BRC Academy / Scheduling & Tools
Primavera P6
Oracle Primavera P6 from the EPS to a time impact analysis: beginner, intermediate and advanced.
Beginner Sessions 1–20
- 1P6 Professional vs P6 EPPM vs Primavera Cloud (Version 26)P6 Professional, P6 EPPM and Oracle Primavera Cloud explained for owners: desktop vs web, standalone vs cloud, XER vs XML, and which set-up to choose.
- 2P6 Professional interface tour and navigationA tour of the Primavera P6 Professional screen: menus, toolbars, the Activities window, layouts, filters, F9 and the data date, for owners.
- 3EPS and OBS in Primavera P6How the EPS and OBS work in Oracle Primavera P6, how they control access, and how an owner should set them up, with a worked Northgate example.
- 4Create a project and project settingsThe P6 Create a New Project wizard, the Project Details tabs and Schedule Options, and how an owner records a contractor baseline's settings.
- 5Calendars: global, project, resourceHow P6 global, project and resource calendars work, which one sets an activity's dates, and how an owner checks Ontario holidays in a baseline.
- 6WBS in P6How the work breakdown structure works in Oracle Primavera P6 Professional, how to build it, and how an owner should specify and check it.
- 7Activity types: Task, LOE, WBS summary, milestonesThe six activity types in Oracle Primavera P6, how each one calculates its dates, and what an owner should check in a contractor's schedule.
- 8Durations and duration typesHow Primavera P6 stores durations, the four duration fields, and what each of the four duration types recalculates, with owner checks.
- 9Relationships and lagsThe four relationship types in Primavera P6, lags and the lag calendar, driving relationships, and the logic checks an owner should run.
- 10Scheduling (F9) and the schedule logWhat F9 does in Primavera P6, the Schedule dialog and Schedule Options, and how an owner reads the schedule log to find logic problems.
- 11Critical path vs longest pathWhy Primavera P6's total float and longest path definitions of critical can disagree, how to show both, and what an owner should specify.
- 12Total float and free floatTotal float and free float in Primavera P6: how each is calculated, the settings that change them, negative float, and how owners use them.
- 13ConstraintsThe nine constraint types in Oracle Primavera P6, which dates each one moves, and how an owner stops constraints hiding delay.
- 14Retained logic vs progress overrideHow Primavera P6 schedules out-of-sequence progress under Retained Logic, Progress Override and Actual Dates, and which one an owner should require.
- 15Activity codesHow activity codes in Oracle Primavera P6 classify work beyond the WBS: global, EPS and project codes, assigning values, and an owner's code spec.
- 16LayoutsWhat a layout stores in Oracle Primavera P6, global, user and project layouts, PLF export, and an owner's five-layout set for schedule reviews.
- 17FiltersDefault and custom filters in Oracle Primavera P6: All vs Any, replace vs highlight, rolling lookahead windows, and an owner's filter set.
- 18Grouping and sortingHow to group and sort activities in Oracle Primavera P6: the Group and Sort dialog, intervals, summaries, sort order and owner review views.
- 19Bars and Gantt formattingHow Gantt bars work in Oracle Primavera P6: timescales, filters, styles, labels and chart options, and the bar legend an owner should specify.
- 20Printing and publishingPrinting and publishing in Oracle Primavera P6: Page Setup, headers, revision boxes, PDF and HTML output, and an owner's standard print pack.
Intermediate Sessions 21–21
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