Course Details

This course is appropriate for a wide range of professionals but not limited to:

• Project Managers
• Planning Engineers
• Project Coordinators
• Project Control Engineers
• Schedulers
• Construction Engineers

• Expert-led sessions with dynamic visual aids
• Comprehensive course manual to support practical application and reinforcement
• Interactive discussions addressing participants’ real-world projects and challenges
• Insightful case studies and proven best practices to enhance learning

By the end of this course, participants should be able to:

• Navigate and configure the Primavera P6 working environment effectively.
• Create and structure projects using EPS and WBS frameworks.
• Develop detailed project schedules using activities and logic relationships.
• Apply calendars, constraints, and scheduling techniques to project plans.
• Assign and monitor resources and costs within project schedules.
• Update project progress and generate performance reports for stakeholders.

DAY 1

Primavera P6 Fundamentals, Project Setup, and Project Structure

• Introduction to project planning and scheduling principles 
• Overview of Primavera P6 capabilities and applications 
• Navigating the Primavera P6 interface, menus, layouts, and views 
• Understanding and configuring user preferences and project settings 
• Creating and managing the Enterprise Project Structure (EPS) 
• Creating projects and defining project dates, parameters, and calendars
• Developing and organizing the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) 
• Creating activities and defining activity types, attributes, and codes 
• Organizing, grouping, sorting, and customizing activity layouts 
• Building a structured project plan for effective scheduling and reporting
   

DAY 2

Project Schedule Development, CPM, Resource Loading, and Cost Management

• Developing the project schedule and defining activity sequences 
• Creating activity relationships and understanding relationship types 
• Applying scheduling logic and developing activity networks 
• Using the Critical Path Method (CPM) to analyze project schedules 
• Identifying critical activities, critical paths, and total float 
• Running schedule calculations and analyzing schedule results 
• Applying constraints, milestones, and key project dates effectively 
• Creating resource dictionaries and defining labor, material, and equipment resources 
• Assigning and loading resources and analyzing resource usage 
• Developing budgets, allocating costs, and integrating resources with project schedules
   

DAY 3

Project Monitoring, Control, Reporting, and Best Practices

• Establishing and maintaining project baselines 
• Comparing current schedules against approved baseline plans 
• Recording actual progress and updating activity status 
• Managing remaining durations, percent complete, and progress measurements 
• Analyzing schedule performance and identifying deviations from plan 
• Evaluating schedule impacts and developing corrective actions 
• Forecasting project completion dates and performing trend analysis 
• Managing project changes, updates, and schedule revisions 
• Creating customized reports, layouts, filters, and management dashboards 
• Applying Primavera P6 best practices for integrated project planning, monitoring, and control