This course is structured around setting up the EPS, OBS, user profiles, and end users. The course is designed for Application Administrators that want control of their Primavera system down to the WBS structure within a project. This course will enhance your project management skills using Primavera V6.


  • Comprehend the Project Management Life Cycle

  • Describe how Primavera assist with the Project Management Life Cycle

  • Use scheduling capabilities in Primavera

  • Understand WBS and how it can be built in Primavera

  • Comprehend the concept of Critical Path and its depiction in Primavera.

Week-1: Read Chapters 1-2 of textbook; complete all assignment questions

  • The Project Management Life Cycle

  •        Review· the relationship between Primavera and the Project Management Life Cycle

  •        Identify the five process groups in the Project Management Life Cycle

  • Scheduling Overview

  •       Planning vs Scheduling

  •       Levels of Schedules

  •       Introduction to WBS

  •       Key Scheduling Definition i.e. Activities, Millstones, Predecessor and Successor, etc.

  •       Activity Sequencing Elements

  •       Critical Path


Week-2: Read Chapters 3-5 of textbook; complete all assignment questions

  • Data, Navigating, and Layouts

  •        Login

  •        Open an existing project

  •        Navigate in the Home window and Activities window

  •        Open an existing layout

  •        Customize a layout

  •        Save a layout

  • Creating a Project

  •         Create a project

  •         Navigate in the Projects window

  •         View and modify information in Project Details


Week-3: Read Chapters 6-8 of textbook; complete all assignment questions

  • Creating a Work Breakdown Structure

  •          Define a Work Breakdown Structure

  •          Create multiple levels of a WBS hierarchy

  • Adding Activities

  •           Describe an activity and its components

  •           Describe activity types

  •           Add activities

  •           Add a Notebook topic to an activity

  •           Add steps to an activity

  •           Assign activity codes to activities


Week-4: Read Chapters 9-11 of textbook; do complete all assignment questions

  • Creating Relationships

  •            Create a network logic diagram

  •            Differentiate between the four relationship types

  •            Create relationships in the Activity Network

  •            Create relationships in Activity Details

  • Scheduling

  •            Perform a forward and backward pass

  •            Describe float and its impact on a schedule

  •            Identify loops and open ends

  •            Calculate a schedule


Week-5: Read Chapter 12 of textbook; do complete all assignment questions

  • Formatting Schedule Data

  •             Group activities according to specific criteria

  •              Sort activities

  •              Apply a filter

  •              Create a filter


Week-6: Read Chapter 13 of textbook; do complete all assignment questions

  • Roles and Resources

  •              Describe roles

  •              Views the roles dictionary

  •              Describe resources

  •              Identify the differences between labor, non-labor and material resources

  •              View the resource dictionary

  • Assigning Roles

  •              Assign roles to an activity

  •              Assign rates on roles