Introduction
- Workshop overview and objectives
- Discussion of Workshop Structure and Methodology
Schedule Development Process
- The 9 Steps for Schedule Development
- Source Material for Schedule Development
Part 1 – Hands-On P6
Workshop Files
- Agenda and overview of P6 schedules used in Part 1
Laying the Groundwork
- Definitions
- P6 Use Interface
- P6 Navigation
- Toolbars, icons, help in P6
- Setting P6 User Preferences and Options
Hierarchical Structures
- Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)
- Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)
- Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Creating Hierarchical Structures and Projects in P6
- Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)
- Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)
- Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Creating new projects
Project Layouts and Settings in P6
- Modifying and saving project layouts
- Project detail settings
Calendars
- Overview – how calendars impact the schedule
- Standard workweek
- Building, modifying and assigning calendars in P6
Network Fundamentals
- Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)
- Activities & Milestones
- Activity Names and IDs
- Adding Activities & Milestones in P6
- Activity Durations in P6
Activity Layouts and Settings in P6
- Modifying and saving activity layouts
- Displaying and Modifying Activity Details
- Customizing the Gantt chart
More P6 navigation and functions
- File, View, Project, Enterprise. and Tool menus
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Function keys
Code, Filter, Group, and Sort
- Overview
- Project Codes in P6
- Activity Codes in P6
- User Defined Fields (UDFs) in P6
- Filtering, Grouping, and Sorting in P6
Activity Relationships
- Relationship Types
- Forward Pass Calculations
- Backward Pass Calculations
- Relationships in P6
Critical Path Method
- Definitions & Fundamentals
- Total Float
- Free Float
- Calculating Total Float and Free Float in PDM
- Critical Path in PDM
- Critical Path methodology in P6
- Critical path analysis in P6
Project Modeling Techniques
- Lags, leads and constraints overview
- Adding and modifying lags, leads and constraints in P6
- Templates
UDFs and Global Changes
- Overview of UDFs and Global Changes
- Creating UDFs in P6
- Instructor demonstration of Global Change
Resources
- Definition and Discussion of Resources
- Activity Type and Duration Type
- Adding resources in P6
- Assigning resources in P6
- Resource Analysis in P6
- Resource Profiles in P6
Baselining a project
- Definition of Baseline
- Creating the Baseline in P6
- Attaching, maintaining, and displaying baselines in P6
- Displaying baseline bars in the Gantt chart
Statusing a project
- Statusing overview: Completed, in-progress and future activities
- Data Date in P6
- Step-by-step schedule update process in P6
- Critical path analysis
Additional Topics (provided to attendees in PDF, but only covered by instructor if time permits):
Import/Export
- Import Process
- Export Process
Reporting & Analysis
- Charts
- Diagrams
- Reports
Part 2 – The Earned Value Environment (Integrated Master Schedule)
Earned Value Refresher
- Planned Value
- Earned Value
- Actual Cost
- The Place of the Schedule in a Complete Project Management System
The Example Project
- Project Statement of Work
- The WBS
- The Transmission design Control Account
- Control Account Work Authorization
IMS Requirements
- DI-MGMT-81861 and DI-MGMT-81861B
- Requirements for Structures
- Requirements for the Integrated Master Plan (IMP) and Milestones
- Requirements for Attributes
- The Compliance Matrix
Critical Path Method in the EV Environment
- Overview of methodology for finding the Critical Path and Driving Path
- Locating and Coding two Critical Paths in the P6 Example Project
- Negative Float
Schedule Traceability
- Horizontal Traceability
- Vertical Traceability
- Hands-on analysis in the P6 example project
WBS/Milestones/EVM Structures
- WBS
- WBS Dictionary
- Categories of Milestones
- Elements of Cost
- Statement of Work
- Hands-on analysis in the P6 example project
Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) Data Fields
- Requirements
- Codes
- Compliance Matrix
- Data Dictionary
- Custom Fields
- Schedule Visibility Task (SVT)
- Schedule Margin
- Hands-on analysis in the P6 example project
Project Status Analysis
- Hands-on Analysis of Initial Status in the P6 Example Project
- Hands-on Analysis of Second Status in the P6 Example Project
Forecasting the Estimate-to-Complete (ETC) in the IMS
- Best Practice Forecasting
- Remaining Duration and Remaining Labor
- Hands-on analysis in the P6 Example Project
Best Scheduling Practices & Schedule Health Analysis
- PASEG GASP – Generally Accepted Scheduling Principals
- DECM tests for Schedule Health – Relationships, Durations, Float and more
Additional Topics (provided to attendees in PDF, but not covered by the instructor):
- DCMA 14-Point Schedule Health
- CEI – Current Execution Index
- Schedule Risk Assessment
- IMS Review
Adjourn