Section 01: User and Admin Preferences
• Review and adjust specific user and admin preferences to provide an in-depth understanding of how they can affect scheduling
Section 02: Duration and Percent Complete Types
• Hands on review of how activity Duration Type affects schedule calculations
• Hands on review of how activity Percent Complete Type affects schedule calculations, specifically around earned value reporting
• Review common default project settings
Section 03: Utilizing P6 Cost Accounts
• Cost Accounts Relationship to Earned Value Reporting
• Example Utilizing All Earned Value Components
• Cost Account Structure in P6
• Create a Cost Account Structure
• Assigning Cost Accounts to activity Resource Assignments or Expense Assignments
Section 04: Importing and Exporting
• P6 XER file import and Export
• Excel Import and Export
• Exporting and Importing Layouts and Reports
Section 05: Utilizing Cost
• Understand how the Resource Type affects units, cost, and earned value field calculations
• Apply hourly rates to labor, non-labor, and material resources
• Add expense items with cost
• View the overall costs for a P6 project file
Section 06: Allocation Resources
• Setting Up the Resource Assignments View Layout
• Apply Budgets and Assign Cost Accounts in the Assignments View
• Changing Resources on Assignments
Section 07: Resource Leveling
• Leveling Concepts
• P6 Leveling Settings
• Activity Leveling Priorities
• Creating Shift Calendars
• Setting the Resource Limits (Max Units/Time)
• Adjust Resource Limits (Max Units/Time)
• View and Print a Resource Profile Summary
Section 08: Advanced Scheduling Concepts
• Adding Contingency to a Schedule
• Retained Logic and Progress Override
• Calendar Effect on Relationship Lag Assignments
• Calculating Multiple Float Paths
Section 09: User Defined Fields and Global Change
• Define and Create User Defined Fields
• Understanding the Global Change Functionality
• Create and Apply a Global Changes
Section 10: Change Control and Baseline Updates
• Use a P6 Staging Project for Pending Changes
• Performing “What-If” Schedule Analysis
• Apply Approved Changes to a Project
• Baseline Updates with Schedule Changes
Section 11: Reflection Projects
• Understand Reflection Projects
• The Common uses for Reflection Projects
• Create, Edit, and Merge a Reflection Project
