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NEW PICKIE REQUIRED Course Objectives This course objectives are to teach participants: Introduction to the user interface, How to plan projects without resources, Filters, layouts and printing,

1 NEW PICKIE REQUIRED Course Objectives This course objectives are to teach participants: Introduction to the user interface, How to plan projects without resources, Filters, layouts and printing, Baselines, and updating an un-resourced project, Creating and assigning roles and resources, Controlling projects with resources and costs, Setting up and administering a database plus advanced features including import/export, Activity Codes, Custom Data Fields and Global Change. Successful completion of all the course workshops will confirm that the objectives have been met. Page 5 Welcome to the Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd Primavera P6 Versions 8 to 17 PPM Professional 3 day training course Course Conduct The course consists of: The instructor demonstrating the software using a combination of: A PowerPoint slide show and Live software demonstrations, Most chapters are then reinforced with student workshops working through a scenario of creating a small project planning the submission of a bid, The book is for you to keep, Ask any questions as the course progresses. Page 2 Page 6 Page 4 Administration Evacuation procedure Facilities, timings and meals Mobile phones & s Introductions: Your name, The types of projects you are involved in, Your experience in scheduling software and What you seek from this course What version of P6 does your company use Course attendance sheet. Page 7 Course Agenda Day 1 Modules 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. 7 1

2 Course Agenda Day 2 Modules 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 18 - Creating Roles and Resources 19 - Assigning Roles, Resources and Expenses. 1.1 Purpose of the course Provide a method for planning, scheduling and controlling projects using Primavera, Within an established Enterprise Project database or a blank database, Up to an intermediate level. 8 Page 8 Page 11 Course Agenda Day 3 Modules 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 Required Background Knowledge The ability to use a personal computer and understand the fundamentals of the operating system, Experience using application software such as Microsoft Office and An understanding of how projects are planned, scheduled and controlled, including understanding the project management processes applicable to your projects. 9 Page 9 Page INTRODUCTION Purpose of the Course Required Background Knowledge Purpose of Planning Project Planning Metrics Planning Cycle Levels of Planning Monitoring and Controlling a Project Purpose of Planning The ultimate purpose of planning is to build a model that allows you to predict which activities and resources are critical to the timely completion of the project, Strategies may then be implemented to ensure that these activities and resources are managed properly, thus ensuring that the project will be delivered both On Time and Within Budget. Page 10 Page 13 2

3.14 - Accessing Help Local Help if installed by pressing the Ctl+F1 key, Online Help, takes you to an Oracle website, by pressing Ctl+Alt+F1, Selecting Help menu, View, Hint Help, 3.

3 Accessing Help Local Help if installed by pressing the Ctl+F1 key, Online Help, takes you to an Oracle website, by pressing Ctl+Alt+F1, Selecting Help menu, View, Hint Help, Send Project The File, Send Project function creates an XER file and attaches it to an . Page 81 Page Refresh Data F5 Key The File, Refresh Data command writes your changed data to the database, Reads changes that other users may have made to your schedule, and Corrects display issues such as: Places the Data Date vertical line in the correct place when the system has not refreshed correctly when you open a new project, and Organizes the WBS correctly in the Activities View after editing the WBS in the WBS workspace Closing Down The closing down options are: Select File, Close All or Ctrl+W to close all Projects, but not the software, Select File, Exit or click the icon in the top right side of the Primavera window to shut down all projects and close Primavera. Page 82 Page Commit Changes F10 Key The File, Commit Changes command writes any changes you have made to the database, These changes may then be read by other users by the Refresh Data command. Page STARTING UP AND NAVIGATION - SUMMARY Logging In The Projects Window Opening One or More Projects Displaying the Activities Window Opening a Portfolio Top and Bottom Panes of Windows User Interface Update User Preferences Starting Day of the Week Admin Preferences Set Industry Type continued... Page 86 14

7.3 - Default Activity Duration With a PPM database the default activity duration for newly created activities is specified in the Admin, Admin Preferences, General tab Activity Duration, Default

5 - Copying Activities Activities may be copied: From one open P6 project to another, or Copied within a project to duplicate a set of activities, Using the normal Windows commands, Copy and Paste,

