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Planning Using Primavera Project Planner P3 Version 3.1 Revised 2006
This is a user guide written for project managers and planners in any industry including building, construction, oil and gas and software development. The book is aimed at: project management companies who wish to run their own software training courses or provide their employees with an alternative text to the user manual; training organizations who
require a training manual to run their own training courses; and people who wish learn the software however are unable to attend a formal training course. This book is written by an experienced scheduler, who has used the software at the sharp end of projects and not a techo. The book is designed to teach planners and schedulers in any industry how to setup and use the software in a project environment. It explains in plain English and in a logical sequence, the steps required to create and maintain an unresourced and resourced schedule. It covers some of the more advanced features of the software such as resource leveling and Project Groups and highlights the sources of information and the methods that should be employed to produce a realistic and useful project schedule. It draws on the author's practical experience in using the software in a wide variety of industries. It presents workable solutions to real day to day planning and scheduling problems and contains practical advice on how to set up the software and import data. It includes exercises, a large number of screen dumps, numerous tips, and an index.
Contents:
Introduction
Creating a project plan
Creating projects & setting up the software
Defining calendars
Activity codes
Adding activities
Formatting the display
Assigning activity codes & organizing
Organizing activities
Adding the logic
Contraints
Filters & layouts
Printing & reports
Tracking progress
Scheduling options & out of sequence progress
ctivity ID's, WBS codes & alias
Creating & using resources
Using activity types & driving resources
Statusing projects with resources
Resource histogrammes & tables
Resource levelling
Project groups
Tools & techniques for scheduling
Global change
Object linking & embedding
Project utilities
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