Project Planning and Control Using Oracle Primavera P6 Versions 8.1 and 8.2 Professional Client and Optional Client
Published on 16. March 2012
Book
Spiral bound
414 pages
978-1-921059-60-5 (ISBN)
Description
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. Primavera Systems Inc. originally asked the author to write this book and this publication is ideal for people who would like to gain an understanding of how the software operates up to an intermediate level. It covers only Primavera Versions 8.1 and 8.
2 Professional Client and Optional Client Due to the new menus and toolbars release in Version 8. It explains some of the differences from SureTrak, P3, Microsoft Project and Asta Powerproject to assist people converting form other products. The book is designed to teach planners and schedulers in any industry how to setup and use the software in a project environment. It explains in plain English and in a logical sequence, the steps required to create and maintain an unresourced and resourced schedule. It tackles some of the more complex aspects of the software that the user manual does not address. It highlights the sources of information and the methods that should be employed to produce a realistic and useful project schedule.
2 Professional Client and Optional Client Due to the new menus and toolbars release in Version 8. It explains some of the differences from SureTrak, P3, Microsoft Project and Asta Powerproject to assist people converting form other products. The book is designed to teach planners and schedulers in any industry how to setup and use the software in a project environment. It explains in plain English and in a logical sequence, the steps required to create and maintain an unresourced and resourced schedule. It tackles some of the more complex aspects of the software that the user manual does not address. It highlights the sources of information and the methods that should be employed to produce a realistic and useful project schedule.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Victoria
Australia
Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
1200 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-921059-60-5 (9781921059605)
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Paul E. Harris
Project Planning and Control Using Oracle Primavera P6 Versions 8.1, 8.2 & 8.3 Professional Client & Optional Client
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07/2013
Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd
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Paul E. Harris
Project Planning and Control Using Primaver P6
Version 8.1 Professional Client and Optional Client
Book
10/2011
Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd
€82.00
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Person
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, an Approved PRINCE2 Trainer 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 worldwide with a strong focus on Microsoft Project and Primavera software.
Content
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 VERSION 8.1 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