Primavera P6 Professional Operating Handbook

Schedulers, planners, project controls professionals, contractors, consultants, and technical reviewers · Foundation to advanced · 14 operating guides

What you will practice

Navigate the P6 workspace confidently
Build governed projects, calendars, WBS, activities, and logic
Run controlled baselines and updates
Validate quality and exchange native schedule files

Module 1

Workspace and project controls

Orient the interface and establish a governed project shell.

P6 Professional interface orientation
Create and govern a P6 project
Build and audit P6 calendars
Structure WBS and activity codes in P6

Module 2

Build the network

Create activities, durations, codes, resources, and relationships.

Create activities, types, and durations in P6
Build and verify logic in P6
Assign resources and costs in P6

Module 3

Calculate and baseline

Control F9 options, path analysis, and baseline assignment.

Set the data date and schedule a P6 project
Calculate multiple float paths in P6
Create, assign, and protect P6 baselines

Module 4

Update, review, and exchange

Status the project, build layouts, run Check Schedule, and validate XER round trips.

Status and update a P6 schedule
Build professional P6 layouts, filters, and reports
Run and disposition P6 Check Schedule
Import, export, and validate P6 XER files

Put it into practice

Monthly schedule update review lab

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