Primavera P6 Project Planning and Scheduling Training Course

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