Course Outline – Fundamentals of Scheduling in P6
Scheduling Basics
Working with P6
General Layout
Navigating within the menu
Enterprise Project Structure
Creating a Project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Modifying Project Information
Add activities
- Describing Activity Types
- Viewing Activity Information
- Editing Activity Details
- Assigning Steps
- Assigning Codes
- Customize activity views
Customizing bars
Creating relationships
- relationship types
- Creating Relationships in the Gantt Chart
Schedule the project
Assign constraints
Assign roles and resources
Analyze resources and costs
Baseline the project plan
- How to have multiple baselines
- How to change the baseline
Customizing a View
Filtering Data
Grouping and Sorting Data
Defining Total Float
Describing Loops and Open Ends
Assigning Constraints
Calendars
Assigning a Calendar to an Activity
Describing Methods of Applying Progress
Defining the Data Date
Applying Progress to Activities
Test
Review