LECTURE 3

Activity Codes
 Activity Codes enable you to classify and categorize activities
according to you organizational and project needs.
 You can use activity codes to view and roll-up activities in the
Activity Table; build reports in the Report Wizard or Report
Editor; organize a layout by grouping activities into specific
categories; and select and summarize activities.
 Examples include Phase, Area, Site, and Division.
 Creating activity codes
 Division wise / city wise / contractor wise
 Enterprise > activity codes

 Used for grouping

Creating activity codes
Assigning Activity Codes
Resources
Resources

 Pre-requisites for resources

 Default currency
 Costing unit
 Material measuring units
Default currency

 Edit > user preferences

 PKR won’t be available

Default currency

 Admin > currencies

Default currency

 Normally contracts are in USD

Changing defaults of project
Changing costing unit
Defining Material Unit

 Admin > admin categories

 Creating resource dictionary
 Enterprise > resources
Creating resource dictionary
Creating resource dictionary
Creating resource dictionary

 OBS is organizational structure

 Resources are people working on the project in actual
 Role Vs Resource
 Chief Justice is role
 Iftikhar is resource
 We can plan project based on roles or resorces
Enter following resources
Assigning resources to activities
Assigning resources to activities

 Now assign resources to your every activity.

Resource Leveling
Resource Leveling
Resource Leveling

 There may be problem in resource leveling if the resource

calendar is different from activity / project calendar
 In start of project add a general resource calendar and use it
during project.
 Milestones
 Start Milestone –This type is typically used to mark the beginning of a phase or to
communicate project deliverables.
 Zero-duration activity
 Only has a start date
 You can assign a primary resource
 You cannot assign roles
 Finish Milestone –This type is typically used to mark the end of a phase or to
communicate project deliverables.
 Zero-duration activity
 Only has a finish date
 You can assign a primary resource
 You cannot assign roles
 Activity Types
 The Activity Type determines whether the activity calendar or resource calendar is
used during scheduling.
 Resource dependent & task dependent
 Task dependent is default
 For effort driven (in activity details)
 Resource curves
 Add a column for resource curve
Adding your own customize
curves
Adding your own customize
curves
 Cost usage – cash flow
 Bottom layout > activity usage profile
Cost usage – cash flow
Cost usage – cash flow
S-Curve
Costing

 Two types
 Direct
 Indirect (admin expenses etc)
 Cost Accounts
Enterprise > cost accounts
Assign Indirect Costs

 Admin > admin categories > expense

categories
Assign Indirect Costs
Tracking
Milestone
Securing your project

 Make 3 or 4 copies of your final project at this stage

Create baseline of project
Assign baseline to the project
Display the assigned baseline
bars
 View > bars
Update progress

 Important point
 Data date will calculate what should have been done till now.

 Once new data date selected , you can’t go back to any previous
date
Update progress
Activity % complete column
Update project progress
Progress calculations using activity
steps

 Define steps
Progress calculations using activity steps
Progress calculations using activity
steps
Quiz

 What is EPS? How you Describe EPS in terms of

Primavera with example? 4 Marks

 Describe Reason & Solution why don’t you see water

fall at Gantt Area when apply relationship? 2 Marks

 What is use of Curtains & Spotlight in Primavera?

How you apply spotlight on your project? 4 Marks
Thank you