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Course Details

Title	Resource & Cost Analysis with P3 3.1
Number	602
Duration	1 day
Overview	This one day course will enable you to take full advantage of driving resources, resource curves, hierarchical resources, resource profiles/tables and resource levelling. Learn resource calendars for planning and control and Rich Text Format reports for status reporting. Participants will develop, update and track resources and costs using a series of hands-on workshops.
Audience	Resource Managers
Prerequisites	Course 601, Planning and Scheduling with P3

Course Outline

Controlling and Managing Resources :

• Organise activities into groups according to resource
• Use resource profile/tables for "what-if" analysis
• Define hierarchical and driving resources
• Assign resource lag and duration to activities
• Define linear and non-linear resource
• Use reports to review resource/cost allocation

Resource Calendars:

• Create resource calendars
• Define task, independent, and meeting activities
• Assign driving resources to different activity types

Resource Levelling:

• Handling resource conflicts
• Differentiate between forward and backward levelling
• Perform hierarchical resource levelling on a project
• Review the effect of splitting, stretching, and crunching activities

Class Exercises:

• Assigning Resources

Workshops:

• Managing Resources
• Using Resource Calendars
• Using Levelling for Resource Analysis

Abilities Gained:

• Analyse resource usage through resource profiles
• Assign hierarchical resources
• Define driving resources
• Create resource/cost curves
• Run resource/cost reports
• Apply resource calendars to a schedule
• Level resources