Primavera Risk Analysis (Pertmaster) Schedule and Risk Analysis Course

Is it right for me?

Our Primavera Risk Analysis (Pertmaster) Schedule and Risk Analysis course gives a detailed introduction to the schedule and risk management features of Primavera Risk Analysis.

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
• Add three point estimates onto plans
• Perform schedule and cost analysis
• Use templated quick risk
• Run risk analysis
• Interpret results from the risk histogram andtornado graph
• Add task percentiles to a gantt chart
• Set up a risk register
• Add qualitative and quantitative risks
• Links risk to activities in the plan
• Create reports
• Use the distribution analyser

Related courses in our range

• Primavera P6 Overview
• Primavera P6 For Planning
• Primavera Risk Analysis (Pertmaster) Overview
• Essential Skills for Managing Projects
• Quantitative Risk Analysis

What does it cover?

Importing schedules

• Importing MSP and Primavera schedules
• Checking schedule integrity

Schedule risk analysis

• 3 point estimating, entering uncertainly
• Different distributions
• Using quick risk
• Updating plans
• Importing plans with 3 point estimates

Cost/resource uncertainty

• Resource loadings
• Creating 3 point cost estimates
• Resource distributions and escalations
• Simple cost estimates

Templated quick risk

• Setting up and applying templated quick risk
• Assessing risk at WBS level

Running risk analysis

• Running risk analysis
• Viewing results on the Risk Histogram
• Setting analysis options

Task percentiles

• Setting task percentile options
• Including task percentiles on the Gantt chart

Tornado graph

• Creating a Tornado graph
• Viewing sensitivity

Exporting data

• Exporting to Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Setting up the risk register

• Setting Schema levels
• Defining criteria and tolerances
• Setting up an RBS
• Working with manageability and proximity
• Saving scoring matrices

Qualitative risks

• Setting risk IDs
• Adding risks
• Entering mitigation actions

Quantitative risks

• Linking risks to activities
• Adding schedule and cost impacts
• Defining how multiple risks impact
• Correlation

Mitigating your plan

• Adding mitigation actions to your plan as tasks
• Linking tasks to mitigation actions
• Risk history
• The Waterfall chart

Saving and reporting

• Exporting the risk register
• Running reports
• Creating new reports

Building and comparing risk plans

• Using the distribution analyser
• Comparing by dates and cost