Project Management Using Oracle Primavera

CONTENTS OF THE PRESENTATION:

•LEAD & LAG OVERVIEW

•LEAD TIME

•LAG TIME

•REAL WORLD EXAMPLES OF LEAD & LAG TIME

•CRITICAL ACTIVITY

•EXPLANATION OF CRITICAL ACTIVITY

•CRITICAL PATH

CONTENTS OF THE PRESENTATION:

•WHAT IS A SCHEDULE?

•WHY IS A SCHEDULE IMPORTANT?

•PROCESSES INVOLVED IN SCHEDULING

•IDENTIFYING ACTIVITIES IN A PROJECT

•STARTING THE SCHEDLE OF A PROJECT

CONTENTS OF THE PRESENTATION:

•ACTIVITY DURATION OVERVIEW

•ESTIMATE DURATION PROCESS

•DIFFERENT ESTIMATING TECHNIQUES

•SITUATION INVOLVED IN ESTIMATING DURATIONS

•IMPORTANT PARAMETERS INVOLVED IN ESTIMATING DURATIONS

•REAL WORLD EXAMPLE

CONTENTS OF THE PRESENTATION:

•WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE(WBS) OVERVIEW

•THINGS TO NOTE WHILE CREATING WBS STRUCTURE

•COMPOSITION OF COMPLETELY DECOMPOSED PROJECT

•METHODS OF CREATING WBS

•EXPLANATION OF METHOD-1 WITH EXAMPLE

•EXPLANATION OF METHOD-2 WITH EXAMPLE

CONTENTS OF THE PRESENTATION:

•SEQUENCE ACTIVITIES PROCESS

•WHAT ARE SUCCESSORS & PREDESSESORS ACTIVITIES

•IMPORTANT POINTS TO NOTE IN THE PROCESS OF SEQUENCING

•PRECEDENCE DIAGRAMMING METHOD

•DETERMINATION OF DEPENDENCIES

•PARALLEL ACTIVITIES

•IMPACT OF LEAD & LAG APPLICATION ON PROJECT DURATION

CONTENTS OF THE PRESENTATION:

•SCHEDULE BASELINE PROCESS

•IMPORTANCE OF SCHEDULE BASELINE

•FINALISING THE SCHEDULE OR CREATING AND ASSIGNING BASELINE WITHIN

THE TOOL

CONTENTS OF THE PRESENTATION:

•MONITORING SCHEDULE PROCESS

•FREQUNCY OF SCHEDULE MONITORING

•IMPORTANCE OF MONITORING THE SCHEDULE

•SCHEDULE COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES

•ANALYSING DIFFERENT SCHEDULE COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES

•MONITORING THE SCHEDULE IN THE TOOL AND DRAWING CONCLUSIONS

CONTENTS OF THE PRESENTATION:

•RESOURCES OVERVIEW

•BROAD CLASSIFIATION OF RESOURCES

•IMPORTANCE OF RESOURCES

•EXPLANATION WITH AN EXAMPLE

•RESOURCES IN PRIMAVERA

•DEFINING RESOURCES IN PRIMAVERA

•CHANGING UNITS IN PRIMAVERA

•CHANGING CURRENCY IN PRIMAVERA

CONTENTS OF THE PRESENTATION:

•ASSIGNING RESOURCES

•POINTS TO NOTE BEFORE THE START OF RESOURCES CALCULATION

•BACKEND CALCULATIONS BEFORE ASSIGNING RESOURCES USING AN EXAMPLE

•GETTING THE PLANNED COSTS/ BUDGET AT WBS LEVEL & FOR THE PROJECT

•IMPORTANCE OF CASHFLOWS

•GETTING CASHFLOW FOR THE PROJECT USING THE TOOL

CONTENTS OF THE PRESENTATION:

•MONITORING SCHEDULE & COST PROCESS

•FREQUNCY OF SCHEDULE & COST MONITORING

•IMPORTANCE OF MONITORING THE SCHEDULE & COST

•SCHEDULE COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES

•ANALYSING DIFFERENT SCHEDULE COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES

•MONITORING THE SCHEDULE & COST IN THE TOOL AND DRAWING CONCLUSIONS

CONTENTS OF THE PRESENTATION:

•EARNED VALUE ANALYSIS OVERVIEW

•BRIEF HISTORY OF EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT

•WHY DO WE REQUIRE EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT

•EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT TERMS

•BUDGETED COST OF WORK SCHEDULED (BCWS) OR PLANNED VALUE (PV)

•BUDGETED COST OF WORK PERFORMED (BCWP) OR EARNED VALUE (EV)

•ACTUAL COST OF WORK PERFORMED (ACWP) OR ACTUAL VALUE (AV)

•COST VARIANCE(CV)

•SCHEDULE VARIANCE(SV)

•COST PERFORMANCE INDEX(CPI)

•SCHEDULE PERFORMANCE INDEX(SPI)

•BUDGET AT COMPLETION(BAC)

•ESTIMATE AT COMPLETION(EAC)

•ESTIMATE TO COMPLETE(ETC)

•VARIANCE AT COMPLETION(VAC)

•EARNED VALUE ANALYSIS FORMULAE

•UNDERSTANDING EARNED VALUE ANALYSIS WITH AN EXAMPLE

•APPLICATION OF EARNED VALUE TERMS IN THE TOOL

CONTENTS OF THE PRESENTATION:

•CONSTRAINTS OVERVIEW

•POINTS TO NOTE WHILE USING CONSTRAINTS

•SITUATIONS WHERE SCHEDULE CONSTRAINTS ARE USED

•TYPES OF CONSTRAINTS

•CONSTRAINTS APPLICATION IN THE TOOL

CONTENTS OF THE PRESENTATION:

•PROJECT CODES OVERVIEW

•WHY DO WE USE PROJECT CODES

•DEFINING PROJECT CODES IN PRIMAVERA

•ACTIVITY CODES

•WHY DO WE USE ACTIVITY CODES

•DEFINING ACTIVITY CODES IN PRIMAVERA

CONTENTS OF THE PRESENTATION:

•MSP FILTERS OVERVIEW

•EXPLORING DEFAULT FILTERS IN MSP

•DEFINING CUSTOM FILTERS

•ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTING OVERVIEW

•EXPLORING DEFAULT HIGHLIGHTERS

•DEFINING CUSTOM HIGHLIGHTERS

•GROUPING ACTIVITIES IN MSP

•EXPLORING DEFAULT GROUPING

•DEFINING CUSTOM GROUPING

CONTENTS OF THE PRESENTATION:

•LOOK AHEAD SCHEDULE OVERVIEW

•IMPORTANCE OF LOOK AHEAD SCHEDULE

•ON-TIME MOBILISATION OF RESOURCES

•CREATING LOOK AHEAD SCHEDULE FROM THE TOOL

CONTENTS OF THE PRESENTATION:

•PROJECT PERFORMANCE/PROGRESS REPORTS OVERVIEW

•IMPORTANCE OF PROJECT PERFORMANCE/PROGRESS REPORTS

•FREQUENCY OF REPORTING & CIRCULATION TO STAKEHOLDERS

•DAILY PROGRESS REPORTS(DPR)

•WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORTS(WPR)

•MONTHLY/FORNIGHTLY STATUS REPORTS(MSR/FSR)