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PMCM-424 | Advanced Primavera

Course Sector : Project & Contract Management

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Duration	Date from	Date to	Course Venue	Course fees	Book a course
5 Days	28/12/2026	01/01/2027	Dubai	$4,250	Book now
5 Days	14/03/2027	18/03/2027	Riyadh	$4,250	Book now
5 Days	19/04/2027	23/04/2027	Dubai	$4,250	Book now
5 Days	30/08/2027	03/09/2027	Texas	$5,950	Book now

Course Introduction

Primavera P6 has been a powerful tool used by project managers for prioritising, planning, managing, and executing projects, programs, and portfolios. This solution optimises the contribution and functionality of each project management-related role to meet the project team’s needs and requirements.

This Primavera P6 Advanced training course is designed to provide participants with the relevant and essential concepts on resource management topics like manual allocation, bucket planning, and levelling. This course will explore project management topics, including earned value analysis, advanced scheduling, and creating time-scaled logic diagrams via Visualizer.

Course objective

Gain the advanced knowledge to effectively calculate completeness percentage of the projects.
Use advanced scheduling techniques for projects.
Obtain the expertise and knowledge about Bucket planning.
Use the Assignments window, be able to level resources, and utilize Earned Value.
Analyse resources and roles necessary for the project.

Course audience

Project Manager
Business Administrator
Marketing Coordinator
Account Executive
Chief Operating Officer
Operations Manager
Executive Administrative
Risk Manager
Program Manager
Business Analyst
Quality Control Coordinator
Assistant Manager
Team Leader
Senior Supervisors
Researcher
Entrepreneur
Management Consultant
Public Relations Director

Course Outline | Day 01

Resource and Role Analysis

Resource and Role Usage
Resource and Role Limits
Resolving Overallocation
Logging In
Resource Usage Profile
Resource Analysis Settings
Displaying the Profile
Displaying Activities for a Selected Time
Period
Viewing Allocation
Formatting the Profile
Formatting the Timescale
Stacked Resource Histogram
Viewing Role Allocation
Analyzing Resources via Spreadsheet
Left, Middle, and Right Pane
Editing the Resource Usage Spreadsheet

Resource Assignments Window

Customizing the Spreadsheet
Working on Assignment Details
General and Planning Tab
Adjusting Assignments
Viewing Nonlinear Allocation

Course Outline | Day 02

Manual Resource Allocation

Linear and Non-Linear Distribution of Work
Resource Lag and Resource Duration
Resource Curves
Adding Lag and Duration to a Resource
Assignment
Viewing Resource Curves
Assign a Curve to a Resource Assignment

Bucket Planning

Linear Distribution
Specifying the Activity Duration Type
Editing Future Period Buckets
Editing Future Period Buckets for Multiple
Assignments
Tracking Manual Curves

Leveling Resources

Leveling Overview
Handling Resource Conflict
Resource Leveling
Leveling Rules
Leveling Priorities
Selecting Resources
Adding Leveling Priorities
Analyzing the Leveled Project
Viewing the Leveling Log
Leveling Based on Activity Priority
Leveling Based on Project Priority

Course Outline | Day 03

Storing Period Performance

Financial Periods
Past Period Actuals
Selecting Financial Periods
Displaying Financial Periods in Columns
Storing Past Period Information
Editing Past Period Actual Data
Duration Types
Time and Work
Choosing a Duration Type
Recalculating the Time/Work Equation
Duration Type: Fixed Units/Time
Duration Type: Fixed Duration and Units/Time
Duration Type: Fixed Units
Duration Type: Fixed Duration & Units
Assigning a Duration Type
Modifying an Activity with Fixed Units/Time

Duration Type

Changing Units
Changing Duration
Changing Units/Time
Adding a Resource

Calculating Percent Complete

Percent Complete
Duration Percent Complete
Units Percent Complete
Assigning a Percent Complete Type
Updating Activities Based on Physical Percent
Complete
Updating Activities Based on Duration Percent
Complete
Updating Activities Based on Unit Percent
Complete
Setting Up Weighted Steps
Adding Weighted Steps to Activities
Updating Weighted Steps

Course Outline | Day 04

Earned Value

Earned Value Analysis
Essential Performance Variables
Summary of Performance Variables
Schedule Variance
Cost Variance
Variance vs. Performance Index
Cost Performance Index
Estimate to Complete
Performance Factor
Earned Value Graph
Earned Value Project Background
Calculating Planned Value Cost
Calculating Actual Cost
Calculating Earned Value Cost
Performance % Complete
Creating Weighted Milestones
Updating Weighted Milestones
Effect of Weighted Milestones on Activities
50/50
Activity Percent Complete
Conclusions Based on Earned Value
Schedule Performance
Cost Performance
Cost Performance Index (CPI)
Schedule Performance Index (SPI)
Calculating the Estimate to Complete
Using the Remaining Cost for the Activity to Calculate
ETC
Using CPI to Calculate ETC
Using CPI and SPI to Calculate ETC

Advanced Scheduling

Critical Path
Multiple Float Paths
Scheduling Out-of-Sequence Activities
Using Retained Logic
Using Progress Override
Calendar Effect on Lag
Using the Predecessor Calendar
Using the Successor Calendar

Course Outline | Day 05

User-Defined Fields and Global Change

Creating a User-Defined Field
Displaying User-Defined Fields and Assigning
User-Defined Field Values
Creating a New Global Change
Global Change Report Dialog Box
Viewing Global Change Results
Creating a Global Change with If-Then-Else
Logic
If Statement
Then Statement
Else Statement
Viewing Global Change Results
Workshop: User-Defined Fields And Global
Change

Managing Multiple Projects

Benefits of Multiple Projects
Viewing Multiple Project Activities
Scheduling Multiple Projects
Setting the Default Project
How Project Elements are Handled in MultiProject Mode

Course Certificates

BOOST’s Professional Attendance Certificate “BPAC”

BPAC is always given to the delegates after completing the training course,and depends on their attendance of the program at a rate of no less than 80%,besides their active participation and engagement during the program sessions.

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