Table of Contents

1 INTRODUCTION 2 CREATING A PROJECT PLAN 3 STARTING UP AND NAVIGATION 4 CREATING A NEW PROJECT 5 DEFINING CALENDARS 6 CREATING A PRIMAVERA PROJECT WBS 7 ADDING ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZING UNDER THE WBS 8 FORMATTING THE DISPLAY 9 ADDING RELATIONSHIPS 10 ACTIVITY NETWORK VIEW 11 CONSTRAINTS 12 GROUP, SORT AND LAYOUTS 13 FILTERS 14 PRINTING AND REPORTS 15 SCHEDULING OPTIONS AND SETTING A BASELINE 16 UPDATING AN UNRESOURCED SCHEDULE 17 USER AND ADMINISTRATION PREFERENCES AND SCHEDULING OPTIONS 18 CREATING ROLES AND RESOURCES 19 ASSIGNING ROLES, RESOURCES AND EXPENSES 20 RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION 21 UPDATING A RESOURCED SCHEDULE 22 OTHER METHODS OF ORGANIZING PROJECT DATA 23 GLOBAL CHANGE 24 MANAGING THE ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENT 25 MULTIPLE PROJECT SCHEDULING 26 UTILITIES 27 EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT WITH P6 28 WHAT IS NEW IN P6 VERSION 8.1 29 WHAT IS NEW IN P6 VERSION 7 30 WHAT IS NEW IN VERSION 6.0 31 TOPICS NOT COVERED IN THIS PUBLICATION 32 INDEX

About the Author

Paul Harris holds an Honours Degree in Civil Engineering obtained in the UK and is a Certified Cost Engineer through AACEI International, a PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner, an Approved PRINCE2 Trainer and a "Managing Successful Programmes" 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 controls 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 Primavera software.