Introduction:

Advanced construction planning and scheduling using Primavera P6 represents a structured project controls discipline for managing complex schedules across multi-package construction environments. Its role centers on schedule integrity, critical path governance, and reliable performance visibility for contractors, consultants, and owners. This training program covers advanced planning frameworks, scheduling models, data structures, and control architectures used in Primavera P6 professional environments. It provides a general institutional view of how schedule governance supports decision alignment, resource visibility, and project performance oversight.

Program Objectives:

By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

Analyze advanced schedule architecture and governance structures within Primavera P6 environments.
Classify construction schedule components, coding systems, and data organization models for complex projects.
Evaluate critical path, constraints, and logic integrity frameworks used in advanced scheduling control.
Assess resource and cost loading structures, baseline governance, and performance measurement models.
Explore reporting, dashboards, and portfolio level oversight structures for executive schedule control.

Target Audience:

• Planning and scheduling engineers in construction projects.

• Project controls specialists and cost control staff.

• Construction project managers and site management leadership.

• PMO and portfolio reporting professionals.

• Contract administrators and claims support professionals.

Program Outline:

Unit 1:

Advanced P6 Schedule Architecture and Project Structures:

• Enterprise Project Structure and Organizational Breakdown Structure governance roles.

• Work Breakdown Structure architecture for multi-discipline construction packages.

• Activity taxonomy and standardization structures for construction schedules.

• Global codes, user defined fields, and classification architecture.

• Data governance rules for file structure, naming conventions, and schedule hygiene.

Unit 2:

Logic Integrity, Constraints, and Critical Path Governance:

• Network logic structures and dependency architecture in complex schedules.

• Constraint typology and schedule impact positioning.

• Critical path method structures and float distribution logic.

• Out-of-sequence progress, retained logic, and progress update rule sets.

• Schedule quality indicators for logic completeness and relationship integrity.

Unit 3:

Calendars, Resources, and Cost Loading Structures:

• Calendar architecture for crews, shifts, shutdowns, and weather driven constraints.

• Resource hierarchy structures and role-based resource modeling.

• Resource assignment structures and productivity based duration positioning.

• Cost account structures and financial coding alignment models.

• Resource leveling logic and schedule driven capacity visibility structures.

Unit 4:

Baselines, Updates, and Performance Measurement Models:

• Baseline types and governance structures for approval and change control.

• Progress measurement structures using physical, units, and duration-based models.

• Earned value and schedule performance model positioning within project controls.

• Variance analysis structures between baseline, current, and forecast schedules.

• Claims relevant schedule records and forensic traceability structures.

Unit 5:

Advanced Reporting, Dashboards, and Portfolio Oversight:

• Layout, grouping, sorting, and filter architecture for management reporting.

• S-curve and trend visualization structures for schedule performance monitoring.

• Role based dashboards and executive reporting structures.

• Cross project portfolio views and comparative schedule governance models.

• Schedule narrative and communication structures supporting decision forums and approvals.

Advanced Construction Planning and Scheduling Using Primavera P6 Level 3 and 4