Resource Management with Oracle Primavera P6 PPM Professional

Description

Primavera is an enterprise project portfolio management software. It includes project management, scheduling, risk analysis, opportunity management, resource management, and collaboration and control capabilities, and integrates with other enterprise software such as Oracle and SAP's ERP systems. This course aims to teach students about creating and assigning resources, along with updating a resource schedule with the Oracle Primavera Project Manager P6 PPM Professional tool. You will start by exploring user and administration preferences and scheduling options. Then, you will be understanding and creating resources and roles in Primavera software. Following that, you will be assigning roles, resources, and expenses using the Primavera tool. Then, you will learn how to optimize resources and see methods of resolving resource peaks and conflicts resource leveling; this is one of the most important features of any project management tool. Finally, you will be updating the resourced schedule using the Primavera tool in detail. By the end of the course, you will be able to successfully create and assign resources along with updating a resource schedule with Primavera Project Manager P6 PPM Professional Client. The code files and all resource files are uploaded on the GitHub repository at: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Resource-Management-with-Oracle-Primavera-P6-PPM-Professional

What You Will Learn

Explore user and admin preferences along with the scheduling options
Create resources, roles, and the resources window
Study how to assign roles, resources, and expenses
Explore how to optimize resources
See methods of resolving resource peaks and conflicts in resource leveling
Learn to update a resourced schedule

Audience

This course is best suited for program managers and project control staff evaluating the software against organizational requirements. The project schedulers and experienced project personnel who wish to learn how to use the software to schedule and control projects will gain a lot.

You will need the Oracle Primavera P6 tool and experience in using application software such as Microsoft Office. Individuals with an understanding of how projects are planned, scheduled, and controlled, including understanding the project management processes applicable to your projects, will be a plus.

Approach

This course follows the approach of explaining first, followed by a practical demonstration of the software functionality, and followed up with student workshops to reinforce the learning.

Key Features

Practical workshop on adding resources to the database * Practical workshop on assigning resources and expenses to activities * Practical workshop on resources optimization and updating a resourced schedule

Github Repo

https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Resource-Management-with-Oracle-Primavera-P6-PPM-Professional

About the Author

Paul E. Harris

Paul E. Harris holds an honors degree in civil engineering obtained in the UK and is a certified cost engineer through AACEI International, a PRINCE2 registered practitioner, and a 'Managing Successful Programs' registered practitioner. He has worked in the project controls industry for a number of years and has assisted many companies in a range of industries to set up and run project control systems. His Melbourne, Australia-based company, Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd., offers project controls consulting and training services worldwide with a strong focus on Microsoft Project and Oracle Primavera software.

Course Outline

1. Introduction to Resource Management

2. User Preferences and Admin Preferences

3. Creating Roles and Resources

4. Assigning Roles, Resources and Expenses

5. Resource Optimization

6. Updating a Resourced Schedule