It would take two-day basic and advanced training classes to cover the same ground in this superb Guide. With over 150 full-color screen shots and illustrations, the P3-to-P6 Transition Guide will have you comfortably deploying P6 schedules without missing a beat. Aronson is uniquely qualified to write this guide book, which provides a straightforward and practical approach to get you up and running. They also offer expertise in the areas of scope management and cost management (including Earned Value Management). Our personnel are experts in project controls using a variety of tools including Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, and more. As an early user of P6 and its predecessors and as a certified trainer, Mr. The primary goal of every project is to produce a quality deliverable while staying within budget and on schedule. This three-day course leads you through nine hands-on workshops that create and track an entire project to completion, using the three basic elements of project management. Participants will gain a thorough background in the concepts of planning and scheduling while learning P3. Gordon Aronson has produced countless construction schedules he knows your needs and he knows how you think. Get started with P3 through hands-on, basic Primavera training. This Transition Guide is intended to help you quickly become comfortable with using Project Manager, with the confidence that you are going to obtain the results you need with the least disturbance to your schedule efforts. While there is good reference material in the Primavera manual, its presentation is simply too broad and will only get in the way of the construction scheduler who simply wants to get up and running on P6. It is directed more towards new users and those planning an enterprise implementation. But, for those that make the jump, it would be prudent, for now, to keep one foot in P3.Primavera's substantial documentation is not geared towards the experienced P3 or SureTrak user. Some may decide to wait until Primavera releases P7 or P8 or P?. Making the decision to jump to P6 is not easy. In addition, a company will have to weigh the pros and cons of converting its P3 schedules to P6 format. The reasons vary, but likely center around not wanting to change for the sake of change, especially when the current program is familiar and more than satisfies the needs of the organization. It is this experience which has allowed Primavera to grab the lion’s share of the market for project management software.Ĭurrently, P3 has a huge base of users who hesitated to make the jump to P4, then P5 and now P6.
The advent of Windows and the GUI (Graphical User Interface) versions of Primavera Project Planner, through version 3.1, afforded an easier scheduling experience for the user. MDC Systems ®has been using Primavera to analyze and manage projects since the days of DOS (Disk Operating System for non-geeks and newbies). This is in addition to the learning curve for the new features and capabilities of P6. If the installation experience is any indicator, it seems likely that P6 will require more IT overhead on an ongoing basis. However, the landing was a little rough- initially, erroneous information was received from a Primavera representative and then outside IT consultants had to be brought in to resolve issues with the server installation. Recently, MDC Systems ® made the jump from Primavera P3 (version 3.1) to P6.