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shee t k shee P6 Exercise Wor k Preparing for the Exe r cises onsulting recommends that you donload and install your on standalone copy of Pr imave r a Ten Six Cons P6 Pr of e ssional for use ith this cour se ! ons ill assist you in o"taining and installing your on Pr imaver a P6 Pr of e ssional The folloing instr uctions system#
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shee t k shee P6 Exercise Wor k Preparing for the Exe r cises onsulting recommends that you donload and install your on standalone copy of Pr imave r a Ten Six Cons P6 Pr of e ssional for use ith this cour se ! ons ill assist you in o"taining and installing your on Pr imaver a P6 Pr of e ssional The folloing instr uctions system#
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Exe r cises se s 'ntr oduction !
onstr uction pro@ect on pro@ect schedule called This orksheet pr ovide s you ith ex er cise s that ill "uild a sim ple cons >e $ome A >
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'm po por tant >ote# Some of the folloing e xe r cises have a lar ge num"er of data entry ite ms!
46 >6T have to load all the data in the e xe r cise ta "les! 2ust enter some of the data) perhaps the f ir st five ros to get some pro@ect files that you donloade d at the start of this pr actice) and then load the rest using the !DE% pro@ect course! 'nstr uctions on s for im por t pr o @e ct data from an DE% file can "e found at the "ack of this Exercise ks hee t! Wor k
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'ntroduction to P 6 Exe r cise# 1! (sing your on s tandalone copy of Pr imaver a P6 Pr of essional) familiari+e yourself ith the P6 inte r fa ce ! ccess the main vies such as the Pro@ects vie) W-S vie and ctivitie s vie!
?! pen and close some se lect sam ple pro@ects using the right;click andFor =ile G pen menu methods! % ight;click method Select one or more pro@ects and r ight;click to open them!
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ctivities vie) select diff e r ent vies in the "ottom layout area using the -ottom Hayou t tool gr oup! 'n the
3! Explorer and familiari+e yourself ith the main menus of P6!
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Hesson ? 8 Working ith Pro@ect Schedules Exe r cise#
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Pro@ects vie) use the dd "utton or r ight;click menuIs dd option to run the JCr eate a ne pro@ectB i+ar d! Cr e ate a pro@ect ith the folloing attr i"utes# 'n the
EPS >ode# EKC /Enginee r ing and Construction Pro@ect '4# EC<<.?< Pro@ect >ame# >e $ome Construction Pro@ect Planned Start# <,;=E-;?<17 4ata 4ate# <,;=E-;?<17 /typically ill "e automatically set to Pro@ect Planned Star t The se next images ill he lp guide you through the process!
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The final pro@ect shou ld appear as follos in the Pro@ects vie#
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Hesson 7 8 Work -reakdon Str uctur e Exe r cise# 1! (sing the te chni&ue s de scr i"e d in the tr aining video) create the folloing Work -r eak don Str uctur e for your >e $ome Constr uction pr o @e ct#
To create a child W-S e le ment#
1! %ight;click on the parent W-S e le ment ?! Select dd from the drop;don menu 7! Enter a descr iption for the W-S e lement in the W-S >ame column To create a si"ling W-S element# /recommended method
1! % ight;click on the parent W-S e le ment ?! Select dd from the drop;don menu 7! Enter a descr iption for the W-S e lement in the W-S >ame column ,! (se the JMove Hef tB "utton to outdent the child W-S element and make it a si"ling of the or iginal par ent e le ment! >ote# This exe r cise data can "e im por ted from the Hesson <7 8 >e $ome Construction Pro@ect!xer file that is included in your tr aining data package! See last page for im por t instr uctions!
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Hesson , 8 ctivities
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Exe r cise# 1! Cr eate a ne layout called ctivity Entr y ith the folloing columns se le cted#
?! (sing any of the methods demonstrated in the le sson , video) add the folloing activities to your >e $ome Construction pr o @e ct#
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The final sche dule shou ld appear similar to the f olloing#
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Hesson 3 8 %elationships and Constr aints
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Exe r cise# 1! (sing the te chni&ue s lear ne d in the vide o) enter the folloing r e lationsh ips in P6#
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4oor Casings and -ase "oards
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Hesson 6 8 Cr iti cal Path nalysis
Exe r cise# Perform a Sche dule process on your copy of the >e $ome Constr uction pro@ect and verify the pro@ect planned finish date!
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>ote# This exe r cise data can "e im por ted from the Hesson <6 8 >e $ome Construction Pro@ect!xer file that is included in your tr aining data package! See last page for im por t instr uctions!
