Introduction

• Workshop overview and objectives
• Discussion of Workshop Structure and Methodology

Schedule Development Process

• The 9 Steps for Schedule Development
• Source Material for Schedule Development

Part 1 – Hands-On P6

Workshop Files

• Agenda and overview of P6 schedules used in Part 1

Laying the Groundwork

• Definitions
• P6 Use Interface
• P6 Navigation
• Toolbars, icons, help in P6
• Setting P6 User Preferences and Options

Hierarchical Structures

• Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)
• Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)
• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Creating Hierarchical Structures and Projects in P6

• Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)
• Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)
• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Creating new projects

Project Layouts and Settings in P6

• Modifying and saving project layouts
• Project detail settings

Calendars

• Overview – how calendars impact the schedule
• Standard workweek
• Building, modifying and assigning calendars in P6

Network Fundamentals

• Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)
• Activities & Milestones
• Activity Names and IDs
• Adding Activities & Milestones in P6
• Activity Durations in P6

Activity Layouts and Settings in P6

• Modifying and saving activity layouts
• Displaying and Modifying Activity Details
• Customizing the Gantt chart

More P6 navigation and functions

• File, View, Project, Enterprise. and Tool menus
• Keyboard shortcuts
• Function keys  

Code, Filter, Group, and Sort

• Overview
• Project Codes in P6
• Activity Codes in P6
• User Defined Fields (UDFs) in P6
• Filtering, Grouping, and Sorting in P6

Activity Relationships

• Relationship Types
• Forward Pass Calculations
• Backward Pass Calculations
• Relationships in P6

Critical Path Method

• Definitions & Fundamentals
• Total Float
• Free Float
• Calculating Total Float and Free Float in PDM
• Critical Path in PDM
• Critical Path methodology in P6
• Critical path analysis in P6

Project Modeling Techniques

• Lags, leads and constraints overview
• Adding and modifying lags, leads and constraints in P6
• Templates

UDFs and Global Changes

• Overview of UDFs and Global Changes
• Creating UDFs in P6
• Instructor demonstration of Global Change

Resources

• Definition and Discussion of Resources
• Activity Type and Duration Type
• Adding resources in P6
• Assigning resources in P6
• Resource Analysis in P6
• Resource Profiles in P6

Baselining a project

• Definition of Baseline
• Creating the Baseline in P6
• Attaching, maintaining, and displaying baselines in P6
• Displaying baseline bars in the Gantt chart

Statusing a project

• Statusing overview: Completed, in-progress and future activities
• Data Date in P6
• Step-by-step schedule update process in P6
• Critical path analysis

Additional Topics (provided to attendees in PDF, but only covered by instructor if time permits):

Import/Export

• Import Process
• Export Process

Reporting & Analysis

• Charts
• Diagrams
• Reports

Part 2 – The Earned Value Environment (Integrated Master Schedule)

Earned Value Refresher

• Planned Value
• Earned Value
• Actual Cost
• The Place of the Schedule in a Complete Project Management System

The Example Project

• Project Statement of Work
• The WBS
• The Transmission design Control Account
• Control Account Work Authorization

IMS Requirements

• DI-MGMT-81861 and DI-MGMT-81861B
• Requirements for Structures
• Requirements for the Integrated Master Plan (IMP) and Milestones
• Requirements for Attributes
• The Compliance Matrix

Critical Path Method in the EV Environment

• Overview of methodology for finding the Critical Path and Driving Path
• Locating and Coding two Critical Paths in the P6 Example Project
• Negative Float

Schedule Traceability

• Horizontal Traceability
• Vertical Traceability
• Hands-on analysis in the P6 example project

WBS/Milestones/EVM Structures

• WBS
• WBS Dictionary
• Categories of Milestones
• Elements of Cost
• Statement of Work
• Hands-on analysis in the P6 example project

Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) Data Fields

• Requirements
• Codes
• Compliance Matrix
• Data Dictionary
• Custom Fields
• Schedule Visibility Task (SVT)
• Schedule Margin
• Hands-on analysis in the P6 example project

Project Status Analysis

• Hands-on Analysis of Initial Status in the P6 Example Project
• Hands-on Analysis of Second Status in the P6 Example Project

Forecasting the Estimate-to-Complete (ETC) in the IMS

• Best Practice Forecasting
• Remaining Duration and Remaining Labor
• Hands-on analysis in the P6 Example Project

Best Scheduling Practices & Schedule Health Analysis

• PASEG GASP – Generally Accepted Scheduling Principals
• DECM tests for Schedule Health – Relationships, Durations, Float and more

Additional Topics (provided to attendees in PDF, but not covered by the instructor):

• DCMA 14-Point Schedule Health
• CEI – Current Execution Index
• Schedule Risk Assessment
• IMS Review

Adjourn