Project Management in Primavera P6 Rel 6.2 Ed 1
Introduction to Primavera [  ] Describe Primavera solutions [  ] Describe P6 The Project Management Life Cycle [  ] Review the relationship between Primavera and the Project Management Life Cycle [  ] Identify the five process groups in the Project Management Life Cycle Data, Navigating and Layouts [  ] Describe enterprise and project specific data [  ] Log in [  ] Open an existing project [  ] Navigate in the Home window and Activities window [  ] Open an existing layout [  ] Customize a layout [  ] Save a layout Enterprise Project Structure [  ] Describe the components that comprise the Enterprise project Structure [  ] View the EPS Create a Project [  ] Create a Project [  ] Navigate in the Projects window [  ] View and modify information in Project Details Create a Work Breakdown Structure [  ] Define a Work Breakdown Structure [  ] Create multiple levels of a WBS Hierarchy Add Activities [  ] Describe and activity and its components [  ] Describe activity types [  ] Add activities [  ] Add a Notebook topic to an activity [  ] Add steps to an activity [  ] Assign activity codes to activities	Create Relationships [  ] Create a network logic diagram [  ] Differentiate between the four relationship types [  ] Create relationships in the Activity Network [  ] Create relationships in the Activity details Scheduling [  ] Perform a forward and backward pass [  ] Describe float and its impact on a schedule [  ] Identify loops and open ends [  ] Calculate a schedule [  ] Analyze the scheduling log report Assign Constraints [  ] Apply an overall deadline to a project [  ] Apply a constraint to an individual activity [  ] Add notebook topics to constrained activities [  ] Describe the available constraint types Maintain the Project Documents Library [  ] Describe the difference between a work product and a reference document [  ] Create a document record [  ] Link the document record to at project document or work product [  ] Assign the project document to an activity or WBS Format Schedule Data [  ] Group activities according to a specific criteria [  ] Sort activities [  ] Apply a filter [  ] Create a filter Roles and Resources [  ] Describe Roles [  ] View the Roles dictionary [  ] Describe Resources [  ] Identify the differences between labor, non labor and material resources [  ] View the resource dictionary Assign Roles [  ] Assign Roles to an activity [  ] Assign rates on Roles	Assign Resources and Costs [  ] Assign Resources by Roles [  ] Assign labor, Non labor, and material resources to activities [  ] Adjust Budgeted Units / Time for a resources [  ] Assign expenses to activities Analyze Resources [  ] Display the Resource Usage Profile [  ] Format a profile [  ] Format the timescale Optimize the Project Plan [  ] Analyze schedule dates [  ] Shorten a project schedule [  ] Analyze resource availability [  ] Remove resource over allocation [  ] Analyze project costs Baseline the Project plan [  ] Create a baseline plan [  ] Display baseline bars on the GANTT Chart [  ] Modify the bars on the GANTT Chart Project Execution and Control [  ] Describe several methods for updating the project schedule [  ] Use Progress Spotlight [  ] Status activities [  ] Reschedule the project Report Performance [  ] Describe reporting methods [  ] Run a schedule report [  ] Create a resource report with the Report wizard [  ] Create a report using the current layout Project Web Site [  ] Create and launch a project Web Site [  ] Customize the appearance of a project Web site [  ] Publish activity layouts at html pages
Project Management in Primavera P6 Web Access Rel. 6.2
Introduction to Primavera [  ] Describe Primavera solutions [  ] Describe P6 The Project Management Life Cycle [  ] Review the relationship between Primavera and the Project Management Life Cycle [  ] Identify the five process groups in the Project Management Life Cycle Overview and Navigation [  ] Log into P6 Web [  ] Navigate to sections [  ] Locate Action bars Create a Project [  ] Create a Project [  ] Select a location in the Enterprise Project Structure [  ] Assign a Responsible Manger from the Organizational Breakdown Structure Edit Project Details [  ] Select a project in the EPS [  ] Locate Project Details [  ] Enter project data in the Details tabs Create a Work Breakdown Structure [  ] Describe a WBS [  ] Create multiple levels of a WBS hierarchy