Oracle Primavera P6 Professional Fundamentals Final Exam Review

Vocabulary flashcards covering core terms, concepts, interface elements, constraints, and operational procedures from the Oracle Primavera P6 Professional Project Management Fundamentals Final Exam.

Navigation Arrows

Tools used to adjust the structure and levels of the WBS hierarchy.

Project

A temporary endeavor that produces a unique result, characterized by specific cost, resource, and schedule constraints.

Project Constraints

The core limitations project management must address, specifically cost, resources, and schedule.

Defaults Tab

The tab in the Projects window where auto numbering of Activity ID values is specified.

Hint Help

The P6 Professional function that displays onscreen definitions of project data items.

Dates Tab

The tab in the Projects window accessed to modify a project's Planned Start Date.

Activity Type

A setting that determines whether an activity uses an activity calendar or the calendar of its assigned resource(s).

Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)

The enterprise-wide hierarchical framework that contains all projects, allows security to be managed at any level, and enables multi-level data analysis without being restricted to two levels.

Enterprise Data

Global data in P6 Professional, such as Resources, that can be accessed across all projects rather than being restricted to a single project.

Exclusive Mode

An open mode in which the current user is the only person permitted to edit and modify project data.

Critical Path

The continuous chain or sequence of activities through a project that dictates the project end date.

Expenses

Non-resource costs assigned directly to project activities.

Start On or After

A schedule constraint that influences an activity's early dates as well as the early dates of its successors.

Finish On or Before

A schedule constraint that pulls the Late Finish date of an activity to match the constraint date.

Default Filters

Standard system-provided filters in P6 Professional that can be copied and viewed by all users, but cannot be modified or deleted.

Schedule Log

A diagnostic output generated after scheduling that reports critical activities, project statistics, and scheduling warnings.

Primary Role

The primary professional role designated for a resource, of which a single resource can have only one assigned at a time.

Open-End Float

A distractor term that does not represent a valid float type; valid types of float include positive, negative, and total float.

Notebook Topic

A text documentation feature in P6 recommended for recording the rationale behind assigning a constraint to an activity.

GoTo

The command button on the Relationships tab in Activity Details used to jump directly from the active activity to a selected predecessor or successor activity.

Project Baseline

A saved reference copy of a project used to compare cost, resource, and schedule performance against current progress.

Report Wizard

A configuration tool that guides users in modifying data items, filters, and grouping options for reports.

Activity Updating Sequence

The recommended four-step order for recording progress on an in-progress activity: 1. Actual Start date, 2. Percent Complete / Remaining Duration, 3. Actual Regular Units and Remaining Units, 4. Actual / Remaining Costs for expenses.

XER File

A proprietary file format used by Primavera P6 capable of exporting and transferring multiple projects simultaneously.

Curtain

A vertical shaded background area placed on the Bar Chart in P6 Professional to highlight specific timeframes.