Planning and Control Using Oracle Primavera P6 Versions 8 to 19

A user guide and training manual written for Project Management Professionals who wish to learn how to plan and control projects in an established Primavera Enterprise environment with or without Resources and Roles. This book is an update of the author’s Primavera P6 Version 8 to 16 book and contains a new section on Visualizer. The workshops have been updated so they start in the future. The book has been written so it may be used with any software industry version.

The book is packed with screen shots, constructive tips and contains workshops with solutions at the end of each chapter for the reader to practice the skills taught. It has been written so it may be used with either the Professional Project Management Client version or the Enterprise Project Portfolio Management Optional Client.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION
2 CREATING A PROJECT PLAN
3 STARTING UP AND NAVIGATION
4 CREATING A NEW PROJECT
5 DEFINING CALENDARS
6 CREATING A PRIMAVERA PROJECT WBS
7 ADDING ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZING UNDER THE WBS
8 FORMATTING THE DISPLAY
9 ADDING RELATIONSHIPS
10 ACTIVITY NETWORK VIEW
11 CONSTRAINTS
12 GROUP, SORT AND LAYOUTS
13 FILTERS
14 PRINTING AND REPORTS
15 SCHEDULING OPTIONS AND SETTING A BASELINE
16 UPDATING AN UNRESOURCED SCHEDULE
17 USER AND ADMINISTRATION PREFERENCES AND SCHEDULING OPTIONS
18 CREATING ROLES AND RESOURCES
19 ASSIGNING ROLES, RESOURCES AND EXPENSES
20 RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION
21 UPDATING A RESOURCED SCHEDULE
22 OTHER METHODS OF ORGANIZING PROJECT DATA
23 GLOBAL CHANGE
24 MANAGING THE ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENT
25 MULTIPLE PROJECT SCHEDULING
26 UTILITIES
27 EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT WITH P6
28 WHAT IS NEW IN P6 VERSIONS 8.1 to 15.2
29 TOPICS NOT COVERED IN THIS PUBLICATION
30 INDEX