Add Activities [  ] Add activities [  ] View activity information in the Activity List [  ] Send an e-mail related to an activity [  ] Edit Activity Details Tabs [  ] Add steps to an activity [  ] Add a notebook topic to an activity [  ] Assign an activity code	Use Activity Views [  ] Customize columns [  ] Filter data [  ] Group and Sort activities Create Relationship [  ] Differentiate between four relationship types [  ] Create relationships in the GANTT Chart Schedule a project [  ] Define key scheduling terms [  ] Perform a backward and forward pass [  ] Define Total Float and its impact on the schedule [  ] Schedule a project [  ] Describe loops and open ends Assign Constraints [  ] Apply an overall deadline to a project [  ] Apply a constraint to an individual activity [  ] Add notebook topics to constrained activities [  ] Describe available constraint types Optimize the Project Schedule [  ] Analyze schedule dates [  ] Shorten a project schedule Assign Resources [  ] Assign a Role [  ] Fill a Role assignment [  ] Request resources [  ] Assign a resource [  ] Check resource availability [  ] Send e-mails to assigned resources Project Workspace [  ] Describe the Project Workspace [  ] Add and remove portlets [  ] Customize the Project Workspace	Analyze Resources and Costs [  ] Analyze and remove resource over allocation [  ] Analyze project costs Baseline the project [  ] Add a baseline [  ] Select a baseline Execute the project Plan [  ] Describe several methods for updating the project schedule [  ] Define the data date Analyze the updated project [  ] Compare Must Finish By and Scheduled Finish dates [  ] View Issues [  ] View schedule performance [  ] Adjust the project based on issue information [  ] View budget data Reporting [  ] Assign reports to the Project Reports portlet [  ] Schedule reports [  ] View scheduled reports Dashboards [  ] Create a dashboard [  ] Add and remove dashboards [  ] Filter data to display in portlets [  ] View your projects and activities Manage Portfolios [  ] Create a portfolio manually [  ] Create a portfolio by filter
Advanced Project Management in Primavera P6 Rel 6.2
Create a Project with Project Architect [  ] Create a Project using Project Architect [  ] Customize the project plan Assign Codes [  ] Assign project code values to activities [  ] Assign resource code values to resources [  ] Assign activity codes values to activities User Defined Fields and Global Change [  ] Establish used defined fields [  ] Define global change parameters [  ] Run a global change Portfolios [  ] Create a portfolio [  ] Add projects to a portfolio [  ] Open projects using portfolios Advanced Scheduling [  ] Calculate multiple float paths when scheduling [  ] Explain the difference between the scheduling logic options [  ] Identify a calendar’s effect on lag Monitor Thresholds and Issues [  ] Identify the difference between thresholds and issues [  ] Create a threshold and an issue Import and Export Data [  ] Describe the process of importing and exporting data [  ] Export projects [  ] Import projects	Export activity data to a spreadsheet application [  ] Export activity data to a spreadsheet application [  ] Modify project information in the spreadsheet application [  ] Import project information from the spreadsheet application Update Baselines [  ] Specify the activities to update in the baseline [  ] Update activity and resources assignment data Claim Digger [  ] Specify how Claim Digger compares project plans [  ] Create a comparison report in Claim Digger Duration Types [  ] Determine which Duration Types works best in a given saturation [  ] Assign a Duration Type to and activity Calculate Percent Complete [  ] Describe the three Percent complete types [  ] Determine which Percent Complete type to use based on how your organization reports progress [  ] Explain how activity percentages are calculated based on the Percent Complete type chosen [  ] Use weighted steps to calculate Percent Complete Earned Value Analysis [  ] Define Earned Value [  ] Define Performance Percent Complete [  ] Review results of different earned value techniques [  ] Realize the benefits of using earned value techniques Activity Usage Profile and Spreadsheet [  ] Display cost data in the Activity Usage Profile [  ] Display curves in the Activity Usage Profile [  ] Analyze earned value data using curves in the Activity Usage Profile	Top Down