What is Oracle Primavera P6?

Primavera P6 is a powerful project management tool used worldwide to plan, manage, and deliver complex projects. Part of Oracle’s suite of enterprise solutions, Oracle Primavera P6 is designed to handle projects with thousands of activities, multiple resources, and tight deadlines – giving project teams a single platform to control scope, schedule, and cost.

Key Features of Primavera P6

Primavera P6 offers a wide set of features that make it one of the most trusted project management tools:

• Project planning and scheduling: Create and manage project schedules with Gantt charts, resource allocation, and critical path analysis.
  
• Resource management: Optimise how people and assets are allocated, avoiding overloads and keeping costs under control.
  
• Risk management: Identify, track, and mitigate risks with integrated tools that reduce delays and overruns.
  
• Collaboration: Real-time data sharing, document management, and messaging support global project teams.

Earned Value Management (EVM): Monitor performance with Planned Value (PV), Earned Value (EV), and Actual Cost (AC), and calculate key indices such as the Cost Performance Index (CPI) and Schedule Performance Index (SPI) to track progress against budget and schedule.

What’s New in Primavera P6 in 2025

Earned Value Management (EVM) is a key feature of Primavera P6 that helps users to track project Oracle released Primavera P6 Version 24.12 in 2025, introducing updates that make scheduling more efficient, accurate, and compliant.

Key enhancements include:

• Unlink activities faster: Quickly remove predecessor/successor links with a single click, saving schedulers valuable time.
  
• Preview changes before applying: Review baseline or global updates to see the impact before committing, reducing risk of errors.
  
• More flexible milestones: Milestones can now use any relationship type, restoring compatibility with legacy schedules and increasing flexibility.
  
• Cleaner imports: Choose whether Responsible Managers from XER files are imported, helping avoid unnecessary clutter in your Organisational Breakdown Structure (OBS).
  
• Stronger compliance support: Export full hierarchy paths for defence and government projects, making Primavera P6 more robust for regulated industries.

These improvements underline Primavera P6’s role as a modern, evolving solution for complex project environments.

Why Choose Xacom’s Primavera P6 Training Course?

Buying powerful software doesn’t guarantee powerful results – that comes from how your people use it. Xacom’s Primavera P6 training isn’t about ticking boxes on a tutorial. It’s about embedding the skills, workflows, and confidence your teams need to get genuine value from the tool.

Our Primavera P6 courses are designed to:

• Develop expert schedulers: Build capability in planning, resource allocation, and risk control.
  
• Keep projects on track: Spot scheduling issues early and prevent them from spiralling into costly delays.
  
• Strengthen decisions: Turn Primavera P6 data into clear reports that guide smarter planning and stakeholder confidence.
  
• Meet compliance demands: Stay aligned with internal standards and industry requirements, including Ministry of Defence (MoD) protocols.
  
• Boost professional growth: Gain in-demand Primavera P6 expertise that strengthens careers and organisations alike.

With Xacom, training doesn’t stop at “how to use Primavera P6.” We show your teams how to apply it in practice – delivering consistent, measurable improvements to project performance.

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Give your team the tools, skills, and confidence to master Primavera P6 software. Contact Xacom today about our Primavera P6 training courses and start building stronger, more resilient project controls.