Project Planning & Control Using Primavera P6: For all industries including Versions 4 to 6 - Softcover

Harris, Paul E

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1921059206 ISBN 13: 9781921059209

Publisher: Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd., 2008

Synopsis

This book is a user guide and training manual written for Project Management Professionals who wish to learn how to plan and control projects in an established Primavera P6 and earlier Enterprise versions with or without Resources and Roles Project 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 vendor supplied user manual. This book may be customized to meet your requirements, please contact the author for details. - Training organizations requiring a training manual to run their own training courses. - People who wish learn the software but are unable to attend a training course but find the software reference manual hard going. This publication ideal for people who would like to quickly gain an understanding of how the software operates up to an intermediate level. It covers Primavera Versions from 3.5 onwards and it explains some of the differences from SureTrak, P3, Microsoft Project and Asta Powerproject to assist people converting form other products. 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 tackles some of the more complex aspects of the software that the user manual does not address. It highlights the sources of information and the methods that should be employed to produce a realistic and useful project schedule. This book is written by an experienced scheduler, who has used the software at the sharp end of projects and is not a techo. 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.

About this title

About the Author

Paul Harris holds an Honours Degree in Civil Engineering obtained in the UK and is a Certified Cost Engineer through AACEI International, a PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner, an Approved PRINCE2 Trainer and a "Managing Successful Programmes" Registered Practitioner. He has worked in the project controls industry for a number of years and has assisted many companies in a range of industries to set up and run project controls systems. His Melbourne, Australia based company, Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd, offers project controls consulting and training services world wide with a strong focus on Microsoft Project and Primavera software.

Edition details

• Publisher: Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd.
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1921059206
• ISBN 13: 9781921059209
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 360