Construction Planning, Scheduling and Project Controls Using Primavera P6 Training Course

Module 1: Foundations of Primavera P6 Construction Planning

• Introduction to Primavera P6 Construction
• Principles of construction planning and scheduling
• Project structures and scheduling concepts
• Primavera P6 interface and database structure
• EPS and project organization
• Project calendars and scheduling settings

Module 2: Work Breakdown Structure and Activity Development

• Creating a Work Breakdown Structure
• Defining project activities
• Activity codes and classifications
• Activity types and durations
• Milestones and project deliverables
• Activity calendars
• Organizing complex construction programmes

Module 3: Construction Project Scheduling Using Primavera P6

• Developing construction project scheduling models
• Activity relationships and network logic
• Finish-to-Start, Start-to-Start, Finish-to-Finish, and Start-to-Finish relationships
• Leads and lags
• Constraints and deadlines
• Schedule calculation and analysis
• Schedule optimization

Module 4: Baseline Schedule Development and Management

• Principles of a baseline schedule
• Establishing an approved project baseline
• Baseline comparison techniques
• Planned versus actual performance
• Baseline maintenance and control
• Schedule variance identification
• Monitoring deviations from approved programmes

Module 5: Critical Path and Schedule Analysis

• Understanding the critical path
• Total float and free float
• Critical and near-critical activities
• Forward and backward pass calculations
• Identifying schedule risks
• Critical path monitoring
• Schedule optimization and recovery planning

Module 6: Resource Planning and Resource Loading

• Construction resource planning
• Labour, equipment, and material allocation
• Resource calendars
• Resource loading in Primavera P6
• Resource histograms
• Resource leveling
• Identifying resource constraints
• Improving resource utilization

Module 7: Progress Updating and Project Monitoring

• Establishing data dates
• Recording actual starts and finishes
• Updating activity progress
• Remaining duration and actual duration
• Progress measurement techniques
• Comparing current progress against the baseline schedule
• Forecasting completion dates
• Schedule status reporting

Module 8: Earned Value and Project Performance Controls

• Principles of earned value
• Planned Value, Earned Value, and Actual Cost
• Schedule Performance Index
• Cost Performance Index
• Schedule and cost variance
• Forecasting project completion
• Integrating earned value with Primavera P6
• Project performance reporting

Module 9: Delay Analysis and Schedule Recovery

• Principles of construction delay analysis
• Identifying schedule delays
• Delay classification and impact assessment
• Baseline versus updated schedule analysis
• Critical path impact evaluation
• Extension of time considerations
• Recovery schedules and acceleration planning
• Corrective schedule development

Module 10: Project Controls Reporting and Advanced Primavera P6 Applications

• Advanced project controls techniques
• Schedule performance dashboards
• Construction progress reports
• Resource and cost reports
• Schedule variance reporting
• Forecasting and trend analysis
• Management reporting using Primavera P6
• Integrated planning, scheduling, and project control practices