Planning and Control Using Oracle Primavera P6 Versions 18 to 24 PPM Professional

by Paul E Harris, Jan Hanak

Overview

All scheduling software is difficult to learn for a number of reasons. None have the optimal settings when installed and Layouts, User Preferences and default options need to be adjusted to obtain the best possible performance. Usually the Help files do not connect the user to real life situations and do not explain the practical use of functions. Furthermore, there are many flicks and switches with obscure names that are difficult to understand or decide what they do or which are important. These issues make learning the software very difficult without a comprehensive guide written by an experienced user. Investing in a book written by Paul E Harris will address all these issues and allow you to setup the software properly and understand all the obscure functions letting you become productive more quickly and enhance your career opportunities and salary with a solid understanding of the software.

This book is an update of the author's Primavera P6 Version 18 to 23 book and 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:

1. People who wish learn the software but are unable to attend a training course and find the software reference manual hard going.
2. 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.
3. Training organizations requiring a training manual to run their own training courses.

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.

The book aims to teach readers how to plan and control projects created within the software package and stays focused on explaining how to use Primavera to schedule projects by:

1. 1. Concentrating on the core functions required to set up an enterprise environment and how to plan and control projects.
   2. Providing command lists at the start of each chapter as a quick reference.
   3. Providing a comprehensive table of contents and index of all topics.

This book is written by an experienced scheduler, who has used the software at the sharp end of projects and is not a techo. It draws on the author's practical experience in using the software in a wide variety of industries. It presents workable solutions to real day to day planning and scheduling problems and contains practical advice on how to set up the software and import data.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780648635598
Publisher:	Hyde Park Solutions
Publication date:	04/14/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	500
File size:	20 MB
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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 worldwide with a strong focus on Microsoft Project, Elecosoft (Asta) Powerproject and Primavera software.

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 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 AND 24
29. TOPICS NOT COVERED IN THIS PUBLICATION
30. INDEX