4 7.3 - Default Activity Duration With a PPM database the default activity duration for newly created activities is specified in the Admin, Admin Preferences, General tab Activity Duration, Default Duration cell: Copying Activities Activities may be copied: From one open P6 project to another, or Copied within a project to duplicate a set of activities, Using the normal Windows commands, Copy and Paste, By using the menu commands Edit, Copy and Edit, Paste or Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V. Page 153 Page Default Activity Duration With an EPPM database the default activity duration for newly created activities is specified in the Administer, Application General tab Activity Duration cell: Renumbering Activity IDs Existing activities may be renumbered: Select the activities that are to be renumbered, Select from the menu Edit, Renumber Activity IDs or right click in the columns area and select Renumber Activity IDs, This opens the Renumber Activity IDs form, allowing renumbering of the activity IDs. Page 154 Page Copying Activities from other Programs Activity data may NOT be copied or updated from other programs (such as Excel), by copying and pasting, Data may be imported from Excel and other formats using the Import function Elapsed Durations An Elapsed duration is a duration that runs 24x7, A P6 activity may NOT be assigned an Elapsed duration as in Microsoft project, A P6 activity should be scheduled on a 24hrs/day and 7 days per week calendar to assign an elapsed duration. Page 155 Page

10.7 - Early Date, Late Date and Float Calculations To help understand the calculation of early dates, late dates, float and critical path, we will now manually work through an example, The boxes

5 Early Date, Late Date and Float Calculations To help understand the calculation of early dates, late dates, float and critical path, we will now manually work through an example, The boxes below represent activities. Total Float Total Float is the difference between either the Late Finish and the Early Finish or the difference between the Late Start and the Early Start of an activity., The lower 2 days activity has float of 7 9 = 2 days, None of the other activities have float. Page 226 Page 229 Forward Pass The forward pass calculates the early dates: EF = ES + DUR 1 Start the calculation from the first activity and work forward in time. Critical Path The Critical Path is the chain of activities where any delay causes an immediate delay in the project end date, It is in the top row of activities. Page 227 Page 230 Backward Pass The backward pass calculates the late dates: LS = LF DUR + 1 Start the calculation at the last activity and work backwards in time ACTIVITY NETWORK VIEW - SUMMARY Viewing a Project Using the Activity Network View Adding, Deleting and Dissolving Activities in the Activity Network View Adding, Editing and Deleting Relationships Formatting the Activity Boxes Reorganizing the Activity Network Saving and Opening Activity Network Positions Early Date, Late Date and Float Calculations. Page 228 Page

6 Calculate start-to-start lag from The successor of an activity with a Start-to-Start and positive lag would start after the lag has expired. When the predecessor commences out of sequence the lag may be calculated from the predecessor calculated Remaining Early Start (the Data Data) or the Actual start, The Actual Start gives a less conservative schedule: Calculate float based on finish date of New to Primavera Version 6.2: Opened projects The Early Start gives a more conservative schedule: Page 301 Page 304 Define critical activities as Total Float less than or equal to zero Compute Total Float as There are three options for the calculation of float on WBS and LOE activities: Start Float = Late Start Early Start Total Float less than or equal to 1 day or Longest Path would result in the picture below: Finish Float = Late Finish Early Finish Longest path recommended for projects with multiple calendars. Page 302 Smallest of Start Float and Finish Float Note: It can be seen from the pictures above that the Total Float bar only displays the Finish Float. Page 305 Calculate float based on finish date of New to Primavera Version 6.2: Each project Calendar for scheduling Relationship Lag There are four options for the calculation of the lag: The example below shows the effect of changing the calendar on a 40 hour lag: Predecessor Activity Calendar is the default, or Successor Activity Calendar, or Page 303 The other options are 24 Hour, or Project Default Calendar. Page

RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION The schedule may be resource optimized to: Reduce peaks and smooth the resource requirements, thus reducing the mobilization and demobilization costs, or to reduce the demand

