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Planning and Project Controls

Master scheduling, progress measurement and project controls with Primavera P6 and real construction programmes.

2 programmes · Registration open

Who these courses are for

  • Graduates targeting planner and project controls roles
  • Site engineers moving into planning departments
  • Working planners stepping up to senior and lead positions

Skills you will build

  • Logic-driven schedule development in Primavera P6
  • Resource and cost loading with histograms
  • Baselines, monthly updates and S-curve reporting
  • Earned value management and forecasting
  • Delay analysis fundamentals and controls dashboards

Software, standards and tools

  • Oracle Primavera P6
  • Excel for planners
  • Power BI
  • EVM frameworks

Suggested learning sequence

  1. 1Primavera P6 and Construction Planning
  2. 2Advanced Planning and Project Controls
  3. 3Power BI for Construction and Project Controls

Courses in Planning and Project Controls

Planning & ControlsBeginner to Intermediate

Primavera P6 and Construction Planning

Build, baseline and update construction programmes in Primavera P6.

6 weeks · 42 hours
Live online · Classroom
Students and professionals
  • Oracle Primavera P6
  • Excel for planners
Starts 5 Aug 2026View course

Key modules

  • Planning Foundations
  • Building the Schedule in P6
  • Resources & Costs
  • Baselines & Progress
  • Reporting & Layouts
  • Capstone Programme

Practical outcomes

  • Develop a full logic-linked programme for a mid-rise building project
  • Run three monthly update cycles with progress narrative and S-curves
Planning & ControlsAdvanced

Advanced Planning and Project Controls

Run earned value, delay analysis and controls reporting on complex projects.

8 weeks · 48 hours
Live online
Professionals
  • Primavera P6
  • Power BI
  • Excel (advanced)
Starts 16 Aug 2026View course

Key modules

  • Project Controls Frameworks
  • Earned Value Management
  • Schedule Quality & Risk
  • Delay Analysis Fundamentals
  • Controls Reporting & Dashboards
  • Capstone

Practical outcomes

  • Produce a monthly project controls report pack — EVM, schedule health, risk and narrative
  • Build a live Power BI dashboard from P6 exports

Career outcomes

Roles this category prepares you for — each programme ends with portfolio evidence you can bring to interviews and reviews.

Planning engineer
Project controls engineer
Lead planner
PMO controls analyst

Frequently asked questions

If you run the monthly update cycle confidently, start with Advanced Planning and Project Controls. If you are self-taught and want to formalise fundamentals, start with the P6 programme.

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