The final r esult should appear similar to the f olloing#
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Hesson . 8 % esour ces Exe r cise# 1! dd the folloing resources to the EKC Tr ades r e sour ce# %esource >ame Site =or man $9C Enginee r Hand Sur veyor Siding Contr actor Concr e te
%esource '4 =or eman $9CEng Sur ve yor Siding Concr e te
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Exe r cise# 1! Make the folloing resource assignme nts in the >e $ome Constr uction schedule#
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4r yall
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Ta pe and Mud
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Hesson 0 8 -aselines Exe r cise# 1! *o to the Pro@ect menu and use the Maintain -aselines dialog to create a "aseline of your >e $ome Constr uction pr o @e ct!
?! ssign your ne "ase line to the Pro@ect -aseline and Primary -aseline f ie lds!
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Hesson : 8 Pro@ect Status
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Exe r cise# 1! Cr eate a Status Hayout for your system using the folloing columns#
?! Save the Hayou t as AStatus HayoutI using the 9ie G
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G Save Hayout sN menu op tion !
7! Enter the folloing status for eek 1 of the >e $ome Constr uction pr o @e ct#
ctivity '4 1<<< 1<7< 1<,<
ctivity > ame
Pro@ect Star t Survey and Mark ut Site *rade Site
ctivity Status Com ple ted Com ple ted 'n Progress
ctual Star t
ctual =inish
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<6;=e ";17
ctivity O Com ple te 1<
,! pen the Schedule dialog /=:! 3! Enter a 4ata 4ate of 1<;=e";17 ! 6! Click the Schedule "utton! >ote# This e xe r cise data can "e im por ted from the Hesson <: ; >e $ome Construction Pro@ect Part !xer file that is include d in your tr aining data package! See last page for im po r t instr uctions!
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similar to the f olloing#
.! >o enter the folloing status data for eek ? of the >e $ome Constr uction pr o @e ct# ctivity '4 1<,< 1<3<
ctivity > ame
*rade Site 'nstall =oundation =or ms
ctivity Status Com ple ted Com plete d
ctual Star t
ctual =inish
<.;=e ";17 17;=e ";17
1?;=e ";17 1,;=e ";17
ctivity O Com ple te 1<
0! pen the Schedule dialog /=:! :! Enter a 4ata 4ate of 1.;=e ";17! 1
>ote# This exe r cise data can "e im por ted from the Hesson <: ; >e $ome Construction Pro@ect Par t -!xer file that is included in your tr aining data package! See last page for im po r t instr uctions!
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appear similar to the f olloing#
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1! pen the *antt Char t Hayout in the ctivities vie and go to the =ile G Print Previe menu option! ?! =amiliari+e yourself ith the tool "ar in the Print Previe dialog!
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Print Previe dialog) ex pe r ime nt ith the Page Hayou t options to time scale se ttings to the Pro@ect Ear li e st Start /PS and Pro@ect Hate st =inish /P= date s! 'n the
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,! >o e x pe r iment ith the ctivity Ta "le) ll Columns) *rid Hines and *antt Char t options to see the ir eff ect on the out put! 3! Close the Print Previe dialog! 6!
Hocate and
run the standard report named %;<1 %esources ssignments) ll ctivities! %un this r e po r t in the Print Previe indo !
The r e sult shou ld appear as follos "e lo#
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The r e sults shou ld appear as shon in the folloing f igur e #
0! Cr eate an activity status report using the %eport Wi+ard ith the folloing columns) grouping and f ilte r option# Su"@ect rea# ctivities
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Col umns#
*roup and Sor t#
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%eport Title# ctivity Status and Progress % e por t
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The final report should appear as f ollos#
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11 Hesson 11 8 Exporting and 'mporting Pro@ect 4ata 11!1 Exer cise# 1! Click on the =ile G Ex por t menu option! ?! Ex por t your >e $ome Con struction pro@ect to an Wi+ard!
DE%
file in P6 %6!? format using the Ex por t
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Congr atulationsQ Cou have @ust com plete d all the e xe r cises for the Pr imave r a P6 =undame ntals video tr aining!
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=ile 'mport 'n str u ction s To save you time and some data entry) you can im por t the exe r cise data into your >e $ome
Constr uction pro@ect using the !DE% files pr ovided ith your Training 4ata Package! Cou can par tially
enter the e xe r cise data to get some pr actice ) "ut you don It have to input ever ything unless othe r ise stated! The folloing instr uctions sho ho to load these files into your current >e $ome Constr uction
pr o @e ct! 1! *o to the =ile menu and choose the 'm por t option!
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'n the
'm por t =or mat dialog) se le ct Primavera PM 8 /DE% !
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'n the
'm por t Type dialog) choose Pro @ect!
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'n the
=ile >ame dialog) click on the elli pse "utton of the =ile >ame field and locate the tr aining
data f ile you ish to im por t!
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'n the
'm por t Pro@ect ptions dialog) se le ct (pdate Existing Pro@ect from the 'm por t ctions
dropdon f ie ld!
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6! >o click in the 'm por t To field and se lect the pro@ect to hich to im por t the data!
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'n the
(pdate Pro@ect ptions dialog) click >ext R!
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