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    Proficiency in Primavera Project Management software

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Management is the very important in an organisation. Without control, the execution of the projects cannot produce the desired output. There is the critical need for a management software that can manage the project. The Primavera is a project management and control software. It is used to handle, organise and filter projects With the Pentagon’s Primavera P6 Professional Advanced for Project Managers course, you will get the expertise of Primavera software.

Our Advanced Primavera P6 course provides in-depth knowledge and hands-on of Primavera web based application.  You will progress your knowledge acquired in Primavera P6 Professional Fundamental for Project Managers course. It is sought course as it empowers delegates as proficient resource managers, leaders and designers.

Who should take this course

The advanced P6 course is designed for the following audience:

  • Business Analysts
  • Project Managers
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Prerequisites

The candidates must have a certificate of Primavera P6 Professional Fundamental for Project Managers course.

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What Will You Learn

By undergoing the P6 software training, the delegates will get intense knowledge in the following:

  • Creation of a portfolio in Primavera P6
  • Addition of activities
  • Scheduling of various tasks
  • Allocation of resources
  • Controlling and Execution of a project
  • Handling of risks
  • Bucket Planning and its curves
  • Calendars and its views
  • Handling various projects
  • Resources and their roles
  • Optimisation of project plan
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What's included

  Course Overview

This course provides the practical knowledge of unparalleled control and of handling multifaceted projects. You will get knowledge of concepts such as creating resource and role teams, resource levelling, viewing, high-level resource planning and verifying portfolio performance.

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  Course Content

An Overview of an Earned Value Analysis

  • Introducing Earned Value Analysis
  • Calculating Planned Value, Earned Value and Actual Cost
  • Calculating the complete performance percent

Managing multiple projects

  • How to open multiple projects?
  • How to set default project?

Evaluating Resources and Roles

  • An Introduction to roles and resources
  • The Viewing of Dictionaries
  • Assigning roles to a process
  • Allocating rates on roles
  • Assigning Resources
  • Allocating resources
  • Adapting budgeted units/time
  • Investigating resources
  • Indicating the resource usage profile
  • Consuming the Resource Usage Profile and Spreadsheet

Manually Allocation of Resources

  • An introduction to resource allocation
  • Displaying the assignments window
  • Detecting and editing allocation

Scheduling

  • An Introduction to Critical Path Method Scheduling and the Impact of Float
  • Accomplishment of Forwarding and Backwards passes
  • The out of Sequence activities
  • Describing Float

Assigning Constraints

  • Deliberating a general deadline to a Project
  • Smearing constraint to an activity

Bucket Planning

  • An introduction to bucket planning
  • Removing Future Buckets
  • Use of Curves

Leveling Resources

  • Introducing placing levelling options
  • Understanding priority levelling

Advanced Scheduling

  • Scheduling multiple float paths
  • Introducing calendar effect on lag
  • Scheduling Out-of- Sequence methods

Introducing Global Change

  • Creating user defined field
  • Performing a global change

An overview of timescale logic diagrams

  • Choosing a template
  • How to filter data?

Understanding user preferences

  • Introducing user preferences
  • Optional user preference settings

Activity Codes

  • An introduction to activity codes
  • How to generate and handle Global, EPS and Project level activity codes
  • Understanding User Defined Fields (UDFs)
  • Introducing project codes and resource codes

Global Change

  • How to bring global change?
  • How to generate named global change configurations?
  • Exporting and Importing global change configurations

Activity Steps

  • An introduction to activity steps
  • How to set up for a P6 Project for activity steps
  • Allocating steps to an activity
  • Generating an activity step template
  • Driving progress using steps

 

Customising Gantt Chart Bars

  • An introduction to the bars dialogue
  • Adapting existing Bars
  • Generating custom Bars based on filters
  • Introducing bar labels and other attributes of the Gantt Chart

Notebooks, WPs and Docs

  • An introduction to Notebooks, WP and docs
  • Addition of notebook topics to P6
  • Entering stories to P6 schedule actions
  • How to assign Work Products and Documents to P6 Projects?
  • How to assist WPs and Docs to schedule activities?

Issues and Risks

  • Understanding issues
  • How issues enter into your P6 Project
  • Managing risks in P6 Project

User Administration

  • An introduction to User Administration
  • Addition of users to the system
  • Introducing security profiles
  • An Introduction to Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)
  • Allocating user rights to Projects and WBS elements

General Administration

  • An introduction to administration
  • Understanding admin preferences and admin categories

 

 

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Primavera

What is Primavera?

The Primavera is a management software that controls, handles and organises the projects. This software is used by project managers. They use P6 software by interacting the graphical interface. The persons who are expert in P6 software can facilitate agility and efficiency in their organisations. It provides insight to planners, project managers, employees and everyone who is involved in the project. This software is used by all federal and military agencies in many countries. It is rapidly growing software to plan, manage and control the projects. The Primavera training enables you to gain the better career opportunities and acquire the higher position in your organisation.

The Primavera software has tools to implement tasks. It includes Windows interface, client/server architecture, web-based technology and a network database. Primavera software is mainly a project portfolio management solution software. The p6 suite comprises client/server architecture, windows interface, web-based technology and a network database. The Primavera P6 suite includes the following software components: Project management, methodology management, progress reporter, web access and web services.

Why Primavera P6:

The Primavera P6 software is helpful to monitor progress and report mechanisms. The PPM P6 offers the following:

  • Clear vision about the project
  • Fast way to progress with the optimal use of time and resources.
  • Better handling
  • It is used to manage vast and complex projects.

Where Primavera P6:

The Primavera P6 is a demanding software in the area of construction, engineering, aerospace, security and transport. The project managers use P6 the most, but it is equally likeable in the other fields.

 PPM or EPPM?

The EPPM is a project management web-based tool. As EPPM software is coded in Java language, it takes the time to load screen. Whereas the PPM enterprise tool is well known for its speed. It is used to manage the complex projects. The difference between PPM and EPPM with various aspects can be shown in tabular form as:

 

PPM

EPPM

Database

 

 

Size of Enterprise

Medium to large

Small to large

Standalone?

No

Yes

64-bit Version?

yes

yes

Dependencies

Java Runtime

 

 Benefits of Primavera P6 Application Software:

  • It reduces risks: Primavera P6 software is used to mitigate the risks during planning, managing and completing a project.
  • It is easy to use: P6’s accessing and managing schedule are simple. The end user has to input the details and the software will tell if there is any problem. As an example, the work shifts may have more employees or more resources are needed.
  • Optimal use of resources: it enables everyone to monitor the resource availability. Accordingly, the resources can be adjusted to meet the project requirements. The Primavera is also helpful to analyse resource costs and trends.
  • It has forecasting ability: This software forecasts about the required resources, tasks and other needs.
  • It provides collaboration: As Primavera increases the communication throughout the project, ultimately the collaboration also increases.
  • It breakdown complex projects: The large projects are very complex. This software helps to break the entire project into smaller projects, tasks and activities.
  • It enables employees to participate in schedule criteria: The employees can create the schedules within the P6 software from their places.


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Aberdeen's architecture was known for the use of granite, because of which it got the nickname of the Granite City. It is also known as the Silver City, since the Mica in the stone sparkles in the sun.

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