Primavera P6 Advanced Training

Create and assign activity codes for activities, then group, sort, and filter the schedule by vendor or subcontractor. Use these codes to manage multiple works and view subcontractor-specific activity sets.

Learn to rename activity IDs in Primavera P6 by renumbering activities using auto number with prefixes, such as EMG for engineering, and applying suffixes and increments.

Explore suspend and resume in Primavera P6, using the stats tab and schedule options to update start, finish, duration, percent complete, and apply expected finish dates.

Explore duration, physical, and units percentage complete types to update activity progress and adjust remaining duration. Learn how each type affects scheduling and remaining work.

Learn to create and customize calendars in Primavera P6, including global, project, and resource calendars; adjust work weeks, hours, holidays, and exceptions, and set a default calendar for new activities.

Learn how to create custom currencies and custom units of measure in Primavera P6, set a default currency via user preferences, and manage exchange rates and unit definitions.

Learn to create and apply filters in Primavera P6 to isolate activities by status and dates, using default, global, and user defined filters, with all or any criteria.

Learn how soft and hard constraints govern early and late starts and finishes, including start on and finish on constraints, and their impact on network logic and total float.

Learn to apply global change to update attributes across many activities or WBS elements, such as calendars and durations, in Primavera P6.

Master resource leveling in Primavera P6 advanced training to resolve over-allocations, adjust activity dates, apply priorities, and use level resources with scheduling options.

Create and analyze stacked histograms to visualize resource allocations across weeks and months using the resource usage profile, color filters, and print-ready charts in Primavera P6 advanced training.

Explore how schedule percentage complete and performance percentage complete derive from baseline and progress updates, calculating earned value cost versus budgeted completion in Primavera P6.

Learn to manage baselines in Primavera P6 by updating baselines with new activities, reflecting changes, and using restore, copy, delete, and assign options to compare projects.

Open the schedule log to assess project health, resource leveling, and scheduling options. Save the log to a file, review activity details, errors, warnings, and out-of-sequence activities.

Use the Spotlight tool to highlight activities that must have progressed by a chosen data date, with a yellow shaded area on the chart and updates in the activities table.

Explore negative float in Primavera P6 schedules, driven by constraints and deadlines. Learn to adjust progress, baselines, and durations to eliminate negative float and meet deadlines.

Create local one-month or two-month look ahead plans in Primavera P6 by filtering activities started or in progress within a date range and excluding completed ones.

Use the claim digger tool to compare two projects or a project against its baseline, revealing changes in activities, durations, schedules, and costs.

Explore the reports option in Primavera P6 to generate default and custom reports on cost, schedule, and resources, and print or preview as needed.

Explore the Primavera P6 resource assignments window to see how labor and material resources affect budgeted costs, with timelines and unit distributions across activities.