PROJECT PLANNING USING PRIMAVERA PROJECT PLANNER P3 V3.

1 INTRODUCTION & CREATING A PROJECT PLAN Creating Projects-Defining Calendars-Defining Activity Codes- Adding and Organizing Activities -Adding the Logic-Scheduling the Project- Creating and Using Resources- Activity Types and Driving Resources - Monitoring Progress of a Resourced Schedule -Formatting the Display Filters and Layouts-Printing and Reports-Tools and Techniques for Scheduling-Project Groups and Project Utilities CREATING PROJECTS AND SETTING UP THE SOFTWARE P3 File Structure - Creating a New Project -Opening an Existing Project- Operating In a Multi-user Environment - The Screen DEFINING CALENDARS - ACTIVITY CODES- ADDING ACTIVITIES Daily Calendar -Global Calendar- Holiday List Form -Standard Global Information Form Daily Base Calendars - Hourly Calendars - Resource Calendars Defining Activity Codes Creating and Deleting Code Dictionaries- Creating and Deleting Activity Codes- Default Activity Codes-Adding New Activities -Deleting Activities-Copying Activities in P3-Copying Activities from other Programs ASSIGNING ACTIVITY- CODES AND ORGANIZING - ADDING THE LOGICACTIVITY IDS-WBS CODES Assigning Activity Codes-Organizing Activities -Organize Options -Summarizing and Expanding Bands- Understanding Relationships - Adding Relationships to the Activities Graphical Adding, Editing and Deleting Relationships - Link and Unlink -Autolink -Deleting Relationships -Successor and Predecessor Forms -PERT View -Scheduling the ProjectUnderstanding Critical Path Calculations -Constraints -Constraints Form-Project Must Finish by Constraint -Log Records- Activity ID Codes-WBS Work Breakdown Structure FILTERS AND LAYOUTS- FORMATTING THE DISPLAY- PRINTING AND REPORTS Creating and Editing Filters-Layouts-Creating a New Layout-Saving Changes to a LayoutLayout Options- Default Layout- The Toolbar - Formatting Columns -Formatting the Bars in the Bar Chart -Defining Critical Activities Format Timescale -Format Sight Lines-Format Row Height-Format Fonts-Format Date-Printing the Bar Chart-Page Setup-GrayscaleHeader and Footer forms-Print Set Up-Print--Preview Picture-Save as Web Page-Reports TRACKING PROGRESS- SCHEDULING OPTIONS AND OUT OF SEQUENCE PROGRESS Setting the Target-Recording Progress-Updating or Statusing the Schedule-Suspend and Resume -Linking Remaining Duration and Schedule Percent Complete-Calculating the Schedule-Automatic Scheduling and Leveling-Out-of-Sequence Progress -Start-to-Start LagActivity Durations with Finish-to-Finish relationships CREATING AND USING RESOURCES- ACTIVITY TYPES AND DRIVING RESOURCES Creating Resources-Hierarchical Resources-Assigning Resources to Activities-Assigning Resources Using Insert Resource Assignment Form-Assigning Resources Using Resource Form -Assigning Resources Using Costs Form-Page Breaks-Assign Resources Against Multiple Activities -Assigning an Activity Type to an Activity-Task-Independent-Meeting-Start Milestone- Finish Milestone-Start Flag-Finish Flag

STATUSING PROJECTS WITH RESOURCES Understanding Target Schedule and Budgets - Information Required to Update a Resourced Schedule-Updating Dates and Percentage Complete-Recording Progress Using Activity Form-Recording Progress Using Activity Columns- Recording Progress on the Bar ChartUpdate Progress-Updating Resources- Resource Histograms-Resource Table RESOURCE LEVELING- TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR SCHEDULING Leveling at Project Group or Project Level-Resource Level Form- Guidelines for LevelingFragnets-Creating a Fragnet-Deleting a Fragnet-Retrieving Fragnets-Cost AccountsResource Curves PROJECT GROUPS -PROJECT UTILITIES Understanding Concentric Project Management and the Role of SureTrak- Differences Between P3 and SureTrak -Creating a New Project- Copying Projects-Scheduling and Leveling at Project Group or Project Level-Project -Back-up- Restore-Delete - Checkin/Check-out-Import and Export-Working With Microsoft Project MPX Files