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Primavera P6 Professional Fundamentals

Primavera P6 Professional Fundamentals TrainingPrimavera P6 Professional Fundamentals Training

Check MarkGet to know Primavera P6 Professional

Check MarkLearn how to create and manage a project

Check MarkUnderstand activities, relationships and constraints

Check MarkBuild confidence interpreting data and creating reports

Check MarkLearn with an experienced and trusted training provider

Course information

Learn the fundamentals of Primavera P6 Professional as used in engineering and construction in just 2 days.

P6 is typically used as a stand-alone and often mobile system in the construction and engineering industries, so we have created a course that bypasses the multi-user, enterprise functionality and teaches you what is needed to build and manage a robust construction/engineering schedule.

You’ll leave the course with a solid understanding of how to use the software, as well as being able to confidently provide schedules and reports to clients in Primavera P6 Professional formats.

Our Primavera P6 Professional Fundamentals training has been developed with the help of construction industry professionals who use Primavera P6 in the field. The schedule data and techniques used in this class are based on real projects and real industry methods of working.

Who should take this course

This Primavera P6 Professional Fundamentals training course focuses on the needs of engineering and construction professionals.

Using Primavera P6 Contractor? No problem. The skills obtained in this class will map perfectly to this cut-down version of the Primavera P6 Professional software.

This course is for:

  • Project managers
  • Team leaders
  • Other roles responsible for scheduling work, creating reports or supporting project work

This course is for people using the Windows client version of Primavera P6. If you use the web-based version, you should book on to the Primavera P6 EPPM Fundamentals course instead.

What’s included

  • Two days of live instructor-led training
  • Instruction manual
  • Free access to our on-demand P6 video course

Don’t worry about not being able to remember everything. You’ll also get free access to our on-demand video course so you can refresh your knowledge whenever you need to.

­Ways to take this course

You can join our Primavera P6 Fundamentals training online or in-person at one of our venues in Chantilly, Virginia.

We also offer this course at your own location. Do you have a team to train? If so, get in touch and find out when we can come to you.

Dates and Prices

Price: $995

Includes instructor-led live training during the course dates, course materials, free access to our on-demand video class.

LocationDatesAvailability
OnlineApril 18-19Available
OnlineMay 16-17Available
OnlineJune 13-14Available
OnlineJuly 11-12Available
OnlineAugust 8-9Available
OnlineSeptember 12-13Available
OnlineOctober 17-18Available
OnlineNovember 14-15Available
OnlineDecember 12-13Available

$995

You can also contact us by phone at (703) 910-2600 or email to book places for yourself or colleagues.

 

Primavera P6 Professional Fundamentals Course Contents

Wondering what you’ll learn? Here’s the complete syllabus for the 2-day course.

Lesson 1: Introduction & Learning Objectives

  • The Project Management Life cycle
  • Initiating Process Group
  • Planning Process Group
  • Executing Process Group
  • Monitoring and Controlling Process Group
  • Closing Process Group

Lesson 2: Getting to know Primavera P6 Professional

  • P6 user interface and navigation
  • Customizing the P6 views and layouts

Lesson 3: The Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)

  • Understanding the purpose of the Enterprise Project Structure
  • Modifying the Enterprise Project Structure

Lesson 4: Project Creation

  • Creating a new project
  • Understanding the project status options
  • Modifying project settings
  • Creating and using project codes

Lesson 5: The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

  • Preparation of a best-practice WBS
  • Creating a WBS in P6
  • Modifying the WBS elements

Lesson 6: Adding Activities

  • Activities and their attributes
  • Activity types and their importance in building a schedule
  • Creating new activities
  • Creating and assigning activity codes

Lesson 7: Relationships and Constraints

  • Relationship types in P6
  • Creating relationships
  • Understanding the forward and backward pass and Critical Path Method (CPM)
  • Applying constraints to activities
  • Adjusting the duration and finish date of your project

