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Project Planning and Control Using Primavera P6: For All Industries Including Versions 4 to 6 - Softcover
Synopsis
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(r) Enterprise environment 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 book is an update of the authors Primavera Version 5.0 book and contains more chapters including Global Change, Custom Data Fields and Leveling. It has been written using the Construction and Engineering version but may be used by any industry and covers Versions 3.5 to 6.0. The book is packed with screen shots, constructive tips and contains workshops with solutions at the end of each chapter for the reader to practice the skills taught. 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 and Microsoft Project 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. The book provides advice on how on how the many software options may be applied to projects environments and it aims to teach readers how to plan and control projects created within the software package and stays focused on explaining how to use Primavera to schedule projects by: * Concentrating on the core functions required to set up an enterprise environment and how to plan and control projects. * Providing command lists at the start of each chapter as a quick reference. * Providing a comprehensive table of contents and index of all topics. The book is intended to be used: * As a self teach book, or * A user guide, or * A training manual for a three day training course 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.
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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
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- PublisherEastwood Harris Pty Ltd
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1921059214
- ISBN 13 9781921059216
- BindingSpiral-bound
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages365
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