Project Planning and Scheduling Using Primavera Version 4.1

Useful for learning Primavera 4.1 version - a software for engineering, construction, maintenance, and turnover. This book is designed to teach planners and schedulers, how to setup and use the software in a project environment.

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This book is may be used for learning Primavera 4.1 - For Engineering and Construction and Maintenance and Turnover software as either: A self teach book, or a userguide, or a training manual for a two day training course. The book is aimed at: Project management companies in industries such as building, construction, oil and gas, who wish to run their own software training courses or provide their employees with an alternative text to the vendor supplied user manual; Training organizations who require 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 manual reference manual hard going. A user guide written for Project Management Professionals who wish to learn how to schedule single projects in an established Enterprise environment with or without Resources and Roles. This book is packed with screenshots, constructive tips and is available in paperback and A4 spiral bound, which lies flat on the desk and is suitable as a training course handout and for learning the software.
The book contains workshops with solutions at the end of each chapter for the reader to practice the skills taught in the chapter. This book is written by an experienced scheduler, who has used the software at the sharp end of projects and not a techo. 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. 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. It includes exercises, a large number of screen dumps, numerous tips and an index.
The book may also be used as a reference manual, but with the understanding that it mainly covers the planning and scheduling aspects of the product. The book provides advice on how on how these options may be applied to projects environments and it aims training organisations or companies who wish to conduct their own training may have the book tailored to suit their requirements. This may be achieved by removing, reordering or adding content to the book and by writing their own exercises. Please contact the author to discuss this service. As a project controls consultant I have used a number of planning and scheduling software packages for the management of a range of project types and sizes. The first books I published were user guides/training manuals for Primavera SureTrak, P3 and Microsoft Project users. These were well received by professional project managers and schedulers, so I decided to turn my attention to Primavera Enterprise. This book followsthe same proven layout of my previous books. I trust this book will assist you in understanding how to use Primavera Enterprise on your projects.