P6 Competency Test Instructions

• The test should take about 30 minutes.

• Please commence with step 1.1 below.

1.1 Create a project with the following information:

Project ID P6TEST

Project Name Construction Program

Planned Start Date and Data Date 01‐Dec‐15

Must Finish By date 20‐Sept‐16

DEFAULTS:

Calendar 5 day Work Week

Activity Type Task Dependent

Duration Type Fixed Duration and Units

Percent Complete Type Physical

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1.2 Create the following WBS:

1.3 Add the following activities and milestones:

Activity ID Activity Name Duration Assign to WBS

100 Contract Award (Put as Start Milestone) 0 P6TEST.1

200 System Definition 40 P6TEST.1

300 Detailed Design 40 P6TEST.2

400 Design Compliance 30 P6TEST.2

500 Procurement 30 P6TEST.2

600 Construction 80 P6TEST.3

700 Commissioning & Handover 30 P6TEST.4

800 Project Completion (Put as Finish Milestone) 0 P6TEST.4

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 1.4 Add the following relationships:

Activity Id Predecessor Successor Lag

100 200 SS

200 300 SS 20

200 400 SS 30

200 500 FS

600 300 FS

600 400 FS

600 500 FS

600 700 FS

700 800 FF

1.5 Add the following constraints:

Activity ID Constraint

100 Start on or After: 10‐Dec‐15

800 Finish on or Before: 27‐Sept‐16

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1.6 Assign ‘TERRACAL’ Resource to Activity 300 (Budgeted Units =1000, Bell Shaped
curve)

1.7 Design the following layout and save it using your full name:

Group by WBS

Sort by Activity ID

Columns Activity ID

Activity Name

Start

Finish

Original Duration

Remaining Duration

Total Float

Physical % Complete

Column Titles Change the description of the ‘Original

Duration’ column to OD and the
‘Remaining Duration’ column to RD

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1.8 Schedule and view the schedule log contents

1.9 Create a baseline using the current project as follows:

Baseline Type Initial Planning Baseline

Assign Assign it as your primary Baseline

Display Display current baseline in Gantt chart

1.10 Status the Project using the following Data Date:

Data Date (for reschedule) 30‐Jan‐16

Start Milestone Actual Date (Activity ID 100) 24‐Jan‐16A

Activity Id Start Date (Actual) Remaining Duration Physical %

200 29‐Jan‐16A 35 10%

1.11 Re‐status the Project using the above Data Date, analyze the schedule and provide
the following information:

Information Answer

New forecast completed date

Critical Path (Total Float Value)

Identify Budgeted Units for Activity 300 on Friday 11

March 2016

Identify Activities on the Critical Path from

the Schedule Log

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1.12 Print‐preview the Gantt chart

Paper Size 11x17 Landscape

Timescale Quarter/Month

Relationships Off

You have now completed the exercise.