical tasks
  • Definition of task constraints
  • Display total float and free float in the planning

 

1.7 Codes

  • Define and create project codes, resource codes, and task codes
  • Assigning a code to a task
  • Assigning a code to several tasks
  • Create task codes at the EPS level

 

1.8 Group & Sort – Filters – Layouts

  • Group and sort your data
  • Primavera filters by default
  • Filter task
  • Configuration of presentations and layouts
  • Using keyboard shortcuts to optimise data entry

 

2.1 Skills and Resources

  • Definition of project resources and skills
  • Resource details
  • Allocation of resources and skills
  • Define resource curves
  • Set up the histogram of stacked resources

 

2.2 Assigning Costs to Tasks

  • Assign expenses to WBS tasks and levels
  • Breakdown of the project budget

 

2.3 Planning optimization

  • Analysis of the critical paths of the project
  • Analysis of resources and histograms by batch
  • Resource levelling
  • Resource allocation

 

2.4 User Preferences

  • Planning time units
  • Setting dates and units
  • Select and display the currency
  • Specify a currency format
  • Change Password

 

2.5 Project Documentation

  • Assigning Documents to Project Tasks

 

3.1 Assigning a baseline

  • Create a reference schedule (Baseline)
  • View the reference bars in the schedule

3.2 Project Execution and Control

  • Procedure for progress
  • Automatic update of the schedule
  • Plan your project with Primavera P6
  • Analyze the gaps with Primavera P6
  • Report creation wizards
  • Open multiple schedules simultaneously.
  • View resources with real progress

3.3 Thresholds – Alerts

  • Define project thresholds
  • Configure alerts

3.4 Risks

  • Identify risks related to planning
  • Consolidate the risk table

3.5 Layout and Printing

  • Edit and print reports
  • Print the resource histogram

3.6 Import and Export Data

  • Export your schedule to Excel and MS Project
  • Export your schedule in XML and XER formats.
  • Import your schedule into the primavera P6 database