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Primavera Risk Analysis (Pertmaster) Overview Course

Is it right for me?

Our Primavera Risk Analysis (Pertmaster) Overview course is a basic overview of the risk scheduling and risk register features of Pertmaster.

You should be competent in using a PC for general business use. No previous experience of Primavera Risk Analysis is required. You should be familiar with risk management processes.

What will I get out of it?

By the end of the course you will be able to:

  • Import schedules into Pertmaster
  • Perform schedule and cost analysis
  • Generate and interpret confidence curves
  • Generate and interpret Tornado graphs
  • Construct a risk register and view risks generated
  • Add qualitative and quantitative risks
  • Build a risk plan
  • Generate S curves/use the distribution analyser

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What does it cover?

Importing schedules

  • Importing MSP schedules
  • Importing Primavera schedules
  • Using Schedule Check

Schedule risk analysis

  • 3 point estimating
  • Entering uncertainly
  • Triangular distribution

Running risk analysis

  • The Risk Histogram
  • Stepping through
  • Risk Histogram statistics
  • Viewing the entire plan or a task
  • Setting analysis options

Tornado graph

  • Creating a Tornado graph
  • Viewing sensitivity
  • Tornado graph settings

The risk register

Risk scoring

  • Selecting the appropriate schema level
  • Defining probability and impact criteria
  • Defining the tolerance scale
  • Saving the scoring matrix

Qualitative risks

  • Setting risk IDs
  • Adding risks
  • User defined fields
  • Entering mitigation actions

Quantitative risks

  • Linking risks to activities
  • Adding schedule impact
  • Adding cost impact
  • Exporting the risk register
  • Reporting

Building a risk plan

Comparing Project S curves/Using the distribution analyser

  • Building project S curves
  • Customising the S curve
  • Comparing by dates and cost

Course Summary

  • Duration: 1 day
  • Price: £395.00+VAT
  • Location: Crawley
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