Vinit Thakur

Introduction Methods used Part I: Understanding Primavera P6 Part II: Getting Started Part III: Power of Layouts Part IV: Hands-on with a Sample Project Tricks and Tips Evaluation

WHY am I not getting the same Layout?

How do I?

What?? Why?? How??

Why the hell..?

Do I have to?

Its not working! There is a problem with P6

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Logging in Selecting a Project Portfolio What is a Project Portfolio? Modifying a Project Portfolio Understanding Workplace Navigating with:
Directory bar Navigation bar

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Demo 1

Quickly Answer

Quiz 1
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Open a sample or demo project

Try out Activity Table Gantt Chart Activity usage Spreadsheet etc.

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Customizing Displays Importing Layouts Best Layout ?

Demo 2

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Create a Portfolio with your name and add any two projects to that. Select and display the portfolio created. Change back to All Projects and close the current project (if any) and open a project from portfolio of your choice. Use Activity Usage Spreadsheet and explain any 2 features Use Trace Logic to explain the network structure o any WBS element. Change Layout to Activity Code Review Apply Critical Path Filter.

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EPS-Exercise 1 OBS-Exercise 2 Quiz: Who is the responsible manager for NL? Change that to MD/CEO Project Codes: Exercise 3 Calendar Management: Exercise 4 and 5 WBS: Exercise 6 Budget and spending Plan: Exercise 7

Demo 3

Demo 4

Demo 5

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Armed with the basics of the WBS, it is time to examine them in more detail and to begin to understand how to build one. To do this, lets look at building a WBS for the construction of a single family home. First, take a moment to familiarize yourself with some background information about the construction company, which appears on the next page.

What do you think? Is the WBS complete? Does it enable the manager to manage at the task level? After a review to make sure that only approved scope is included, our WBS is complete. It does include the necessary components to manage the project by task.

PROJECT OFFICE RESP DEPT Sri Ram

CIVIL RESP DEPT Ram Narayan

STRUCTURAL RESP DEPT Krisha S

ELECTICAL RESP DEPT J. Vasant

PLUMBING RESP DEPT R. Moorthy

CONCRETE PERF DEPT 6010 M. Vasudeo

CARPENTRY PERF DEPT 5010 R. Sitaram

WIRING PERF DEPT 4010 S. Buxani

WATER/SEWER PERF DEPT 3010 K. Maruti

MASONRY PERF DEPT 6020 T. Anna Durai

ROOFING PERF DEPT 5020 Y. Tippur

HOOKUP/TIE-IN PERF DEPT 4020 P. Ottis

GAS PERF DEPT 3020 R. Om Prakash

TEST PERF DEPT 6030 K. Aranha

DRYWALL PERF DEPT 5030 D. Raghu

Merging the WBS and OBS, the project manager creates a Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM). The RAM displays the lowest level of both the WBS and the OBS. The integration identifies specific responsibility for specific project tasks. It is at this point that the project manager develops control accounts or work package. Control accounts and work packages will be discussed in Module 4. Lets look at what the RAM may look like on the ACME house construction project on the next page.

Responsibility Assignment Matrix

Activity Codes: Exercise 8 Work Products and Documents: Exercise 9 Working with Activities: Exercise 10 Relationships: Exercise 11

Demo 6

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Quick Recap

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Required: Identify the activity Duration Timeframe in the schedule

Identifier Notice to Proceed(NTP) Contractor 1 - substr Contractor 1 - superstr Contractor 1 - finishing Contractor 2 Act 1 Contractor 2 Act 2 Contractor 3 Act 1 Contract compl date

Dur 0 14 21 14 14 7 7 0

Timeframe
02-03-2010

Start same as NTP

Start after compl of substr Start after compl of superstr and compl of contractor 3 Start same as NTP

Start after compl of Act 1

Start after compl of contractor 2 Act 2

Exercise 12 and 13

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Constraints: Exercise 14 Grouping and Layout: Exercise 15 and 16 Resources: Exercise 17

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Roles and Cost accounting: Exercise 18, 19 Assigning Cost Accounts: Exercise 20 Assigning Resources: Exercise 21 Baseline: Exercise 22 Monitoring: Exercise 23 Thresholds and Issues: Exercise 24

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Export and Import of files Project Architect Check-in and Check-out Creating Project Web Site Checking Project Integrity Administrative functions Methodology Manager

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E 9

FF7

A 12

SS3, FF5

B 10

SS2

D 12

FF5

F 11

SS8

G 10

SS8

SF7

C 18

J 0

FS7

H 11

FF3

I 7

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The project duration is 44 days and the critical path consists of activities A, B, D, E, F, G and J.

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How many types of activities and durations are possible in Primavera? What is the percentage wise distribution of FS,SS,SF,FF? Which activities have steps? Which activities have got expenses? What is activity summary? Generate a report of monthly project cash flow. Which is the most expensive resource (highest rate)? Which is the most consumed resource? Plot a s-curve for the most consumed resource. Plot a s-curve for all the resources for the entire project. How will you plot s-curve only for WBS element?
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