Lesson 8: Formatting Project Data

  • Modifying the grouping of project data
  • Sorting data in a table
  • Using filters to control the data displayed
  • Modifying the appearance of the Gantt chart
  • Modifying Timescales

Lesson 9: Resources & Costs

  • Creating resources
  • Pricing resources
  • Assigning resources to activities
  • Working with the Resource Usage Profile and analyzing resource assignments

Lesson 10: Resource Analysis

  • Analysis overview
  • Analyzing resource availability
  • Mitigating resource overloads

Lesson 11: P6 Baselines

  • Understanding the principles of Baselining P6 project schedules
  • Creating and assigning baselines
  • Displaying baseline data in the Table and Gantt chart
  • Understanding variance

Lesson 12: Progressing the Project

  • Understanding the P6 data date
  • Updating activity progress information, actual dates and costs
  • Using the Progress Spotlight feature
  • Updating the project using the schedule feature
  • Correcting issues in the schedule using Reflections for What-if analysis

Lesson 13: Reporting

  • Running reports from a layout
  • Creating and running reports using the reporting wizard
  • Modifying existing reports

Primavera P6 EPPM Training

What customers say about our Primavera Training

The training manual, trainer and training approach are all first rate.
Stephen Werner – CACI

Can’t think of anything wrong at all. The class was near-perfect.
Darren Sherman – Colas, Inc

Ian was very helpful and did a great job of tailoring his approach to meet our situation and needs. He was a great resource in helping us with our approach to implementing Primavera P6 for our project. Great course!
David Bement – Northrop Grumman

Paul is an excellent trainer and very diplomatic. He ran a very structured class and kept us all on track. He was very thorough.
Karl Gauthier – Enerkem

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FAQ

What does the course include?

The course includes two days of training from an experienced instructor, course materials, and free access to our self-paced online video training for Primavera P6.

Is there an exam?

No, there is no exam with this Primavera training course.

How is the course taught?

Our online classroom is a comfy and relaxed learning environment. You’ll be able to chat to other delegates and ask the instructor questions.

What if the course gets cancelled?

We never cancel our courses. Your course is guaranteed to run.

Who will my instructor be?

All our instructors have real-world experience in relevant industries, and plenty of hands-on software knowledge. They are also expert trainers, so you are in good hands! When you book, you’ll be sent the information about your class including relevant details about your instructor.

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Great class. The instructor going “off book” was interesting and very useful. We continue to use Ten Six and I would definitely recommend them!
Michelle KomadaISR Systems
Ian was very helpful and did a great job of tailoring his approach to meet our situation and needs. He was a great resource in helping us with our approach to implementing Primavera P6 for our project. Great course and follow-on consulting support!
David BementNorthrop Grumman
Ten Six did an excellent job tailoring this private the training session to our team’s abilities and needs. The training was very worthwhile and necessary for our team of Project Managers to make the move from P3 to Primavera P6. Ten Six’s comprehensive migration support made the whole process very efficient and smooth!
Richard F. Fiore, Jr.Leonard S. Fiore, Inc.
The Ten Six team are our ‘Go To’ for any Primavera P6 related implementation services, support and training. We’re impressed with their expertise, professionalism and responsiveness. Ten Six is very easy to work with.
Jimmy BadnerSkanska
Excellent delivery and great team! We also appreciate the supplemental information Ten Six was able to provide (Report Developer’s field manual).
Jim AutreyUCOR - Oak Ridge, TN
Ten Six has been a great help in assisting us in completing our EVMS procedures and helping to train and prepare the team for a future contract award. We have greatly appreciated your teams help over the past months and will continue to look to leverage your assistance in the future. Thanks again.
Eric JonesonOshkosh Corporation
This was an excellent class with an excellent instructor who not only showed how the system worked, but also was able to provide real world examples, which was extremely helpful. I can only say that this was one of the best training classes I have ever taken and it feels so good to walk away truly understanding the material! I look forward to using Ten Six in the future for any additional consulting and training needs my organization may have. Thanks for a terrific training class!
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