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Introduction To Primavera P6
Introduction To Primavera P6
The Primavera Project Management module is comprehensive, multiproject planning and control software, built on Oracle and Microsoft SQL
Server relational databases for enterprise-wide project management
scalability.
The Project Management module enables your organization to store
and manage its projects in a central location. The module supports work
breakdown structures (WBS), organizational breakdown structures
(OBS), user-defined fields and codes, critical-path-method (CPM)
scheduling, and resource leveling.
Centralized Project Repository : With all projects are in a centralized database, the
robust security module protects project data and offers flexibility when determining
who can access each project.
Enterprise Project Structure & Codes : A configurable Enterprise Project Structure
(EPS) helps forms the hierarchical structure of the projects based on your
organizational needs. Extensible Project Codes help capture different attributes of
projects, such as the region where the project is being executed or the type of project
Cross-project Analysis and Reporting : Quickly and easily create cross-project
dependencies and see how projects impact one another. Built-in analysis shows
whether resources are over- or under-allocated across projects
CPM Scheduling : P6 provides Critical Path Method (CPM) Scheduling, which uses
the activity durations, relationships between activities and calendars to calculate a
schedule for the project. CPM identifies the critical path of activities, those activities
that affect the completion date for the project or an intermediate deadline, and if
delayed will delay the finish of the project.
Float Path Analysis : Float Path Analysis identifies all critical paths within a project to
help avoid potential delays before they occur and to help visualize an activity's
importance to overall project plan.
Components
Functional User
Contributor
Structuring Projects
1. Setting-up and define EPS (Enterprise
Project Structure).
(EPS)
Enterprise Project Structure
Projects
(WBS)
Work Breakdown Structure
(OBS)
Organisational Breakdown
Structures
Project
Civil Works
Buildings
Ware House
Equipment Fdns
Foundation
Superstructure
Finishing Works
Admin Building
Mech. Works
Tanks
Piping
Diesel Tank
OBS (Organisational
Breakdown Structure)
The organizational breakdown
structure (OBS) is a global
hierarchy that represents the
managers responsible for the
projects in enterprise. The OBS
usually reflects the management
structure of organization, from
top-level
personnel
down
through the various levels
constituting your business. We
can associate the responsible
managers with their areas of the
EPS either nodes or individual
projects.
President
Regd. Office
Engineering
Finance
Project Administration
GM Finance
Sr. GM
GM
Sr.Manager
Design
Design Engineer
Sites
Project Manager
Engineer Execution
Defining Resources.
Resources include the personnel and equipment that perform work on
activities across all projects. Resources are generally reused between
activities and/or projects.
Creating Calendars
Create and assign calendars to each
resource and each activity. These
calendars define the available work-hours
in each calendar day. We can also specify
national holidays, your organization's
holidays,
project-specific
work/nonworkdays, and resource vacation days.
Calendar assignments are used for
activity scheduling, tracking, and resource
leveling.
WBS
Task / Activity
Scheduling Project
Updating Progress
To update the progress of the individual activity, the following inputs are to be given in the activity detail form.
1. Start Date (If activity is started)
2. Finish Date (If activity is completed)
3. % of duration completed (if activity is in progress)
4. Remaining duration to complete the activity