Oracle Primavera P6 PPM Professional Advanced Features

Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. In this advanced course, you’ll explore Oracle Primavera P6 PPM’s high-level functionalities, starting with a detailed overview of scheduling options and baseline settings. The course breaks down complex scheduling techniques, from understanding essential date fields to leveraging customized scheduling preferences. You’ll also work with real-world examples to master baseline creation, allowing for accurate project tracking and management. You will also explore user and admin preferences, uncovering strategies to optimize your project management environment. You’ll learn to configure user-defined fields, resource codes, and project breakdown structures, giving you complete control over data organization. Practical workshops provide hands-on experience in using WBS, LOEs, and global change features to adapt your schedules dynamically. By the course's conclusion, you’ll have a deep understanding of enterprise-level project management in P6, including earned value management, multi-project scheduling, and essential utilities such as import/export functions. This course equips you to lead complex projects efficiently and adapt to the evolving needs of your enterprise. This course is ideal for project managers, schedulers, and technical professionals who are looking to deepen their knowledge of P6. Basic understanding of project management principles is recommended, but no prior P6 experience is necessary.