Curric Catalog

Primavera Curriculum
Training is crucial to realizing the full value of your Primavera application. Training is available
in different formats to suit the needs of each individual and the organization:
For the individual
 Instructor‐Led Training: Student attends in person. Courses emphasize hands‐on
exercises in live software environment led by Oracle University instructor or Primavera
Consulting Group. Please note: P6 training by Oracle Univ. in North America is provided
by partners only. Some courses also are available as live virtual classes where student
attends “virtual classroom” via internet connection.
 Training on Demand: Student accesses recorded class via internet connection. Training
includes streaming lectures and access to software environment, with the ability to
search, pause or rewind.
For the organization
 UPK Content Packs: Training content sold directly to customer. Content can be launched
within the Primavera application and customized to reflect organizational needs.
Content created via Oracle User Productivity Kit.

TRAINING
Primavera courses qualify for Professional Development Units issued by the Project
Management Institute to maintain professional certification. In general, 6.5 PDUs are earned for
each day of the course’s duration.

P6 EPPM
Primavera P6 Fundamentals
Duration: 3 days
Audience: End‐users
Format: Instructor‐led, Training on Demand
Covers basic project management from project creation through execution in Primavera’s Web‐based
application. Learn to: Create a project; build a Work Breakdown Structure and add activities; schedule
and baseline; assign resources; and resolve schedule delays.
Primavera P6 Advanced
Duration: 2 days
Format: Format: Instructor‐led
Focuses on portfolio management and resource management in Primavera’s Web‐based application.
Learn to: Create portfolios; view return‐on‐investment data; use earned value, capacity planning, and
waterline analysis; analyze resource usage; use high‐level resource planning; level resources.
Application Administration in Primavera P6
Duration: 2 days
Audience: Application administrators, program office, core team
Format: Instructor‐led
Covers how to use Primavera’s Web‐based application to create structures and configure data to
support an enterprise implementation of P6. Learn to: Build Enterprise Project Structure and
Organizational Breakdown Structure; create users and configure security; create enterprise data and
default settings.

Primavera P6 Reporting with BI Publisher
Duration: 2 days
Audience: End‐users, administrators, report writers
Covers how to use BI Publisher to generate reports in P6. Learn to: Use existing data models and create
new data models; format reports and use sample reports; analyze and use the P6 Extended Schema.
Primavera P6 Analytics
Duration: 2 days
Audience: End‐users, end‐users, administrators, report writers
Covers how to use P6 project management data to create basic analysis; create filters; build gauge views
and pivot tables; add content to dashboards; and use agents, actions, and alerts.
P6 Professional6 Professional
Primavera P6 Professional Fundamentals
Duration: 3 days
Covers basic project management from project creation through execution in Primavera’s Windows‐
based application. Learn to: Create a project; build a Work Breakdown Structure and add activities;
schedule and baseline; assign resources; and resolve schedule delays.
Primavera P6 Professional Advanced
Duration: 2 days
Course covers advanced project management and resource management functionality in Primavera’s
Windows‐based application. Learn to: Use earned value analysis and advanced scheduling techniques;
create timescaled logic diagrams and advanced layouts using Visualizer; use bucket planning and
leveling to manage resource allocation.
Administration in P6 and P6 Web
Duration: 2 days
Audience: Administrators
Course covers application administration using Primavera’s Windows‐based application. Topics include
configuring user access and security; creating calendars and codes; and managing financial periods. The
course can be used to teach administration in P6 Professional.

Unifier
Primavera Unifier: Administration
Duration: 4 days
Covers how to manage user and group access; how to define data; configure business processes; and
create templates. to work areas. Learn to: Differentiate between administrative roles; view licenses for
named users; manage permissions and user preference templates; set up data definitions and data
elements; configure business processes, shells and navigation tabs; and create stand‐alone company‐
level templates and shell templates.
Primavera Unifier: Fundamentals of uDesigner
Duration: 4 days
Format: Instructor‐led, Training on Demand
Covers how to design business processes, attribute forms and shells that transform designs into a
functioning user interface. Learn to: Follow good design practices; distinguish process types; build data
structures.
Primavera Unifier: Reports and Dashboards
Duration: 2 days
Covers how to create reports and develop dashboards, including data extraction and display. Learn to:
Create report templates; update shell templates; create data cubes and data views.
Prime
Duration: Varies
Customer can choose among Prime functionality: Portfolios Cloud Service (Portfolio Management,
Capital Planning) or Projects Cloud Service (Scope, Schedule, Resource, and Risk Management). Training
on platform content – dashboards, reports, document mgt, application administration – also is available.
Taught by Primavera Consulting Services.

Contract Management Management
Primavera Contract Management
Duration: 3 days
Focuses on project cost control and document management. Learn to: Log and track submittals; record
project communication; award procurement items; use contracts, purchase orders and trends.
Risk Management
Managing Risk in Primavera Risk Management
Duration: 3 days
Provides a thorough background in the basic concepts of risk management and risk modeling
techniques. Learn to: Use risk register to assess risks qualitatively or quantitatively; run a risk analysis;
propose, evaluate, and justify mitigation.
Portfolio Management
Primavera Portfolio Management
Duration: 3 days
Covers portfolio management concepts including portfolio management operating structures,
governance structures, and business processes. Learn to: Create scorecards, query‐based portfolios,
investor maps, and dashboards; configure the analytical environment to evaluate each investment.

UPK CONTENT PACKS
UPK content packs are organized into three module sizes, based on the number of topics they
contain: Large module (100‐plus topics); medium module (30‐99 topics); small module (less
than 30 topics). Each topic covers specific functionality in the Primavera application.
P6 EPPM
Primavera P6 EPPM
Module size: Large
Audience: End‐users, administrators
Covers fundamental, advanced, and administration project management functionality.
Primavera P6 EPPM Reporting
Module size: Medium
Audience: End‐users, administrators, report writers
Covers how to create reports in P6 using BI Publisher and P6 Extended Schema.
Primavera P6 Team Member
Module size: Small
Covers how to status activities and submit/review timesheets.
Unifier
Primavera Unifier Project Controls
Module size: Large
Covers basic functionality such as navigation, reports, alerts, documents. Also covers preconfigured
business processes designed to optimize project results and enable cost visibility and management of
budgets, commitments, spends, and forecasts.

Prime
Primavera Prime
Module size: Medium
Covers basic functionality across the application, including how to work with portfolios and capital
planning, as well as schedule and risk management.

Instantis EnterpriseTrack
Instantis EnterpriseTrack
Module size: Medium
Covers basic functionality across the application, including how to work with ideas and projects, add
team members and assign resources, and use what‐if scenarios.
Contract Management
Primavera Contract Management
Module size: Medium
Covers project cost control functionality including the tracking and logging of submittals and
management of procurement and contracts.

Portfolio Management
Primavera Portfolio Management
Module size: Medium
Covers portfolio management functionality including the use of business processes, forms, scorecards
and investor maps.

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