7 RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION The schedule may be resource optimized to: Reduce peaks and smooth the resource requirements, thus reducing the mobilization and demobilization costs, or to reduce the demand for site facilities, or Reduce resource demand to the available number of resources, or Reduce demand to an available cash flow when a project is financed on income. Page Copying & Pasting into Excel The following data may be copied and pasted into Excel: Activity data from the Activities Window columns Activity Usage Spreadsheet Tables in the Tracking Window Resource Assignments Window You should be aware of the following issues: Page 378 The User Preferences need to be in the right format, Dates that are pasted with an A at the end may be removed with the Excel command of Find and Replace. You may need to put a space before the A so you do not lose the A in front of August, To remove the * at the end of a date you must use the syntax of ~* in the Find and Replace command as a * on its own will replace all the data in the spreadsheet Reviewing Resource Loading We will work together and display the following panes in the Activity window: Activity Usage Spreadsheet Activity Usage Profile Resource Usage Spreadsheet Resource Usage Profile Editing the Resource Usage Spreadsheet Bucket Planning NOTE: Remember Resource filters must be Resource Contains, it is better to use the Display Activities Resources in the bottom LHS of the window Other Tools for Histograms and Tables Oracle Primavera also sells a reporting add-on software package titled Primavera Earned Value Management which allows the production of a number of reports such as time-phased table, bubble, and period variance, There are also a number of other reporting tools available with the Web reporting facilities and as BI Publisher, It is suggested you contact your local Oracle Primavera distributor or go to the Oracle Primavera web site for more information, Also there are a number of third party tools available that are advertised on Page 376 Page Resource Assignments Window The Resource Assignments Window has some functions that are very useful especially when you wish to copy and paste data into Excel. A time-phased view that may be grouped by Resource, Role, or Activity and allows the display of: Cumulative and Period totals Cost and/or Units of all Resource Types Methods of Resolving Resource Peaks and Conflicts Revising the Project Plan, Duration Change, Resource Substitution, Increase Working Time, Split an activity around peaks in demand; the splitting function is not available in P6 and you will need to create 2 or more activities to simulate a split, Leveling the schedule, Resource Curves, or Manually Editing the Resource Spreadsheet may assist in some instances. Page 377 Page

24 - MANAGING THE ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENT 24.1 - Multiple User Data Display Issues 24.2 - Enterprise Project Structure (EPS) 24.3 - Project Portfolios 24.4 - Organizational Breakdown Structure OBS 24.

8 24 - 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 Project Window Continued... Page Enterprise Project Structure (EPS) Most organizations would have an EPS defined (unless you have a standalone load of Primavera) that is available for new projects to be created in: You may need to add an additional EPS Node for your project, or If you are starting with a blank database and an EPS has not been defined, you will need to create at least one EPS Node to assign to your projects, To add, delete, or modify the EPS Node structure: Page 452 In the Professional or PMM version you select Enterprise, Enterprise Project Structure to open the Enterprise Project Structure (EPS) form, or Optional Client users will be opening an EPPM database and you will need to open the Web client and select Project, EPS to edit the EPS structure MANAGING THE ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENT Why Are Some Data Fields Gray and Cannot Be Edited? Summarizing Projects Job Services Tracking Window Project Portfolios The Project Portfolio function reduces the number of Projects that are viewed in the Projects Window, To create, edit, or delete a Portfolio select Enterprise, Project Portfolios to open the Portfolio form: Page 450 Page Multiple User Data Display Issues The following issues MUST be managed by the Database Administrator and have been covered in this course in other sections: Page 451 Any user, with access rights, may reset the database Default Calendar in the Enterprise, Calendar form, By default more than one person may open a project, When multiple projects are opened together and the projects have different Scheduling Options, then the Scheduling Options of all the projects will be changed and set to the same as the Default Project permanently, User Baselines are not Project Baselines, It is possible to have two Currencies with the same symbol, leading to different values being displayed by different users, Users with different Units Format in their User Preferences will display different values for their units Organizational Breakdown Structure OBS The OBS is an Enterprise hierarchical structure that is intended to represent the company s OBS, The OBS function is the security gateway and does not have to mirror your company s OBS, Any structure that enables you to assign user access to projects is usually satisfactory and some companies just duplicate their EPS as the OBS and use a project code for the OBS, A user may be assigned to one or more OBS Nodes, each with different access rights, The OBS Nodes are assigned to EPS Node, Projects and WBS Nodes, A user assigned an EPS is normally responsible for all projects associated with all elements of the EPS.. Page