Budgeting [  ] Establish project budget [  ] Establish spending plans [  ] Track budget changes [  ] Track and analyze budgets [  ] Establish funding sources Top Down Estimating [  ] Describe top down estimating [  ] Add estimation weights to activities and WBS elements [  ] Perform top down estimating Risk Documentation [  ] Set up risk types [  ] Create a risk [  ] Calculate a risk’s exposure values [  ] Analyze the impact of a risk Tracking Layouts [  ] Identify the four types of tracking layouts [  ] Navigate in a tracking layout [  ] Open a tracking layout [  ] Modify layouts [  ] Create new layouts Auto Compute Actuals [  ] Describe the business rules for auto compute Actuals [  ] Auto compute and activity [  ] Analyze the effect of auto compute Actuals on an activity [  ] Auto compute a resource [  ] Auto compute an expense Reflections Projects [  ] Create a Reflection Project [  ] Make Changes to the Reflection Project [  ] Merge Reflection into Source Project [  ] Update Reflection Project via Activity Owner
Administration in Primavera P6 and P6 Web Access Rel. 6.2
Create Calendars [  ] Define work time and non work time [  ] Designate between global, project and resource calendars [  ] Create a new project calendar Define Project Codes Create values for project codes [  ] Create values for project codes [  ] Assign weights to project codes and project code values [  ] Designate a secure code [  ] Assign project code values Define Resource codes [  ] Define Resource codes [  ] Create values for resource codes [  ] Assign resource code values in Primavera Define Activity Codes [  ] Define activity codes [  ] Create values for activity codes [  ] Designate a secure code [  ] Assign activity coded values	Define User Access [  ] Describe the process for establishing security [  ] Define and create and Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)) hierarchy [  ] Establish security profiles for global and project data [  ] Create a new user with access privileges Summarize Project Data and Run Job Services [  ] View summarizer details [  ] Manually summarize data [  ] Define job service options [  ] Automatically summarized data using a job services Establish User Defined Fields and run Global Change [  ] Establish user defined fields [  ] Define global change parameters [  ] Run a global change Define Financial Periods [  ] Create financial periods [  ] Display financial periods as columns [  ] Store past period performance	Define Cost Accounts View the cost accounts dictionary [  ] View the cost accounts dictionary [  ] Assign cost accounts to activities [  ] Assign cost accounts to expenses Primavera Web Administration [  ] Manage User Interface views [  ] Create a calculated User Defined field [  ] Create issue codes [  ] Create an issue form Global / Project Security Profiles [  ] Global Profile Privilege Definitions [  ] Project Profile Privilege Definitions Defining Currency [  ] Currency [  ] Add New Currency [  ] Set up Currency User Preferences [  ] Currency Conversion Calculation [  ] Resource Currency Type
Resource Management in Primavera P6 Rel 6.2
Creating Resources and Roles [  ] Describe resources and roles [  ] Describe resource security [  ] View the Resources window [  ] Create a resource via New Resource wizard [  ] View Resource Details [  ] Assign resource codes [  ] Define resource rates [  ] Create a role [  ] Add information in Roles dialog box [  ] View the Resources window Assigning Cost Accounts [  ] Assign cost accounts to resource assignments [  ] Assign cost accounts to expenses	Resource and Role Analysis [  ] Analyze resource usage using Resource Usage Profile [  ] Analyze resource usage using Resource Usage Spreadsheet [  ] Compare staffed vs. unstaffed role allocation Resource Assignments Window [  ] Identify sections in the Resource Assignments window [  ] Use the Resource Assignments window to view and edit resource allocation [  ] Select data to display in the Resource Usage Spreadsheet Manual Resource Allocation [  ] Assign resource lag and duration to resource assignments [  ] View and assign resource curves to manually spread allocation.	Bucket Planning [  ] Explain future period bucket planning [  ] Edit future period buckets for a resource assignment [  ] Track manual curves in the project Leveling Resources [  ] Define resource leveling [  ] Set resource leveling options [  ] Level a project to resolve resource conflicts [  ] Analyze the effects of resource leveling [  ] Level based on activity and project priorities Storing Period Performance [  ] Display financial periods as columns [  ] Store past period performance Resource Reporting [  ] Describe reporting methods [  ] Run a resource report [  ] Create a resource report with the Report wizard [  ] Create a report using the current layout
