Practical Project Control Course for Planning Engineers

Learn everything to enhance your career opportunities with expert guidance. Take up the project control training course and certification for planning engineers, which provide individuals with a structured approach to managing projects. We believe in making our students future-ready by making them efficient planning engineers.

Ideal for Beginners / Intermediate Level

We are an AACEI Approved Education Provider

"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

We trained planning engineers of leading companies

In this program, I helped hundreds of engineers...

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.

Have you ever said to yourself?

  • "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."

Planning is far more than just Primavera skills

  • 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.

How is this course different from other courses?

  • "Practical project Control" Course 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).
  • The program is 100% practical. You will learn the tools and methods which are used to manage real-life projects.
  • This is a fully integrated course that teaches you how to think and act as a planner.
  • It also teaches how to use Excel and Powerpoint softwares in project control context.
Learning how to use a specific software independently in a standalone mode is not effective because planning is an integrated effort. For example, when you prepare a dashboard, you may need to use advanced P6 features to quickly extract certain data then perform an extended analysis using Excel.

How can the course help you?

  • 1- Produce amazing work and show it in your CV to get shortlisted.
  • 2- Show supreme competencies and skills.
  • 3- Get recognition by your team and stakeholders as a planning engineer who is knowledgeable and expert.
  • 4- Develop strong project control foundation and mindset that will help you solve future problems and set you up for success.
  • 5- Gain superior planning knowledge because if you have an average knowledge, you will get average career opportunities.

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

Get the support you need

Attend 6 weekly live Zoom sessions with the instructor to ask questions and clarify doubts.

Can’t make it live? Post your question inside our private community. You can also network with like-minded engineers there. You can also use a tool called “Loom” which is a free chrome extension that allows you to share your screen and ask any technical question as if you are inside a Zoom class. You get the response from me via Loom too. This means that you complete the course and ask any questions at your own pace. No time wasted.

Check out what other engineers who took our courses are saying...

It was a really interesting training that fully met my expectation in the advanced levels of project control tools. I am glad to end 2021 with it. Osama Saad, MBA, PMP, PSP, PMI-SP delivered the course with professionalism, wide knowledge, and expertise. He really masters the advanced levels of Primavera P6, Excel, Power BI, and delay analysis. The course was one of the best trainings I have ever attended, as it was clear, precise, and very practical.

Mahmoud Arafat

Project Control Manager, KSA

The programs have a dense content "although it was enjoyable" and new information was presented "in a practical way". Planning, scheduling, controlling, and interactively presenting the outcome using Power BI was great to add to my skills as an Engineer. Thanks Osama Saad, MBA, PMP, PSP, PMI-SP for sharing your brilliant experience with me.

Wael Eldemardash

Senior Project Engineer, Australia

Practical Project Control Course covers all practical knowledge with detailed explanation of P6 and also the usage of Advanced Excel Functions in the Planning and Project Control.Power BI in Project Control Course: the best in Industry explanation with all Visual for advanced Dashboards that meet the current Industry demand. Delay Analysis and EOT Claim Course which explains Practical TIA -Windows analysis with Effective EOT writing and submission.

Dilip Kumar

Planning Manager, Oman

I would like to thank Engr Osama Saad for his important part in providing invaluable support through the “PSP Exam Preparation Course” offered by Smart PM Training. I wonder how to pass the exam without this course. The content of the course, the mock-up test, valuable tips and the strategies really helped me to focus on the important topics needed to pass the exams. To the planners, I highly recommend you take this “PSP Exam Preparation Course”.

Joel Estella

Project Control Manager, Turner KSA

Great Practical Content, and believe it or not, you can really do Magic with Power BI in Project Control! Thanks Osama Saad, MBA, PMP, PSP, PMI-SP for the great comprehensive training course which is direct to the point and provides a clear concept of how to use Power BI in the Project Control field.

Ahmed Qamary

Senior Planning Engineer, Qatar

Delay Analysis from A to Z ! Excellent course with integrated process of delay analysis, which presents inclusive knowledge in capsule. It is highly recommended course for my colleagues who are interested in learning more about delay analysis and the integration of the comprehensive process on Primavera 6. It is really excellent and valuable course that introduce a complicated process in a very simple way which makes from a beginner in the field a master indeed.

Eman Fouad

Contracts Engineer, UAE

I found this course much more practical and precise in terms of illustration. Being an independent Planning Engineer since the start I am always facing the same issues which you discussed during the course. I admire your work & appreciate your work, please keep it up.

Shaikh Ayazuddin

Planning Engineer, UAE

Power BI course from Smart PM Training is very impressive and useful for the Project Control. I understand that it is inevitable in Project Control now. It helps minimizing time while producing dashboard reports and all comprehensive reports in visual.The course is well structured and well explained. Although it is more comprehensive with 17 hour, the way it is explained makes us much attentive and not got deviated.

