Course Overview
About Course
Oracle Primavera P6 is a gold-standard solution in complex project planning, scheduling, and portfolio management. This 40-hour training equips participants—from schedulers to PMOs—with core and advanced competencies within Primavera P6 Professional and EPPM frameworks.
The journey begins with installing and configuring Primavera environments, helping learners navigate the EPS/OBS structures critical to organizing work across global projects. Through WBS decomposition and activity sequencing, the program emphasizes CPM-based scheduling best practices, culminating in efficient activity networks and dependency management.
Calendar customization and baseline strategies ensure realistic timelines and transparent performance tracking against initial project plans. Subsequent modules focus on resource and cost management—defining resource pools, assigning rates, and applying leveling techniques to avoid conflicts and budget overruns.
The training also introduces Earned Value Management (EVM), enabling participants to track project health via PV, EV, AC, and performance indices. Real-time labs simulate project updates and generate EVM analytical reports.
Robust reporting modules teach learners to build tailored layouts, filters, and Gantt-based dashboards fit for stakeholder communication. Handling multiple projects concurrently prepares students for portfolio-level oversight, where cross-project dependencies and resource pyramids are managed dynamically.
Advanced segments reveal Primavera’s optimization features—What-If scenarios, network tracing, global changes, and code utilization—sharpening skills for real-world project dynamics. Trainers then bridge to Primavera EPPM, demonstrating multi-user access, role-based security, and collaboration in web-based environments.
Capability in data interchange—importing from Excel, managing XER files, and interfacing through P6 Gateway—ensures adaptability within enterprise systems. A final capstone simulation allows trainees to build and present a complex multi-project schedule, incorporating all key functionalities.
Backed by live instruction, practical files, and best-practice resources, this course positions attendees for roles as Primavera schedulers, PM analysts, or EPPM administrators. Graduates will confidently plan, track, and manage intricate project portfolios—driving on-time, on-budget delivery in industries like construction, energy, and manufacturing.
Course Syllabus
Module 1: Installation & Interface Setup (3 h)
- Topics: Software installation (P6 Professional/EPPM), database connections (SQL/Oracle), UI navigation
- Description: Establishes a stable working environment and explores P6 interface, dashboards, EPS.
- Features: Guided hands-on installation and workspace exploration labs.
Module 2: Project Structure & Work Breakdown (4 h)
- Topics: EPS & OBS creation, WBS hierarchy, project creation wizard
- Description: Learners define organizational structure and decompose project scope.
- Features: Build WBS trees and EPS with real data.
Module 3: Activity Planning & Scheduling (6 h)
- Topics: Activity creation, types, durations, relationships, critical path, constraints
- Description: Learn to sequence and schedule tasks using CPM methodologies.
- Features: Labs on activity networks, logic flows, and constraint handling.
Module 4: Calendars & Baselines (4 h)
- Topics: Custom calendars, resource calendars, setting and comparing baselines
- Description: Teach timing, availability management, and tracking against baseline.
- Features: Lab setups for calendar variations and baseline analysis.
Module 5: Resource & Cost Management (5 h)
- Topics: Defining roles/resources, units & costs, assignments, leveling
- Description: Allocate human/material resources and manage budgets with leveling.
- Features: Resource-loaded schedules and profiling labs.
Module 6: Progress Updates & Earned Value (5 h)
- Topics: Entering actuals, updating, PV/EV/AC/CPI/SPI calculation
- Description: Techniques for monitoring, statusing, and EVM reporting.
- Features: Progress update simulation and performance charting exercises.
Module 7: Reporting & Layouts (4 h)
- Topics: Custom layouts, filters, group/sort, graphical reports
- Description: Build dynamic project views and standard stakeholder reports.
- Features: Create live dashboards and data-export labs.
Module 8: Multi-Project & Portfolio Management (4 h)
- Topics: Multiple project scheduling, cross-project links, resource pyramids
- Description: Manage several projects simultaneously and visualize portfolio impact.
- Features: Multi-project consolidation and impact analysis labs.
Module 9: Advanced Techniques & Optimization (4 h)
- Topics: What-if analysis, network trace, code usage, global change
- Description: Advanced scenario testing and data consistency management.
- Features: Simulation labs using optimization tools.
Module 10: Collaboration & EPPM Web Interface (3 h)
- Topics: Team user interface, updating via web, role-security
- Description: Encourage collaborative scheduling and project visibility.
- Features: Dashboard authoring and log-in role labs.
Module 11: Integration & Data Exchange (3 h)
- Topics: Excel import/export, XER/MPP files, P6 Gateway
- Description: Best practices for data transfer with external tools.
- Features: Interactive import-export exercises.
Module 12: Capstone Project & Review (2 h)
- Description: Teams build and manage a full multi-project schedule using full suite of features.
- Features: Real-world scenario simulation with peer feedback.
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Key Features
- Live instructor-led delivery, virtual or onsite
- ~70% hands-on workshops: from scheduling to EVM and portfolio management
- Real-world tools & scenarios: P6 Professional and EPPM environments
- Scenario-based labs: resource leveling, baseline comparisons, what-if analysis
- Capstone multi-project exercise builds confidence
- Self-study resources: templates, XER/Excel files, best-practice guides
- Certification readiness for Oracle Primavera P6 credentials (Fundamentals/Advanced)
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Training Timetable
| Batches Online/Offline | Batch Start Date | Session Days | Time Slot (IST) | Fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week Days (Virtual Online) | Aug 28, 2025 Sept 4th, 2025 Sept 11th, 2025 | Mon-Fri | 7:00 AM (Class 1-1.30 Hrs) | View Fees |
| Week Days (Virtual Online) | Aug 28, 2025 Sept 4th, 2025 Sept 11th, 2025 | Mon-Fri | 11:00 AM (Class 1-1.30 Hrs) | View Fees |
| Week Days (Virtual Online) | Aug 28, 2025 Sept 4th, 2025 Sept 11th, 2025 | Mon-Fri | 5:00 PM (Class 1-1.30 Hrs) | View Fees |
| Week Days (Virtual Online) | Aug 28, 2025 Sept 4th, 2025 Sept 11th, 2025 | Mon-Fri | 7:00 PM (Class 1-1.30 Hrs) | View Fees |
| Weekends (Virtual Online) | Aug 28, 2025 Sept 4th, 2025 Sept 11th, 2025 | Sat-Sun | 7:00 AM (Class 3 Hrs) | View Fees |
| Weekends (Virtual Online) | Aug 28, 2025 Sept 4th, 2025 Sept 11th, 2025 | Sat-Sun | 10:00 AM (Class 3 Hrs) | View Fees |
| Weekends (Virtual Online) | Aug 28, 2025 Sept 4th, 2025 Sept 11th, 2025 | Sat-Sun | 11:00 AM (Class 3 Hrs) | View Fees |
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