Primavera P6 Foundations Course

Learn the basics of using P6.

Created byUmer Mushtaq Lone

Last updated 2/2021

English

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What you'll learn

Create a new Project in Primavera P6.
Create WBS
Create Activities
Link Activities
View Critical Path
Create & Assign Resources, Expenses
Maintain & Assign Project Baseline.
Track Project Progress
Export & Print Project Schedule.

Course content

10 sections • 20 lectures • 1h 0m total length

Welcome1:10
Master the basics of Primavera P6 in this 30-minute foundations course, learning to create projects, activities, relationships, critical path, resources, expenses, baselines, progress updates, exports, and presentation.
How to Download Primavera P6?7:11
Learn how to download Primavera P6, including distinguishing between illegal copies and genuine licensed versions, via the Oracle software delivery cloud and the EPM 16 release.
Download Primavera P6 ver 20.12 (Latest year 2021)4:26
Download the latest Primavera P6 professional project management from the Oracle software delivery cloud, log in, verify your account, and run the downloader to install the software.
How to Install Primavera P65:24
This lecture shows installation of P6 version 16.2 and the course is based on version 8.2. However there is no difference in the functionality of the two and you can install P6 version 16.2 to take the course.
How to Install Latest P6 ver 20.123:26
Learn to install Primavera P6 professional 20 on Windows, unzip the setup, run as administrator, configure a standalone database, and log in.

Create Project Activities2:24
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 Activities4:37
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.

Create Resources3:46
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 Resources2:26
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.
Assign Expenses1:04

Requirements

Basics of Project Management
Primavera P6 Software (Can be downloaded from Oracle E-delivery website as trial version)

Description

This course is a beginners course in Primavera P6. Those who want to learn P6 and understand its basics within minimum time shall take this course.

Course is built upon video walk through and screen video of P6 to help the student understand and learn easily. Course starts with a general overview of P6 and then step by step guide is provided of how to create a project, add resources to it and track your project progress. This course teaches you how ro handle a project in P6 right from the scratch.

If you want to build a good foundation in using Primavera P6, then this course is ideal for you!

Who this course is for:

Project Schedulers
Project Managers
Construction Managers
Site Engineers
Young Engineers keen to learn P6

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Course content

Welcome5 lectures • 22min

Introduction1 lecture • 4min

Creating a Project2 lectures • 4min

Creating Project Activities2 lectures • 7min

Project Critical Path1 lecture • 1min

Resources & Expenses3 lectures • 7min

Graphs1 lecture • 3min

Baselines1 lecture • 2min

Progress Update1 lecture • 5min

Export & Print3 lectures • 6min

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