This book has been superceeded by ISBN 978-1-925185-92-8
(1-925185-92-3) - Planning and Control Using Oracle Primavera P6
Versions 8 to 22 PPM Professional.
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 8 to 20 book
and the workshops have been updated so they start in the future. The
book 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 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, instructor
PowerPoint slide shows are available from the author.
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.
