Primavera P6 Advanced Training Course – Primavera P6 Advanced Classes

Name: Primavera P6 Advanced Training | P6 Professional Advanced Course
SKU: 4062
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Following on from our Primavera P6 Professional Fundamentals class, this class takes students through the most commonly used and requested advanced topics. Focusing on the pragmatic use in the real world of Primavera P6 Professional, this advanced level training course will extend your knowledge of its capabilities and how these are applied when using the tool

Training Type: Classroom Training

Course Level: Advanced Level

Prerequisites: Prior working knowledge of Primavera P6 Professional or attendance of our Primavera P6 Professional Fundamentals 2-day class.

Number of Students: Our class sizes are typically 4-6 students per session. Our classes are intentionally kept small in order to foster more interaction between the instructor and students. We limit classes to a maximum of six (6) students unless we are teaching a private group or organization. Each student is provided with a laptop with Primavera P6 (Windows) already installed. ( Primavera P6 Rel. 18.8 or later)

Locations: Toronto (18 King Street East, Suite 1400), Also we offer the course in Mississauga Scarborough, Ottawa & Montreal.

Duration: Weekend : Sat ( 10 AM- 4:30 PM) . Or Weekdays 1 Day ( 10 AM- 4:30 PM)

Course Materials: It is recommended that each attendee buy the book Planning & Control Using Primavera P6 Versions 8 to 18 PPM Professional

Special Offers: Sign up with a friend and save 5% each – Sign up with 2 friends and save 10%

Bring your laptop: Save $50 ( You own a standalone copy of Primavera P6 Professional for use with this course)

Corporate Training: Contact us for special offers ( Training at our location or on site at your location, anytime , anywhere)

Target group

Project leaders, resource leaders/organizers and advanced Primavera P6 users.

Primavera P6 Advanced Course – Topics:

Lesson 1 – Resource Optimization

Reviewing Resource Loading
Resource Assignments Window
Copying and Pasting into Excel
Other Tools for Histograms and Tables
Methods of Resolving Resource Peaks and Conflicts
Resource Leveling
Leveling Examples ( Leveling with & without Positive Float)
Resource Shifts
Guidelines for Leveling
What to look for if Resources are Not Leveling
Resource Curves
Workshop – Resources Optimization

Lesson 2 – Updating a Resourced Schedule

Understanding Budget Values and Baseline Projects
Understanding the Current Data Date
Information Required to Update a Resourced Schedule
Project Window Defaults for Updating a Resourced Schedule
Activities Window – Percent Complete Types
Using Steps to Calculate Activity Percent Complete
Updating the Schedule
Updating Resources
Updating Expenses
Workshop – Updating a Resourced Schedule

Lesson 3 – Other Methods of Organizing Project Data

Understanding Project Breakdown Structures
Activity Codes
User Defined Fields
WBS Category or Project Phase
Resource Codes
Cost Accounts
Owner Activity Attribute
Workshop – Activity Codes and User Defined Fields (UDF)

Lesson 4 – Global Change

Introducing Global Change
The Basic Concepts of Global Change
Specifying the Change Statements
Examples of Simple Global Changes
Selecting the Activities for the Global Change
Duration Calculations with Global Change
(Any of the following) and (All of the following) Temporary Values
Global Change Functions
More Advanced Examples of Global Change
Workshop – Global Change

Lesson 5 – Managing the Enterprise Environment

Multiple User Data Display Issues
Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)
Project Portfolios
Organizational Breakdown Structure – OBS
Users, Security Profiles and Organizational Breakdown Structure
Project Codes
Filtering, Grouping and Sorting Projects in the Projects Window
Project Durations in the Projects Window
Why Are Some Data Fields Gray and Cannot Be Edited?
Summarizing Projects
Job Services
Tracking Window

Lesson 6 – Multiple Project Scheduling

Multiple Projects in One Primavera Project
Multiple P6 Primavera Projects Representing One Project
Setting Up Primavera Projects as Sub-projects
Refresh Data and Commit Changes
Who Has the Project Open?
Setting Baselines for Multiple Projects
Restoring Baselines for Multiple Projects

Lesson 7 – Utilities

Reflection Projects
Advanced Scheduling Options ( Calculating & Displaying Multiple Paths)
Audit Trail Columns
Excel Import and Export Tool
Project Import and Export
Check In and Check Out
UN/CEFACT XML format
Online HTML Help
Activity Discussion Feature

Lesson 8 – Earned Value

Performance Measurement Baseline
Planned Value
Earned Value
Actual Costs
Estimate to Complete
Activity Usage S-Curves
Sample Graphical S-Curves

About Primavera P6 Professional :

Primavera P6 is known for being quite effective as a project management scheduling tool.

Primavera P6 Professional Project Management, the recognized standard for high-performance project management software, is designed to handle large-scale, highly sophisticated and multifaceted projects. It can be used to organize projects up to 100,000 activities, and it provides unlimited resources and an unlimited number of target plans. Massive data requires sophisticated yet highly flexible organization tools to provide you a multitude of ways to organize, filter and sort activities, projects, and resources.

In addition, Primavera P6 can be integrated with most financial and HR software. It features best-in-class integration for bringing together schedule, cost, and other vital project data to form a “single version of the truth” for greater speed, accuracy, and efficiency in reporting.

To learn more about our Primavera P6 training courses & classes, please contact us:

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Delivery Methods:

Classroom Training: Downtown Toronto – Mississauga , Scarborough, Ottawa & Montreal.
Virtual Classroom
On-Site Training: At your location, anytime , anywhere
Corporate Training: Special rates for Corporate Training

Group Discount:

We provide special rate for groups :

5% Discount for Group of 2
10% Discount for Group of 3
15% Discount for Group of 4

PMVISION reserves the right to postpone/cancel an event, or change the location of an event because of insufficient enrollments, instructor illness or force-majeure events.

Cancellation & Refund Policy

Reserve your seat fee: Non Refundable. To be refunded if the class is cancelled by PMVISION
In case PMVISION cancels an event, 100% refund will be paid to the delegate.
If the cancellation is done by the delegate within 48 hours of subscribing, 10% will be deducted as administration fee.
If a cancellation is done by a delegate 7 days or more, prior to the event, 20% will be deducted as administration fee.
If a cancellation is done by a delegate 7 days or less, prior to the event, no refunds will be made
Bookings made at discounted prices ( Including Early Bird Booking) cannot be cancelled.
If you will have to travel to attend the course, please don’t make any travel arrangements until we confirm the class. We usually usually confirm the class by emails at least one week prior to the start date.

IMPORTANT: We recommend waiting to book any non-refundable travel until 1 week before the start of class. PMVISION is not responsible for any loss incurred as a result of a canceled class. Please email: contact@pmvision.ca for any additional questions.