Planning and Control Using Oracle Primavera P6 Versions 8.1 to 8.4
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Planning and Control Using Oracle Primavera P6 Versions 8.1 to 8.4: Professional Client & Optional Client


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About the Book

This book is an update of the author's Primavera P6 Version 7 book and contains updated workshops, new content and an Earned Value chapter. It has been written so it may be used with any software industry version. The book is packed with screen shots, constructive tips and contains workshops with solutions at the end of each chapter for the reader to practice the skills taught. It has been written so it may be used with either the Professional Project Management Client version or the Enterprise Project Portfolio Management Optional Client. The book is aimed at: People who wish learn the software but are unable to attend a training course and find the software reference manual hard going. Project management companies who wish to run their own software training courses or provide their employees with an alternative text to the vendor supplied user manual. Training organizations requiring a training manual to run their own training courses. This book is a PMI Approved course and instructors PowerPoint slide shows are available to training organizations. PMI REPs may apply to have this course licensed to them and award 21 PDUs to each attendee.

Table of Contents:
1 INTRODUCTION 2 CREATING A PROJECT PLAN 3 STARTING UP AND NAVIGATION 4 CREATING A NEW PROJECT 5 DEFINING CALENDARS 6 CREATING A PRIMAVERA PROJECT WBS 7 ADDING ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZING UNDER THE WBS 8 FORMATTING THE DISPLAY 9 ADDING RELATIONSHIPS 10 ACTIVITY NETWORK VIEW 11 CONSTRAINTS 12 GROUP, SORT AND LAYOUTS 13 FILTERS 14 PRINTING AND REPORTS 15 SCHEDULING OPTIONS AND SETTING A BASELINE 16 UPDATING AN UNRESOURCED SCHEDULE 17 USER AND ADMINISTRATION PREFERENCES AND SCHEDULING OPTIONS 18 CREATING ROLES AND RESOURCES 19 ASSIGNING ROLES, RESOURCES AND EXPENSES 20 RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION 21 UPDATING A RESOURCED SCHEDULE 22 OTHER METHODS OF ORGANIZING PROJECT DATA 23 GLOBAL CHANGE 24 MANAGING THE ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENT 25 MULTIPLE PROJECT SCHEDULING 26 UTILITIES 27 EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT WITH P6 28 WHAT IS NEW IN P6 VERSIONS 8.1 to 8.4 29 WHAT IS NEW IN P6 VERSION 7 30 WHAT IS NEW IN VERSION 6.0 31 TOPICS NOT COVERED IN THIS PUBLICATION 32 INDEX

About the Author :
Paul Harris holds an Honours Degree in Civil Engineering obtained in the UK and is a Certified Cost Engineer through AACEI International, a PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner and a "Managing Successful Programmes" Registered Practitioner. He has worked in the project controls industry for a number of years and has assisted many companies in a range of industries to set up and run project controls systems. His Melbourne, Australia based company, Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd, offers project controls consulting and training services world wide with a strong focus on Microsoft Project and Primavera software.

Review :
Reviewer: A. Larry Aaron CCE President, T&M Concepts Las Vegas, NV www.tandmconcepts.com Review: Primavera(R)/Oracle(R) are out of the gate with version 8.2 of P6TM. And Paul Harris is keeping up the pace with his latest corresponding training manual, "Project Planning & Control Using Primavera(R) P6 TM, Ver 8.2, Professional Client and Optional Client" by Paul Eastwood Harris. Having a copy of this book is not an option - I think it's a requirement. Primavera/Oracle continues to make their software for planning & scheduling professionals more complex by adding to its very advanced capabilities and feature set. But Paul Harris, an experienced scheduler and P6 user, not an IT person, has written this terrific training and reference manual for the P6 student/user who understands how to manage projects but needs to learn how to use the software. Among this manual's compendium of tools, techniques, tips, and traps to using Primavera's latest software package. Harris wins again by writing a clear, user-friendly book to help the reader learn and use P6 effectively and efficiently. Using the successful format from his previously published manuals for Microsoft Project, P3, SureTrak, and previous P6 versions, Harris covers the bulk of P6's feature set by flattening and shortening the steep learning curve of this complex software package. I've used Harris' books in my company's training classes for over a decade because of his clear writing style, the depth of feature coverage, and the ability to use the book as a reference book in day-to-day use. This book follows the lead of its predecessors - it guides the user through a logical sequence of understanding the principles of project management, the steps required to set-up a project, and those required to update and maintain a project. Due to the complexity and feature set of P6, Harris' book is designed to be used in a 3-day training class. The exercises are available as a free download from Harris' web site, www.eastwoodharris.com. Harris goes end-to-end by covering the basics of the software and its advanced functions such as User and Administration Preferences and Advanced Scheduling Options, the 3 types of calendars (unlike P3's 2 types), Roles and Resources and multiple ways of organizing the project (WBS, OBS, Contract, Phase, etc.). Harris also does a particularly good job in explaining the differences between 3 ways of stating percent complete: Physical Percent Complete, Duration Percent Complete, and Units Percent Complete and the 4 Activity Types. He has also introduces some new topics not covered in his pervious Version 7.0 book , including "Customizable Menus", "Tiled and Tabbed Windows", "Auto-Reorganization", "Time-scaled Logic Diagrams" and more. And not only does he explain how to use the program at the "project" level, but he also explains the parent application of Primavera's Enterprise Management - which filled a huge void for me when first using the book. Since scheduling requirements vary from project-to-project and company-to-company, Harris explains how to build and maintain schedules both with and without resources (manpower, equipment, money, materials). If you are using Primavera's latest complex and IT intensive scheduling system, I urge you to use Paul Harris treatise on "Project Planning & Control Using Oracle(R) Primavera(R) P6 Ver 8.2, Professional Client and Optional Client." Paul Harris not only knows P6; he knows how to explain how to be effective and efficient using it. That's the winning formula.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781925185041
  • Publisher: Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd
  • Sub Title: Professional Client & Optional Client
  • ISBN-10: 1925185044
  • Publisher Date: 20 Jan 2015
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)


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