
15 - 15.01 Understanding Date Fields Part 1,
Tracking Progress Process,
Understanding Date Fields,
Early Start & Early Finish,
Late Start & Late Finish,
Actual Start & Finish and
Start and Finish
15.01 Understanding Date Fields Part 2,
Planned Dates,
Planned Dates Issues,
Remaining Early Start & Finish and
Remaining Late Start & Finish
15.02 Schedule Options Part 1
General tab,
Use scheduling options from,
Ignore relationships to and from other projects,
Mark open-ended activities critical,
Use Expected Finish Dates,
Schedule automatically when a change affects dates,
Level resources during scheduling and
Recalculate assignments costs after scheduling.
15.02 Schedule Options Part 2
General tab,
Retained Logic & Progress Override,
Calculate Start-to-Start lag from,
Define critical activities as,
Calculate float based on finish date of,
Compute Total Float As and
Calendar for scheduling Relationship Lag,
15.3 Setting the Baseline
15.4 Limitations on Viewing Baseline Data
These files contain the workshop instructions, files and layout you need to compete the student workshops.
16.1 Practical Methods of Recording Progress
16.2 Understanding the Concepts
16.3 Updating the Schedule
16.4 Progress Spotlight and Update Progress
16.5 Suspend and Resume
16.6 Scheduling the Project
16.7 Comparing Progress with Baseline
16.8 Progress Line Display on the Gantt Chart
16.9 Check List before Updating a Schedule
16.10 In-Progress Schedule Check List
16.11 Corrective Action
About the Course
This course aims to teach participants how to Baseline and Updating an un-resourced project with Oracle Primavera P6 PPM Professional,
SCHEDULING OPTIONS AND SETTING A BASELINE
Date Fields
Scheduling Options – General Tab
UPDATING AN UNRESOURCED SCHEDULE
Setting the Baseline
Practical Methods of Recording Progress
Understanding the Concepts Updating the Schedule
Progress Spotlight and Update
Progress Suspend and Resume Scheduling the Project
Comparing Progress with Baseline
Progress Line Display on the Gantt Chart
Corrective Action
Check List for Updating a Schedule
Updating an Unresourced Schedule
The following people should consider attending this course:
Programme Managers and Project Control staff evaluating the software against your organisational requirements.
Project schedulers who wish to learn how to use the software to schedule and control projects.
Database managers who wish to understand how to set up and administer a database.
Experienced project personal who wish to learn how to schedule and control a project.
Students should have:
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.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Paul Harris holds an Honours Degree in Civil Engineering obtained in the UK and is a Certified Cost Engineer through AACEI International, a PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner and a “Managing Successful Programmes” Registered Practitioner. He has worked in the project controls industry for a number of years and has assisted many companies in a range of industries to set up and run project controls systems. His Melbourne, Australia based company, Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd, offers project controls consulting and training services world wide with a strong focus on Microsoft Project and Primavera software.