Primavera P6 Foundations Course

learn the basics of Primavera P6 eight point two for planning, scheduling, budgeting, and tracking projects. explore enterprise project structure, work breakdown structure, and activities.

Create the project workspace by adding a top level WBS named after the project, build subelements such as engineering and construction, using the plus icon and level controls to organize.

Create project activities by opening the project, adding four activities, and naming them. Assign durations to activities and create start and finish milestones with zero duration.

Link project activities with predecessor–successor relationships, using start-to-start and finish-to-start links, add leads or legs to create overlaps, and schedule to cut duration from 124 to 94 working days.

Identify the critical path by zero float activities; filter critical tasks in Primavera P6 and restore the full project view, while next lecture covers adding resources.

Learn to create and structure material and labor resources in Primavera P6, set units and prices, and assign resources to activities within the enterprise resources framework.

Assign resources to project activities in the Primavera P6 Foundations Course, add labor and material resources, set hours and budgets, and auto distribute units across activity durations.

Analyze the project budget using the budgeted total cost and activity costs with the activity usage profile and cost curve, and review the resource histogram across timescales.

Learn how to create and maintain a baseline in Primavera P6, then assign it to your project and update progress against the baseline.

Update project progress in Primavera P6 using manual and automatic methods from the tools menu, adjusting data dates and comparing actual progress against the baseline with visual charts.

Export a Primavera P6 project by choosing file > export, selecting the desired format (Excel or Microsoft Project), and exporting the entire project to a chosen location.