9 Earned Value Management with P6 This module does not teach Earned Value but it explains how P6 Earned Value functions operate, Therefore, to understand this module you will need to have a very good understanding of Earned Value Performance Measurement and the associated terminology, Some current EVM Standards include: AS 4817 Project performance using Earned Value 2006 Defence Material Supplement to AS 4817 ANSI/EIA-748-A-1998 Earned Value Management Systems PMI Practice Standard for Earned Value Management Other materials include: Earned Value Management APM Guidelines Earned Value Project Management Quentin W. Fleming and Joel M. Koppelman Page Planned Value The Planned Value may be displayed as: Tabulated Data in locations such as the: Page 494 Activity Usage Spreadsheet, Graphical Data in locations such as the: Activity Usage Profile, Tracking Window by creating a Project Gantt/Profile, Columns Data in locations such as the: Tracking Window by creating a Project Table, Activities Window using Planned Value Cost or Planned Value Units: Earned Value Performance Measurement Curves The main Curves that are used in EVM are: Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) which is a time-phased Budget At Completion (BAC), Planned Value (PV) and is the value of planned work at a point in time derived from the PMB, Earned Value (EV) is the value of work completed at a point in time, effectively % Complete x Budget, Actual Costs (AC) is the expenditure at a point in time that has been incurred to complete the work, Estimate to Complete (ETC), a revised estimate of the remaining work, base on productivity achieved to date. Planned Value There are no options for selecting and displaying the following data from a progressed schedule: The Late Baseline values Planned Material Units Planned Expense Units Planned data in the following windows or panes display the Budgeted field values read the Current Schedule Planned dates and Current Schedule Budget values and should be used with caution: Resource Usage Spreadsheet Resource Usage Profile Resource Assignments. Page 492 Page Performance Measurement Baseline The PMB in Primavera may be read from either the Budget or At Completion values of a Baseline Project, The P6 functions that decide which value is read as the Performance Measurement Baseline: The Project, Assign Baselines form selects the Baselines projects to be read as the Project Baseline and the Primary User Baseline, The Projects Window, Settings tab, Project Settings, Baseline for earned value calculations decides which of the Project baseline or User s primary baseline is read for P6 Planned Values, The Admin, Admin Preferences, Earned Value tab, Earned value calculation section, When calculating earned value from a baseline use, options allows the selection of one of three options to read Baseline values: Earned Value P6 has a field titled Performance % Complete which is used to calculate the Earned Value for each activity, In P6 there are some options for calculation of the Performance % Complete for all activities in each WBS Node which is, in turn, is used to calculate the Earned Value: The defaults are set in the Admin, Admin Preferences, Earned Value tab, The options are managed at WBS Node for all activities assigned to a specific WBS Node, and each WBS Node may have different values, Open the WBS Window, Earned Value tab to see the options which are mainly self-explanatory. Page 493 Page

Earned Value Example of the Calculation of the Earned Value: 27.6 - Activity Usage S-Curve Options The instructor will step through the options: Page 497 Page 500 27.

Units may be recorded in Primavera and displayed in two methods: The total to date, or Calculated from the Financial Periods values when Period values are stored. 27.

5 - Estimate to Complete P6 has two separately calculated estimate to complete fields: Estimate to Complete from Resource and Expense Units and Costs, usually titled

NOTE: It is very important that users understand the differences between these two fields and know which they are using and displaying.

10 Earned Value Example of the Calculation of the Earned Value: Activity Usage S-Curve Options The instructor will step through the options: Page 497 Page Actual Costs These are the costs actually incurred in performing the work, Actual Costs are often calculated from the amount paid plus accruals, Actual Costs and Actual Units may be recorded in Primavera and displayed in two methods: The total to date, or Calculated from the Financial Periods values when Period values are stored Sample Graphical S-Curves Remaining and Late Remaining curves are drawn from the zero point, and Traditional EV S- Curves. Page 498 Page Estimate to Complete P6 has two separately calculated estimate to complete fields: Estimate to Complete from Resource and Expense Units and Costs, usually titled Remaining Costs or Remaining Units and Estimate to Complete from P6 Earned Value Calculations, titled Estimate to Complete (costs) or Estimate to Complete Labor Units, NOTE: It is very important that users understand the differences between these two fields and know which they are using and displaying EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT WITH P6 - SUMMARY Performance Measurement Baseline Planned Value Earned Value Actual Costs Estimate to Complete Activity Usage S-Curves Sample Graphical S-Curves. Page 499 Page

11 Review Expectations Any questions, Complete Feedback Sheet, Course Certificates, Have we met your expectations? Page 503 TCC0205-TRG-TM-SP10\A2 Database Cleanup at end of course, if required: Please could you delete all: User Filters User Layouts The resources created but NOT your Resource node Your projects. Page 504 Thank you for attending 505 Page

P6 Instructors Sample Presentation

P6 Instructors Sample Presentation NEW PICKIE REQUIRED Administration Evacuation procedure Facilities, timings and meals Mobile phones & Emails Introductions: Your name, The types of projects you are involved in, Your experience in scheduling