Resource Management in Primavera P6 Web Access Rel. 6.2
Introduction to Primavera [  ] Describe Primavera solutions [  ] Describe P6 Overview and Navigation [  ] Log into P6 Web [  ] Navigate to sections [  ] Locate Action bar Dashboards [  ] View dashboards [  ] Customize dashboards [  ] Filter data to display in portlets Administer the Resource Pool [  ] Add a resource [  ] Place the resource in the Resource dictionary [  ] Prepare the resource to report time in timesheets [  ] Assign roles [  ] Assign resource codes [  ] Specify Max Units / Time and Price / Unit	Resource Planning [  ] Assign resources at the project or WBS level [  ] View the implications of committed and non commiteed assignments [  ] Spread resource allocation across the life of the project [  ] View options for including assignments made in the Plan Resources view in other allocation related view in Primavera Create Resource Teams [  ] Create a resource team [  ] View a resource team on the Resource Team Summary portlet in a dashboard Create Role Teams [  ] Create a role team [  ] View a role team in the Open Requests for Resources portlet on a dashboard	Manage Allocations [  ] Use the Resource Team Summary portlet to view allocation [  ] Use the Usage tab to analyze units and costs [  ] View projects and activities causing resource over allocation [  ] Display enhanced charts to analyze allocation in the Analysis tab [  ] Group and filter data in the analysis tab Staff Resource Requests [  ] Use the Open Requests for Resources portlet to assess staffing needs [  ] Fill and unstaffed role assignments [  ] Staff a resource request by searching for the most qualified resource [  ] Use the Usage tab to analyze role allocation and costs Appendix A: Project Workspace [  ] Describe the Project Workspace [  ] Customize the Project Workspace Appendix B: Updating the Project using Timesheets [  ] Review timesheets [  ] Approve / reject timesheets
Portfolio Management in Primavera P6 Web Access Rel 6
Introduction to Portfolios [  ] Select a portfolio [  ] Create a portfolio favorite [  ] Create a portfolio manually [  ] Manage portfolios [  ] Set preferences View Portfolio Performance [  ] Set Global Preferences [  ] Review performance thresholds [  ] View data in the Executive Summary tab [  ] View data in the Performance Status tab	View Portfolio Information [  ] View return on investment data [  ] View date in the GANTT Chart [  ] Customize the GANTT Chart [  ] Assign a Notebook topic and write a Notebook topic description Analyze Portfolios [  ] Customize the Portfolio Analysis tab [  ] Edit a portfolio view [  ] Create a portfolio view [  ] View waterline analysis [  ] Create a scenario Manage Issues and Risks [  ] View Issues and issue details [  ] Group, sort and filter issue data [  ] View issues in chart form [  ] Create a Risk	Appendix A: Navigation and Dashboards [  ] Log into P6 Web [  ] Navigate to sections [  ] Locate Action bar [  ] Add portlets to a dashboard [  ] Change dashboard layout [  ] View the Project Workspace Appendix B: Earned Value Analysis [  ] Define Earned Value [  ] Define Performance Percent Complete [  ] Define Performance Indices
Oracle Primavera Market Trends
Oracle Primavera Market Overview [  ] Articulate the advantages Oracle Primavera has over the competition [  ] Identify key business drivers present in today’s market	Primavera Market Share [  ] Articulate the expected size of the EPPM market [  ] Identify Oracle Primavera Competitors	Qualifying Primavera Opportunities [  ] Identify Customers with Higher Value / Lower Value opportunities
Market Definition
Introducing Primavera [  ] Identify Oracle Primavera products [  ] Relate Oracle Primavera products to key functionality	Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) [  ] Articulate key business value statements for the purchase of Oracle Primavera	Market Definition [  ] Identify Industries and Markets where Oracle Primavera has presence [  ] Identify key business and market drivers for each industry