Primavera P6: Plan and manage a project

Explore the basics of Primavera P6, define a project, explain its lifecycle and four phases, and highlight scope, time, and cost while outlining planning, work breakdown structure, and resources.

Plan and manage projects using WBS, PBS, CBS, and OBS to estimate durations, link tasks, and build schedules with PERT and Gantt techniques.

Explore Primavera P6 basics, from installation and environment setup to configuring databases, currencies, units, and user preferences, enabling you to plan and manage projects and programs.

Explore how Primavera P6 organizes data with the enterprise project structure, OBS, and work breakdown structures, covering enterprise creation, responsibility assignment, and project codes for location-based filtering.

Learn to create a new project in Primavera P6 by selecting a company, naming the project, setting dates, assigning a responsible manager, and configuring initial resources and details.

Create a WBS in Primavera P6 by adding nodes to your project, setting limits and preferences, and detailing codes, names, managers, dates, budgets, milestones, and categories.

Add activities to the work breakdown and create tasks within the project, then assign resources, define durations, and set dependencies.

Learn to create activity relationships in Primavera P6, assign predecessors, choose relationship types (finish-to-start, start-to-start, finish-to-finish, start-to-finish), apply lag, and set constraints to plan and schedule a project.

Learn to create and tailor global, project, and resource calendars in Primavera P6, set working and non-working days, define time periods, and assign calendars to projects, tasks, and resources.

Explore how to view and customize the Primavera P6 activity network in the PERT presentation, adjusting templates, durations, dates, colors, and layout.

Explore resource types, roles, and expenses in Primavera P6, including human resources, labor, material, calendars, and codes, and learn how to assign resources and manage costs.

Analyze resources with resource analysis and usage profiles to identify and resolve overallocated resources, using automatic leveling or manual smoothing while preserving early and late dates.

Track and analyze project performance by creating and assigning baselines, then monitor progress with actual versus baseline data and updated task specifics.

Set thresholds to govern milestones, deliverables, and risks within your project. Create alerts and manage issues, risks, and documents to monitor and protect your Primavera P6 schedule.

Learn to create, apply, and manage filters to display only relevant activities in Primavera P6, including grouping, sorting, and highlighting by criteria such as critical, milestones, or duration.

Learn to create, modify, and export reports in Primavera P6, including assistance reports and editor reports, with customized fields, layouts, and printing options.

Customize the Gantt chart by adjusting bar colors, display options, and time scale to visualize duration, percent complete, remaining work, and delays.