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Project Planning and Control Using Primavera P6: For all industries including Versions 4 to 6
This publication ideal for people who would like to quickly gain an understanding of how the software operates up to an intermediate level. It covers Primavera Versions from 3.5 onwards and it explains some of the differences from SureTrak, P3 and Microsoft Project 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.
The book provides advice on how on how the many software options may be applied to projects environments and it 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:
Concentrating on the core functions required to set up an enterprise environment and how to plan and control projects.
Providing command lists at the start of each chapter as a quick reference.
Providing a comprehensive table of contents and index of all topics.
The book is intended to be used:
As a self teach book, or
A user guide, or
A training manual for a three day training course
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.
PUBLISHER COMMENTS:
As a project controls consultant I have used a number of planning and scheduling
software packages for the management of a range of project types and sizes. The
first books I published were user guides/training manuals for Primavera
SureTrak, P3 and Microsoft Project users. These were well received by
professional project managers and schedulers, so I decided to turn my attention to
developing books that demonstrated how the software is used with project
management methodologies such as PRINCE2 and the PMBOK Guide. This
book follows the same layout as my other books and I trust this book will assist
you in understanding how to use Primavera version 6.0 to plan and control your
projects.
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 & ORGANIZING UNDER THE WBS
8 FORMATTING THE DISPLAY
9 ADDING RELATIONSHIPS
10 ACTIVITY NETWORK VIEW
11 CONSTRAINTS
12 FILTERS
13 GROUP, SORT AND LAYOUTS
14 PRINTING
15 TRACKING PROGRESS
16 USER AND ADMINISTRATION PREFERENCES AND ADVANCED
SCHEDULING OPTIONS
17 CREATING ROLES AND RESOURCES
18 ASSIGNING ROLES, RESOURCES AND EXPENSES
19 RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION
20 STATUSING A RESOURCED SCHEDULE
21 OTHER METHODS OF ORGANIZING DATA
22 GLOBAL CHANGE
23 MANAGING THE ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENT
24 MULTIPLE PROJECT SCHEDULING
25 UTILITIES
26 WHAT IS NEW IN VERSION 6.0
27 WHAT IS NEW IN VERSION 5.0
28 WHAT IS NEW IN VERSION 4.1
29 TOPICS NOT COVERED IN THIS BOOK
30 INDE X
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