Practical Project Control Course for Planning Engineers

Ideal for Beginners / Intermediate Level

Start your planning career, develop a baseline, update the schedule and prepare progress reports in one course

"The course really helped me elevate my reporting back to my directors which led to me being able to negotiate a better contract with more compensation. Thanks and wish you all the best in future endeavours."
Ismail Mabeleng
Planner, UK
"The program has a dense content "although it was enjoyable" and new information was presented in a practical way. The training was great to add to my skills as an Engineer. Thanks Osama for sharing your brilliant experience with me.
Wael Eldemardash
Senior Project Engineer, Australia
Osama Saad
  • LEARN Basic & Advanced Primavera P6.
  • UNDERSTAND the contract requirements and scope.
  • DEVELOP cost and resources baseline schedule.
  • CREATE resource histograms & cash flow.
  • MONITOR progress with various project management indicators.
  • PREPARE weekly and monthly progress reports.
  • LEARN advanced Excel in project control context.
  • DRAFT contractual correspondences.
  • CREATE stunning presentation using PowerPoint.
  • IMPRESS project stakeholders with outstanding project control.
  • CREATE a planning system and protocol for your company.

Have you ever said to yourself?

  • "I want to start a career in planning but I don't know how."
  • "There is a genius inside me. I am ambitious and hardworking but still unable to deliver effective results."
  • "I feel that I know a lot but I can't put all pieces together."
  • "I know WHAT needs to be done. I just don't know the HOW"
  • "I see other planning engineers produce amazing reports. Maybe I am not that clever."
  • "I don't have enough confidence to pass interview questions."
  • "I am overwhelmed with P6 and all the confusion related to project control in general."

Practical Project Control has helped hundreds of engineers start and improve their planning career with what they have

Practical Project Control is perfect for you if you are

  • A complete beginner in project control without any P6 skills.
  • A planning engineer who needs a better system of baseline preparation, schedule update, progress monitoring and reporting.
  • A project manager, construction manager or project engineer who wants to delve deeper into project control.
  • I get it. I was like you 14 years ago. I learned a lot over the years, made many mistakes, worked under pressure. While I was working in super-large projects, I was forced to create systems, tools and methods to add value and deliver RESULTS.
  • But you don't have to go through the same struggles because I am here to offer you a step-by-step guidance on how to develop cost and resource loaded baseline, update schedule and prepare effective reports.
  • “Practical Project Control Course” is like having a guide in your pocket. It shows you what to do and how to set things up.


Meet Your Instructor

Osama Saad
MBA, PMP, PSP, CCP, PMI-SP

I am a planning and project control consultant and trainer with a demonstrated history of working in super large construction projects. Skilled in Planning, Scheduling, Power BI, Delay Analysis and Claims. I have been a Planning and Project Control Practitioner since 2010. I am a PMP, PSP, CCP, PMI-SP certified and a member of PMI and AACEI.

I help planners prepare progress reports in seconds and analyze their projects with a click of a button using Power BI. I help planners build a reputation for outstanding project control services in front of their clients. I also teach planning engineers how to prepare winning claims.

Here is the thing…

  • There are thousands of engineers who are competing for the same job. But if you have average skills, you get average career opportunities. It is essential to acquire practical skills and knowledge which will help you add value and get the job DONE.
  • If you keep searching about project control tutorials, you will spend a lot of time consuming random pieces of content. You will spend a lot more $$ on independent courses and you won’t learn how to accomplish daily planning tasks.
  • Googling “practical project control for real-life projects” is not likely to get you the answers that you are so desperately looking for either.
  • A specialized step-by-step program walking you through how to plan and control projects is THE most cost and time effective way to advance your planning skills and accelerate your career growth.

Why Practical Project Control has been so successful for engineers who don't have any prior knowledge of planning​

Learn the process integration

Learn the planning foundations, prepare a cost and resource loaded schedule, update the schedule, analyze the progress and prepare full reports with ONE program

Master the process, not the software

This is the first step-by-step learning program that focuses on the problem you're trying to solve... specifically how to plan and control projects (not just how to use a Primavera tool). ​

Practical Content Only

The program is 100% practical. You will learn the tools and methods which are used to manage real-life projects.​

Develop the mindset

This is a fully integrated program that teaches you how to think and act as a planner.​

Learn the software in context

The program teaches you how to use Excel and PowerPoint software tools in project control context.

Career Growth

Have the necessary knowledge and results that you can show in your CV and help you add value to the project.

"The program is well structured for the practical construction field and covers all practical knowledge with detailed explanation of P6 and also the usage of Advanced Excel Functions in the Planning and Project Control Industry."
Dilip Kumar
Planning Manager, Oman
"It was a really interesting training that fully met my expectations in the advanced levels of project control tools. Osama delivered the course with professionalism, wide knowledge, and expertise. The course was one of the best training I have ever attended, as it was clear, precise, and very practical. Thanks Osama and Smart PM Training for giving me the chance to attend the course."
Mahmoud Arafat
Project Control Manager, KSA

Check the below curriculum to see if this is the right course for you.

