This course leads participants through the entire project life cycle, from planning to execution. Topics include adding activities, assigning resources, and creating a baseline. Participants also gain a thorough background in the concepts of planning and scheduling and are introduced to advanced project analysis methods such as earned value.

All workshops and instruction stress the three basic elements of project management: schedule, resource and costs. At the end of each day, students apply the concepts and functionality they learned in a case study. The course is divided into five sections: Overview and Creating a Project; Scheduling the Project and Managing Data; Assigning Resources and Baselining; Project Execution and Control; and Advanced Topics.

Participants will create a project, add activities and relationships, assign resources, adjust the project plan to account for schedule delays and over allocated resources, and analyze portfolios. Participants also will learn how to customize the Personal Workspace and the Project Workspace to monitor project progress and communicate with team members. Enhanced risk management and project templates -- new for P6 R8 -- are covered. BI and BPM are not covered in this course.

The course is divided into five sections: Overview and Creating a Project; Scheduling the Project and Managing Data; Assigning Resources and Baselining; Project Execution and Control; and Project Closeout and Advanced Topics.