Gani Muhammed

Project Control Engineer

The course was well structured and I am happy to learn some insider tricks and tips from a well experienced delay analyst.

Hemanth Kumar

Planning Manager, Qatar

I would like to Thank Eng Osama Saad, MBA, PMP, PSP, PMI-SP and Smart PM Training for Delay Analysis Mastery course. The course content was well structured and easy to understand to everyone. I strongly recommend to all my connections, friends and colleagues those who want to learn about Delay Analysis and EOT claim. Much appreciate to Eng Osama Saad, MBA, PMP, PSP, PMI-SP for the template provided during the course which is really helpful for Delay analysis beginners.

Dhandapani Perumal

Senior Planning Engineer, Bahrain

Thanks a lot Eng. Osama. From the beginning of the course, I had confidence in the content he provided because of my previous experiences as this was my fifth course with him. The PSP course is one of the strongest courses that I ever attended, and it benefited me on a personal level.There is no need for any other sources, only this comprehensive course is enough. I booked the test only one week after the end of the course. I highly recommend it. Thank you, Engineer Osama!

Ashraf Morsy

Project Control Engineer, KSA

I would like to especially thank the professional engineer Osama Saad for his easy and simple method of delivering information. There is no doubt that this course has reorganized some of the information gained in my mind. And also organize the process of how to formulate the Claim to become stronger, specific and technically acceptable. It’s a very important course for Planning , Scheduling and Control engineers. All thanks and appreciation to engineer Osama and his Team.

Ahmed Ramadan

Planning Engineer

I would like to thank Eng. Osama Saad, MBA, PMP, PSP, PMI-SP and Smart PM Training for effective delay analysis course. it's a very important course for planning, contract engineers and project control engineers.The most important part for me is the effective writing, presentation of the claim, narrative structure and determination of fragnet events and impacts.

Abdullah Saleh

Planning Engineer

Thank you very much for your course about delay analysis. I’ve attended similar courses before; yours was by far the most useful and valuable Osama Saad, MBA, PMP, PSP, PMI-SP. I highly recommend this course of study to anyone interested in improving his knowledge about delay analysis and claims in Smart PM Training.

Ayman Ellaithy

Planning Engineer

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

Basic and Advanced Primavera P6 ($700 Value)

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

Advanced Excel in project control ($500 Value)

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

Baseline Preparation ($500 Value)

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

Progress reporting ($500 Value)

Analyze performance and prepare comprehensive progress reports.

PowerPoint for project control ($300 Value)

Learn key features of powerPoint to make high quality presentations.

Weekly Live Classes ($500 Value)

Attend 6 weekly live Zoom A sessions to ask questions and clarify doubts.

Private community membership ($800 Value)

Network with like-minded planning engineers, ask questions and clarify doubts.

BONUS# 1: Templates, formats and tools ($500 Value)

Detailed formats that covers all essentials to deliver results.

BONUS# 2: Lifetime access to the course ($500 Value)

Access the course anytime in future to refer any tutorials that might help you at work.

Total Value:$4,800

Program Price: $995

We enroll the course members in batches so we can give them the best support.

Registration will be open in June 2024.

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5 days money-back guarantee
If you are not satisfied with the course, request a refund within 5 calendar days of your purchase and I will honor the request. That’s how confident I am about my courses. You will be blown away by the training. You can try the course risk-free to understand if it is the type of training you’re looking for, and if not, get 100% of your money back.

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.

Certify your knowledge with a Certificate of Completion - 21 Hours

Boost your CV and LinkedIn Profile with a Certificate of Completion.

You can demonstrate your discipline towards continuous learning which Employers are looking for in candidates.

Frequently asked questions(FAQ)

Yes, this course is for complete beginners or intermediate level planners. You need some basic knowledge of Primavera P6 before you start this course. You have everything you need inside the course.

The course has 21 hours of “direct” content delivery. The tutorials are professionally edited so there are no long pauses or unnecessary content. The course is designed for busy professionals to get the most out of their time. Everything is to the point

All lessons are pre-recorded! Post your question inside our private community. You can also use a tool called “Loom” which is a free chrome extension that allows you to share your screen and ask your questions as if you are inside a Zoom class. You get the response from me via Loom too. This means that you complete the course and ask any questions at your own pace. No time wasted!

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.

After you sign up for the course, you will receive an invitation to join our private community.

We enroll members in batches so we can give them full attention and the best support. We can also effectively monitor their progress throughout the course.

Email us at info@smartpmtraining.com and we’ll help you out.

Total Value: $4,800

Program Price: $995

Join the waiting list

Registration will be open in June 2024.