Primavera P6 Professional Fundamentals

The Primavera P6 Professional Fundamentals Training Course by The Hub of Knowledge is designed to help professionals develop practical expertise in project planning, scheduling, monitoring, and control using Oracle Primavera P6 Professional.

This industry-focused training program provides participants with hands-on experience in creating project schedules, managing activities, allocating resources, tracking project performance, generating reports, and controlling project timelines effectively.

Primavera P6 is widely used across industries including construction, engineering, oil & gas, infrastructure, manufacturing, telecom, energy, and IT project management. This course equips delegates with globally recognized project scheduling skills required for managing complex projects successfully.

The Primavera P6 Professional Fundamentals Course provides comprehensive training on project scheduling and project management best practices using Oracle Primavera P6 software.

Participants will learn how to create projects, define Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), develop project schedules, manage resources, monitor project progress, track costs, and generate professional project reports and dashboards.

This practical training course focuses on real-world project management scenarios to ensure delegates can confidently apply Primavera P6 skills in professional environments.

The course is ideal for organizations and professionals looking to improve project efficiency, project tracking accuracy, resource optimization, and schedule performance management.

Module 1: Introduction to Primavera P6 Professional

• Overview of Primavera P6 software
• Understanding project management fundamentals
• Primavera P6 interface and navigation
• Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)
• Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)
• User preferences and layouts

Module 2: Project Creation & Setup

• Creating new projects
• Defining project calendars
• Setting project defaults
• Creating project codes
• Managing project properties
• Configuring project settings

Module 3: Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

• Creating Work Breakdown Structures
• Organizing project deliverables
• Managing WBS hierarchy
• WBS best practices
• WBS reporting and analysis

Module 4: Activity Management

• Creating and managing activities
• Activity types and configurations
• Defining activity relationships
• Leads and lags
• Constraints and deadlines
• Milestones and activity coding

Module 5: Project Scheduling Techniques

• Critical Path Method (CPM)
• Running project schedules
• Float calculations
• Identifying critical activities
• Schedule optimization
• Baselines and schedule comparison

Module 6: Resource Management

• Creating labor and non-labor resources
• Assigning resources to activities
• Resource calendars
• Resource leveling techniques
• Resource analysis and optimization

Module 7: Cost Management & Budgeting

• Cost accounts and budgeting
• Assigning project costs
• Expense management
• Tracking project expenditures
• Cost performance monitoring

Module 8: Project Tracking & Updating

• Updating project progress
• Monitoring project performance
• Variance analysis
• Earned Value Management (EVM)
• Forecasting project completion
• Managing project changes

Module 9: Reporting & Dashboards

• Creating professional layouts
• Filters and grouping
• Customizing views
• Generating reports
• Printing and exporting reports
• Dashboard and graphical analysis

Module 10: Advanced Primavera P6 Features

• Reflection projects
• Global change
• Claim Digger
• Portfolio management overview
• Risk management concepts
• Primavera P6 best practices