Primavera P6 Project Planning and Scheduling Training |Smart

Overview

Why Attend

The Primavera P6 Project Planning and Scheduling Training Course by This course provides practical skills for applying Project Management with Primavera P6 to project planning, scheduling, monitoring, and control. The programme covers Primavera P6, work breakdown structures, activity sequencing, calendars, baselines, dependencies, milestones, and schedule development for complex projects.

Participants learn how to build and maintain integrated project schedules, perform critical path analysis, allocate resources, monitor progress, analyse schedule performance, and support effective project controls. The course connects scheduling with resource planning, cost and progress monitoring, baseline management, and reporting to improve project visibility and delivery performance. It is part of Project Management Courses Training Courses under the Management category.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Understand the principles of Project Management with Primavera P6.
Develop practical proficiency in Primavera P6 for project planning and scheduling.
Create structured project plans using Work Breakdown Structures.
Develop activities, relationships, milestones, calendars, and project schedules.
Apply professional scheduling techniques to engineering and construction projects.
Perform critical path analysis to identify activities that directly affect project completion.
Establish and maintain project baselines.
Apply effective resource planning and resource allocation techniques.
Monitor actual project progress against approved schedules.
Analyse schedule variances and identify corrective actions.
Strengthen project controls through schedule analysis and reporting.
Generate meaningful project schedule reports for project management decisions.

Target Audience

Project Planners
Project Schedulers
Project Managers
Planning Engineers
Project Controls Professionals
Construction Managers
Project Engineers
Cost and Schedule Engineers
Resource Planning Professionals
Engineering and Infrastructure Professionals
Professionals responsible for project planning, scheduling, monitoring, and control

Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to Project Management with Primavera P6

Fundamentals of Project Management with Primavera P6
Primavera P6 interface and project environment
Project structures and organisational hierarchy
Project planning and scheduling concepts
Primavera P6 terminology and workflows
Setting up project information

Module 2: Project Structures and Work Breakdown

Primavera P6 project structure
Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)
Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Project codes and activity codes
Structuring projects for effective reporting
Developing logical project hierarchies

Module 3: Activity Development and Project Planning

Project planning with Primavera P6
Creating activities
Activity types and durations
Milestones and deliverables
Activity calendars
Activity codes and classification
Defining project work packages

Module 4: Scheduling and Activity Relationships

Primavera P6 scheduling
Activity sequencing
Finish-to-Start, Start-to-Start, Finish-to-Finish, and Start-to-Finish relationships
Leads and lags
Schedule calculation
Identifying logical relationships
Managing schedule constraints

Module 5: Critical Path Analysis

Critical path analysis
Critical activities and total float
Free float and schedule flexibility
Identifying critical paths
Near-critical activities
Analysing schedule sensitivity
Managing critical path risks

Module 6: Resource Planning and Allocation

Resource planning
Creating and assigning resources
Labour, equipment, and material resources
Resource calendars
Resource loading
Resource availability and utilisation
Identifying resource constraints

Module 7: Cost Loading and Project Budgeting

Primavera P6 cost management
Resource costs and expenses
Cost loading
Budget development
Planned value and project cost information
Monitoring planned versus actual costs
Linking schedule and cost information

Module 8: Baselines and Progress Management

Primavera P6 baseline management
Creating project baselines
Baseline comparison
Updating actual progress
Data date and progress measurement
Remaining duration and actual duration
Identifying schedule deviations

Module 9: Project Controls and Schedule Monitoring

Project controls
Schedule performance monitoring
Variance analysis
Planned versus actual progress
Schedule forecasting
Corrective and recovery planning
Monitoring project milestones and deliverables

Module 10: Schedule Updating and Forecasting

Primavera P6 schedule updating
Updating activities and resources
Applying actual start and finish dates
Updating remaining durations
Progress calculations
Forecasting project completion
Managing delayed and incomplete activities

Module 11: Reporting and Schedule Analysis

Primavera P6 reporting
Schedule layouts and filters
Project dashboards and reports
Activity and resource reports
Critical path reporting
Progress and variance reports
Communicating schedule information to stakeholders

Module 12: Advanced Project Scheduling and Control

Advanced Primavera P6 scheduling
Schedule optimisation
Resource levelling considerations
Recovery schedules
Scenario and what-if analysis
Schedule quality review
Integrating Primavera P6, scheduling, and project controls for effective project delivery

Schedule & Fees

2026 Schedule & Fees

27 Sep - 1 Oct, 2026

English

Per participant USD 2,900

27 Sep - 1 Oct, 2026

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

11 - 15 Oct, 2026

English

Per participant USD 2,900

11 - 15 Oct, 2026

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

27 - 31 Dec, 2026

English

Per participant USD 2,900

27 - 31 Dec, 2026

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

2027 Schedule & Fees

10 - 14 Jan, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

10 - 14 Jan, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

28 Mar - 1 Apr, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

28 Mar - 1 Apr, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

11 - 15 Apr, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

11 - 15 Apr, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

27 Jun - 1 Jul, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

27 Jun - 1 Jul, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

11 - 15 Jul, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

11 - 15 Jul, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

26 - 30 Sep, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

26 - 30 Sep, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

10 - 14 Oct, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

10 - 14 Oct, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

26 - 30 Dec, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

26 - 30 Dec, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900