Best Advice For NEW Primavera P6 Users

What is the most important things for a person new to Primavera P6 to Learn? What about to Practice? What about to avoid?
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Michael and Plan Academy's newest member Faraz, give their best answers to each of the questions and try to argue with each other as to why they are right.
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[@PlanAcademy]

What scheduling topic should Michael and Faraz debate next!? Let us know below!

[@abduljabiransari1871]

How new users blend themselves in office environment....please

[@Fayeannie1]

Percentage complete - when and why you use them

[@Fayeannie1]

Good scheduling practices

[@PlanAcademy]

@@abduljabiransari1871 Try to practice the software consistently, making it a priority to observe and document even the smallest details meticulously.

[@oneartdevelopment5097]

Topic about resources management in p6 how efficiently we can use Resources in project

[@BillSherry-d7r]

I agree with Michael about the need to learn the Critical Path Method first before all other features in P6. A scheduler needs to know outcome before they press F9. If outcome is different then what they expected after they press F9. They have the ability to either understand why it was different or ask least bring the problem to an SME and tell the SME why they had that expectation.

[@PerthSoftware]

I agree with Michael. That is how I teach P6 and MS Project, since 1990!

[@PlanAcademy]

Haha! Faraz 0, Michael +1

[@Dandre01]

Good, fun stuff! I’m mostly in Michael’s camp - sorry Faraz! I see many strong P6 users. I’m in the building business. We have trouble finding strong P6 users that know how to build. Even more concerning than that is that those strong users that don’t want to learn how to build. The efficiency with the program will come - got to understand what you’re building.

[@PlanAcademy]

Always a challenge for schedulers. Got to get them out to see what's going on in the field. Walk the site, talk to foremen.

[@Fayeannie1]

I find that companies want to throw beginners into building right away instead of learning good scheduling practices first. A lot of time the schedulers have not learned the WBS structure, what goes where in a schedule.

[@sanobarshaikh3579]

I agree with Faraz! Great debate

[@stalluri11]

P6 should not be touched when learning critical path. It should be taught with a pen and paper

[@bradpaul4173]

Faraz needs a blue shirt....

[@evanwakelin7944]

Amen!