Free Project Management Tools - Tutorials,Ebooks and Setups

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In this Chapter, let us understand about Resources, Codes and Roles. Resources include manpower, material and non-material that perform tasks to complete any project. These Resources can be further assigned to different levels of activities in projects. You can create a Resource database in a hierarchy to reflect particular organization’s resources. To these resources, codes can be established which will help you in grouping, filtering and sorting. Most importantly, you can setup roles with specific skill sets, which can be used as resource assignments. You can assign prices for all these resources per unit, which will help you in planning costs by resource and roles. Overview: Resources: Start Adding Resources to your database which are required to complete your projects including their limits, unit prices, calendars to define its work hours, shifts. Define the categories of the resources, which will help you at later stage to easily find the related resource from the d...

In this Chapter, let us understand Enterprise Project Structure (EPS) and Organization Breakdown Structure (OBS), and how to develop, create and add them in Primavera . Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)  is nothing but a cluster of projects. Database of projects arranged in a hierarchy is called as EPS. EPS can be sub-divided into many levels or nodes as needs to work parallel. Projects are the lowest level of hierarchy in EPS structure. You can summarize the projects for each node in the EPS. To View EPS:  On the Home Screen, click on the Projects tab to view the EPS nodes/ Projects. To Create/Modify EPS:  Go to Menu Bar and select Enterprise>> Enterprise Project Structure... and then in the next window click on Add to add any EPS Node and use the arrows to adjust the level of node. You can delete any unwanted EPS node by clicking on Delete button. You can Cut and paste the EPS to change/modify the position of the EPS node. You can filter t...

Lets first see how to install the Primavera tool into your system. This will guide you through setting up the PM Module on your computer. Once the Installation is done, Click start, choose All Programs, Oracle - Primaver P6, Project Management. Log In using the valid login name and password and then select,accept the database and click OK 2. You will get to see the Home Screen after logging in consisting of Projects, Resources, Reports, Tracking and Project Data (This will further have WBS, Activities, WPs & Docs which will be enables only when any Project is already opened). 3. If you would like to change the Welcome Home Screen, you can change this by going to the Menu Bar, click on  Edit>>User Preferences... Go to Application and then in the Application Startup Window select the desired field from the drop-down menu. 4. To change the Password, Click the password tab in the same window and set the new password by clicking on the ...

What is Project Management? Project Management is application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project tasks in order to meet stakeholder expectations. This involves managing of Scope, Time, Cost and Quality Project Management processes can be organized into 5 stages as mentioned below: Initiation: Recognizing that a project should begin. Planning: Developing and maintaining a workable scheme to accomplish the business need. Execution: Coordinating people and other resources to carry out the execution plan Controlling: Ensuring that the project objectives are met by regular monitoring and measuring progress and taking mitigation plans whenever required. Closing: Formalizing Handover and Takeover processes to bring an orderly end. Oracle Primavera P6 is an Integrated Project Portfolio management solution to satisfy each team member's needs, responsibilities and skills. Primavera includes following software components Project Management (PM) Mo...