An intensive professional development training course on
Primavera P6 for Integrated Project Scheduling
End-to-End Project Planning, Scheduling, Monitoring & Control Using Primavera P6
Why Choose Primavera P6 for Integrated Project Scheduling Training Course?
Effective project scheduling is the backbone of successful project delivery. In complex projects—such as construction, oil & gas, infrastructure, utilities, manufacturing, and EPC environments—projects are no longer managed in isolation. They require integrated schedules that align scope, time, resources, cost, and performance measurement across multiple stakeholders and work packages.
Primavera P6 is one of the world’s most powerful and widely used enterprise project scheduling tools, designed to manage large-scale, multi-project environments. However, its true value is realized only when it is used as an integrated project scheduling and control system, rather than just a planning tool. Proper integration allows organizations to monitor progress accurately, forecast delays, manage resources effectively, and support data-driven decision-making.
This training course provides a comprehensive and practical understanding of how to use Primavera P6 to develop, manage, and control fully integrated project schedules. It covers project setup, work breakdown structures (WBS), activity sequencing, resource and cost integration, baseline management, progress measurement, schedule analysis, and performance reporting. The course emphasizes best practices, real-world applications, and hands-on exercises to ensure participants can confidently apply Primavera P6 in live project environments.
By the end of the course, participants will be equipped to build reliable, logic-driven schedules, integrate resources and costs, track performance, analyze schedule health, and produce professional reports that support effective project control.
What are the Goals?
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Develop integrated project schedules using Primavera P6
- Structure projects using WBS and activity coding
- Establish logical relationships and constraints correctly
- Integrate resources and costs into schedules
- Create and manage project baselines
- Track progress and update schedules accurately
- Analyze schedule performance and forecast outcomes
- Generate meaningful reports and dashboards
- Apply scheduling best practices and industry standards
Who is this Training Course for?
This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Project Planners and Planning Engineers
- Project Controls Engineers and Specialists
- Project Managers and Assistant Project Managers
- Scheduling and Cost Control Professionals
- Construction, Oil & Gas, and EPC Project Staff
- PMO and Portfolio Management Personnel
How will this Training Course be Presented?
This training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes an interactive mixture of lecture-led learning & group discussions.
The Course Content
- Overview of Primavera P6 and its role in project management
- Primavera P6 architecture (EPS, OBS, and project structures)
- Creating and setting up a new project
- Defining calendars and working time
- Project preferences and scheduling options
- Understanding project data, layouts, and views
- Introduction to integrated project scheduling concepts
- Best practices for project setup and governance
- Developing an effective Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Aligning WBS with scope and contract requirements
- Creating and managing activities
- Activity types and duration estimation
- Defining milestones and deliverables
- Establishing activity relationships and logic
- Use of constraints and their impact on schedules
- Schedule validation and logic checking
- Resource management concepts in Primavera P6
- Creating and assigning labor, non-labor, and material resources
- Resource calendars and availability
- Resource loading and leveling techniques
- Cost assignment and budget development
- Integrating cost and schedule data
- Cash flow and cost forecasting
- Monitoring resource and cost performance
- Creating and managing baselines
- Progress measurement techniques
- Updating schedules and data date management
- Schedule recalculation and impact analysis
- Identifying critical path and near-critical activities
- Schedule variance analysis
- Forecasting project completion dates
- Managing changes and schedule revisions
- Schedule performance indicators and KPIs
- Introduction to Earned Value Management (EVM) concepts
- Integrating EVM with Primavera P6
- Schedule health checks and quality metrics
- Delay analysis and recovery planning
- Creating professional reports and layouts
- Dashboards and management reporting
- Multi-project and portfolio-level scheduling concepts
- Case studies and practical scheduling exercises
- Course review and implementation roadmap
Certificate and Accreditation
- AZTech Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course
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