Course Name: Primavera Project Planning and Control: Intermediate
Area of Study: Project Management Software
Classroom Hours: 7
Tuition per Student: $325

Description:

This is a comprehensive course intended for all industries using Versions 4 to 6. 

This course is ideal for people who would like to quickly gain an understanding of how Primavera operates and explains how the software differs from Primavera P3, SureTrak and Microsoft Project, thus making it ideal for people who wish to convert from these products.

Instructor-led classroom with hand-on activities.

The course is intended for an intermediate user. 

Adding Relationships

• Understanding Relationships
• Understanding Lags and Leads
• Formatting the Relationships
• Adding and Removing Relationships
• Using the Command Toolbar Buttons to Assign Relationships
• Dissolving Activities
• Circular Relationships
• Scheduling the Project
• Critical Activities Definition

Activity Network View

• 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

Constraints

• Assigning Constraints
• Project Must Finish By Date
• Activity Notebook

Filters

• Understanding Filters
• Applying a Filter
• Creating a New Filter
• Modifying a Filter

Group, Sorts and Layouts

• Group and Sort Activities
• Understanding Layouts
• Copying a Layout To and From Another Database

Printing and Reports

• Printing
• Print Preview
• Page Setup
• Options Tab
• Print Form
• Print Setup Form
• Reports

Tracking Progress

• Understanding Date Fields
• Setting the Baseline
• Practical Methods of Recording Progress
• Understanding the Concepts
• Updating the Schedule
• Progress Spotlight
• Suspend and Resume
• Scheduling the Project
• Comparing Progress with Baseline
• Corrective Action

Preferences and Advanced Scheduling Options

• User Preferences
• Admin Menu
• Miscellaneous Defaults
• Admin Preferences
• Scheduling Options
• Admin Categories

Students enrolled for this course should have the following:

• Students should be familiar with Project Management Fundamentals and comfortable working in a Windows environment.
• Have completed Primavera Project Planning and Control: Introduction, or have equivalent experience

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Establish and revise relationships in projects to fine tune scheduling
• Fully use and format the Activity Network View
• Create and modify Filters
• Apply layouts to multiple databases
• Create and format reports
• Expand progress tracking techniques
• Customize the Application experience