Oracle Primavera Authorised Training Course

601 Planning & Scheduling in P3

Duration: THREE DAY COURSE

This course covers getting started with P3 through hands-on, basic training. Participants will gain a thorough
background in the concepts of planning and scheduling while learning P3. The course leads you through nine
hands-on workshops that create and track an entire project to completion, using the three basic elements of
project management: schedule, resources, and costs. Scheduling techniques will be covered.

Course Topics Course Objectives

Fundamentals of Project Management
Create a project with activities and

Establishing the Project & Coding Structures resources

Defining Calendars
Calculate a schedule

Adding and Organizing Activities
Enter statusing data to update a schedule

Relationships
Store period performance

Scheduling
Produce project output

Applying Constraints to a Schedule
Customize the project layout

Customizing the Layout
Develop a project network with

Managing Resources & Costs precedence relationships

Creating the Target Plan
Create target schedule

Updating the Current Schedule

Producing Effective Output

Workshops

Class Exercises

Prerequisite: Knowledge of fundamentals of project scheduling and a working knowledge of Windows

Course level: Basic P3

Targeted role: Project Managers, Planners/Schedulers

Additional audience: End users, Functional Implementer, Business Analysts, (New P3 users)

Suggested next courses: 602: Managing Project Data in P3

603: Resource and Cost Analysis in P6
108: Migrating from P3 to P6 Conversion

NOTE: This is a standard, software functionality-based class. Industry specific

offerings/ examples are not included in standard classes.

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