Scheduling in Primavera P6

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What is CPM Scheduling
4m 19s

CPM Scheduling stands for Critical Path Methodology and it is the primary method Primavera P6 uses to schedule projects. In this introductory lesson we'll explain the concept of "scheduling" and introduce you to the CPM Scheduling methodology.
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CPM Scheduling and Critical Path Example
15m 35s

In this comprehensive lesson, Michael will show you the inner workings of the Critical Path Method as he walks you through scheduling an example project step by step. Learn how the Critical Path Method's forward and backwards pass calculations work and how CPM reveals your project's Critical Path. Knowing CPM Scheduling will no doubt make you a better scheduler.
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Scheduling In Primavera P6
11m 23s

This lesson walks you through how to invoke Primavera's scheduler function to perform CPM Scheduling. We'll also walk you through the schedule log and show you a few other important features related to scheduling.
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Working with the P6 Scheduler
4m 45s

This lesson will take you through the workflow of using the scheduler in Primavera P6 while you build your project.
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Total Float and Project Deadlines
12m 26s

Learn about the value of Total Float when there is a project deadline in place. Total Float becomes a major indicator for whether you will deliver your project on schedule or not.
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Must Finish By Deadlines in P6
6m 41s

This lesson will demonstrate how to set a Must Finish By deadline on your project in P6. We'll also explore a second way to define Critical Path - which is by Longest Path and show you how to set your Critical Path definition in P6.
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Understanding Calendars in Primavera P6
7m 35s

This lesson start our exploration of Calendars in Primavera P6 where we will start by focusing on Activity Calendars. Here, we'll walk through how P6 uses Activity Calendars to schedule work.
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Creating Calendars in Primavera P6
11m 02s

Calendars in Primavera P6 are key to building good project schedules. Learn about P6's Calendars in this video, creating and editing them.
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Assigning Calendars and using Fill-Down in Primavera P6
7m 28s

We'll demonstrate how to assign global and project activity calendars to activities in P6. We'll also cover how to use Fill-Down to change the calendars of multiple activities. And lastly, we'll explain the concept of a default calendar for a project.
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Understanding Constraints in Primavera P6
6m 19s

This lessons starts an exploration of Activity Constraints in P6. We'll explain what constraints are, how they can be used to tweak the scheduler's dates and some best practices as well.
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Applying Activity Constraints in Primavera P6
12m 06s

Learn the steps to work with Activity Constraints and applying them to your schedule. You'll understand the options available to you when applying constraints and walk through two examples in a real world project of delaying work and setting a deadline. This lesson will also discuss best practices on using activity constraints throughout a schedule.
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Organizing Activities and Renumbering Activity IDs in P6
12m 11s

This lesson is essential learning in helping you to organize and order your project's Activities in P6. The key is understanding how to renumber your project's Activities IDs and, more importantly, how to do it quickly - not manually. I'll take you through P6's renumbering feature and then show you a quick trick that will save you time and make ordering activities a breeze.
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Workshop: Scheduling in Primavera P6

Try this challenging workshop. Apply the knowledge from this course to see if your schedule will finish on time. Follow each step and refer to the lessons in this course for help.
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Understanding Constraints in Primavera P6

This lessons starts an exploration of Activity Constraints in P6. We'll explain what constraints are, how they can be used to tweak the scheduler's dates and some best practices as well.

Scheduling in Primavera P6 Understanding Constraints in Primavera P6

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Welcome back. In this lesson we'll be starting our discussion about activity constraints in Primavera P6. This lesson will cover an overall general understanding of activity constraints, what they're for, how you use them and how they work in Primavera P6.

As you use Primavera more and more, what you'll notice is that the Primavera P6 scheduler calculates very idealistic dates and what that means is that Primavera is great at ensuring that the schedule is the most efficient as possible, meaning that each activity follows the other one perfectly.

However, in the real world, we can always accept these idealistic dates and that's because we have real-world constraints that we need to plan around. For example, Primavera says start this activity on day 10 but maybe the materials aren’t arriving until day 13. So we need to have the ability to tweak those dates. We need to have the ability to have that second activity start on June 1st when the materials have arrived. That's what constraints are for.

Constraints are date restrictions that can be applied to an activity. What that means is, this is a facility to allow you to adjust the dates that the Primavera scheduler has calculated. There are actually two constraints for each activity. There's a primary constraint and a secondary constraint as you see in the screenshot, and that allows you to constr...

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