Training Primavera: Delay analysis and claims management with Oracle Primavera®
About the training - Delay analysis and claims management with Oracle Primavera
The training Primavera is aimed at teaching how to analyse and manage claims by using Oracle Primavera P6 18.8 and earlier versions, in the Traditional Project Management (TPM) practices defined and matured in the world of the engineer and construction professionals.
The terminology and principles used throughout this course are designed to reflect the current syllabus for the Traditional Project Management (TPM) practices defined and matured in the world of the engineer and construction professionals, including FIDIC Classifications for claims.
Course Outcome
At the end of the Primavera training, the participants will be able to:
- Understand the steps required to create a project plan by using Traditional Project Management (TPM) practices
- Set up the Oracle Primavera software
- Define calendars
- Add activities
- Organize activities according to project’s scope and format the layout
- Add logic and activity relationships according to technical and legal constraints
- Use Columns, Layout and Filters which create the printouts and reports
- Updating progress/Critical Path Analysis
- Controlling project progress reports –S Curve Analysis (Time, Cost, Scope)
- Do the Window(Time Impact Analysis) for analysing Claims
Course Outline
Day 1
- What is a project
- The project triple constraint
- Project lifecycle according to PMI
- Fundamentals of Contract Management
- Risk, Conflict, Claim, Dispute
- Oracle Primavera role in Project Management
- What is Oracle Primavera P6
- Starting the application
- General presentation of windows
- Understanding project and global data
- EPS, WBS, OBS
- Setting the project calendar
- Defining the Work Breakdown Structure- Project Scope (Contractual Articles)
- Defining the list of activities (Interfaces milestones)
- Estimating activity duration
- Creating actiivty relationships
- Critical Path Method Analysis- Project Time
- Activity codes- defining an alternative WBS Structure
- Customizing a Gantt Chart View (Layout)
Day 2
- Defining roles and resources
- Entering roles and resources maximum capacity(allocation)
- Entering resources pay rates
- Defining the resource calendar
- Assigning labor/nonlabor resources
- Activity settings when addding/removing resources
- What are the project expenses
- Best practices in using activity expenses
- Assigning a dummy resource
- Top down estimation
- Saving the project baseline to be used for future comparisons
- Saving a baseline layout
- Assigning the baseline to the current project
Day 3
- Identify the updating interval(progress spotlight)
- Entering the activity %complete (duration, physical)
- Entering actual values for resources and costs
- Types of delays
- Claim Management methodology
- Identifying the causes of claims
- Maintaining claims records
- Preparing an Extension of Time request
- Delay Analysis Techniques
- Analysing delays with Oracle Primavera
- Submitting the Claim requests
- LAyouts for monitoring performance
- Identifying activities that have slipped
- Filters
- Analysing activity costs
- Analysing resources costs
- Reporting project cost variance
- S Curve Analysis (Time-Scope-Cost) Actual vs planned
- Importing projects
- Exporting projects
- Final examination
Course format:
– Clasroom live
– Presentation
– Real Case study selected with attendees
– Exercices
Lenght: 3 days
Schedule: 8:00-16:00
Where: Client/ Other
Language: EN/FR
Certificate: Certificate of Completion
Trainer: Senior Project Planning & Risk Management Consultant, MSc Engineering & Business Management PMP® Certified, experienced in Nuclear, Rail, Oil and Gas…
Course Materials:
– Course manual
– Planning, reporting templates
– Project Planning guideline
– Ecostar Plan notebook and pen
Who should attend:
– Project Managers
– Engineers and Planners
– Chief Executive Officers
– Finance Managers
– Contracts and Claims Manager
– Project Risk Managers
– Document Controller
– PMO Support Engineer
– Cost Engineers
– Claim Specialist
In what industries:
– Infrastructure
– Engineering and Construction
– Oil, Gas and Petrochemical
– Nuclear
– Power and Water Utility Plants
– Manufacturing and Industrial
– Government
– Aerospace
– Defense
– Financial Services
– Telecommunication
– Pharmaceuticals
– Environmental
– Shipbuilding
What you will get after the training
Course Manual
Certificate of completion
Case studies
Templates
Post course support
- Access to a local network for participants – continued development of PM skills, providing useful tools & information
- Access to our monthly meeting – giving students the possibility to stay in touch with the other students trained by Ecostar Plan
- Further courses recommendations
- Proven templates, guidelines
Why Ecostar Plan?
relevant industry experience
guaranteed quality
proven results
PM Consultants certified by
the Project Management Institute
understand real project needs
post course support
Benefits
According to international studies regarding PM Training results, companies had a 26% overall performance
improvement in 8 areas of project management due to their project management training programmes.
- Improved stakeholder satisfaction
- Improved schedule performance
- Decrease in project failures
- Increase is risk awareness
- Improved budget performance
- Improved productivity
- Better scope control
- Human Resources development
Evaluating training and results (ROI of Training)
Ecostar Plan by its experienced trainers is continuously evaluating training performance to show the value that programs have on the company through the following: - Reaction and value of the program
- Learning and confidence
- Application and implementation