  • Understand Contract Requirements, WBS and Activities

  • Planner’s Responsibilities
  • The Fast Four
  • Planner’s Software Skills
  • Contract Documents
  • High Level Scope and Milestones
  • Tender Clarifications
  • Responsibility Matrix
  • Provisional Sum and Prime Cost
  • Work breakdown Structure (WBS)
  • Explicit and Implicit Activities

  • Adding Activities and Relationships

  • Activity ID, Name and Duration
  • Adding Activities
  • Soft and Hard Logic
  • Redundant Logic
  • Logic and Resources Driven Relationships
  • Drivers

  • Network Behavior, Line of Balance, Milestones and Constraints

  • Relationships Template
  • Network Behavior, Early and Late Dates & Negative Float
  • Line of Balance
  • Milestones
  • Constraints
  • Calendar
  • Engineering Activities Scheduling
  • Procurement and Long Lead Items

  • Negative Float, Activity Codes and Schedule Quality Checklist

  • Finalize schedule and remove negative float
  • Develop and assign activity codes
  • Schedule Quality Checklist

  • Cost and resources loaded Schedule and complete submission package

  • Calculate quantities and costs from BOQ
  • Calculate manpower requirements
  • Create and assign resources
  • Resources assignments and histograms
  • Bulk import assignments to P6 using Index & Match
  • Schedule submission narrative

  • Schedule Update and Earned Value Model

  • Schedule Update in Primavera P6
  • Negative Total Float
  • Detailed Explanation of Earned Value Applications
  • Line of Balance in the Schedule Update
  • Out of Sequence
  • Assigning Baseline to the Schedule Update
  • Review Schedule Delays
  • Multiple Float Paths

  • Progress Curve and Variance Analysis in P6

  • Purpose of progress reports
  • Progress Curve
  • Consolidated Manpower Histogram
  • Variance Analysis with activity codes
  • Planned vs Actual comparison

  • Detailed Progress Reports Submission

  • Progress report table of content
  • Progress Dashboard
  • Planned vs Actual % Chart
  • Summary schedule update in P6
  • Multiple Float Paths
  • Top 5 longest paths layout
  • 2 weeks look ahead
  • QA/AC Report
  • Risk Management Register

  • KPIs, Logs & Compiling Package

  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
  • Schedule Change Log
  • Different Engineering Logs
  • Compiling full submission package
  • Develop Recovery Measures

  • Correspondences and PowerPoint

  • Offense and Defense Correspondences
  • PowerPoint in project control
  • Review progress presentation templates

You may feel alone. But you no longer have to do it alone. You'll get

Basic and Advanced Primavera P6

Learn advanced functions and shortcuts to increase productivity and the accuracy of your results.

Advanced Excel in project control

Apply Conditional Formatting, Vlookups, Index & Match and so much more in planning context.

Baseline Preparation

Ste-by-step tutorials on how to develop a complete baseline program from scratch inside P6.

Progress reporting

Analyze performance and prepare comprehensive progress reports.

PowerPoint for project control

Learn key features of powerPoint to make high quality presentations.

BONUS# 1: Templates, formats and tools

Detailed formats that will save you a lot of time and effort.

BONUS# 2: Lifetime access to the course

Access the course anytime in the future.

Program Price: $1,400

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How much does it ACTUALLY cost you?

  • The course price is still a fraction of what a master degree will cost you. Moreover, academic degrees won't teach you the baseline development in accordance with contract requirements, the schedule updates as per best practices, progress curve, comprehensive reports or what a client expects to see in a presentation during a progress meeting. Employers are looking to hire professional planning engineers who have a practical knowledge and can get the job DONE.
  • The course price might be equivalent to a one week salary or two months salary for you. This can be the best investment that you will make in yourself so far. You will significantly compress the time horizon for your career development. You will also gain supreme skills and unlock better career opportunities for many years ahead. Your average skills and lack of knowledge will cost you more in the long run. So the course really pays for itself.

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

Yes, this course is for complete beginners or intermediate level planners.  This is a huge program.

We understand that it is a journey of practice and it is impossible to master everything in your first attempt. For this reason, we offer life-time access to the program so that you can refer any particular tutorials whenever you need to in future.

The number of PDUs will be mentioned on the certificate. You can submit your PDUs claim to PMI as follows (Category: Education, Sub-category: Course or Training). Smart PM Training is a licensed and registered training institute in the UAE. All of our certificates can be claimed for PDUs or CEUs.

All lessons are pre-recorded and can be completed at your own pace.

Program Price: $1,400

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