CPPE – Certified Professional Planning Engineer

The CPPE course is a career-focused, industry-oriented professional program designed to transform graduates and working professionals into job-ready Project Planning & Controls Engineers.

This program goes far beyond theory. It is built around real construction projects, live case studies, practical tools, and industry best practices used on large infrastructure and building projects across the Middle East, India, and global markets.

Why CPPE Stands Out

✔ End-to-End Project Controls Expertise
Learn the complete lifecycle of project controls — planning, scheduling, cost control, budgeting, progress measurement, reporting, claims, and contracts.

✔ Software + Engineering Integration
Gain hands-on experience with Primavera P6, Excel, and planning templates, exactly as used by professional planning engineers.

✔ Real Project Exposure
Work on live project simulations, BOQs, baseline schedules, cash flows, progress reports, delay analysis, and cost reports — not just examples.

✔ Claims & Contract Awareness
Understand how planning links directly to EOT, variations, and claims under international contract practices, giving you a strong commercial edge.

✔ Industry-Ready Skillset
By the end of CPPE, you won’t just “know” planning — you’ll be able to perform the role of a Planning Engineer confidently.

Career Impact

CPPE equips you with practical, in-demand skills that employers look for — making you ready for roles such as:

  • Planning Engineer

  • Project Planner

  • Cost & Planning Engineer

CPPE is Not Just a Course — It’s a Career Accelerator

If your goal is to stand out in the construction industry, move beyond site execution, and build a long-term career in project planning & controls, CPPE is your gateway.

Duration: 50 Days

Who Should Join CPPE?

What You Will Be Able to Do After CPPE

MODULE-1- FUNDAMENTALS OF PRIMAVERA P6

Introduction to this Course Basic Concepts

Introduction to Primavera P6

Enterprise Environment in Primavera P6

Calendars

WBS, Activities and Basic Formatting

Estimating Duration of Activities

Formatting, Sharing and Reporting

Updating and Monitoring

Roles, Resources and Expenses

•Understanding Roles, Resources and Expenses

•Resource and Cost Terminologies

•Adding and Assigning New Currency

•Adding Roles and Resources

•Resource Window Details

•Duration Types in Primavera P6

•Resource Options and Assigning Resources

•Reviewing Resource Allocation

•Adding Expenses

•Reviewing Resource and Cost Usage

•Updating a Project with Resources and Expenses

 

Generating S-CURVE from PRIMAVERA P6 Schedule

•Planned/Actual Progress S Curve

•Cash Flow Curve

 

Resource Levelling

•What is Resource Levelling & How to do it

•Resource Usage Spreadsheet

•Resource Usage Profile Analyzing

 

Understanding Histograms

•Manpower & Machinery Histograms

•Stacked Histogram

 

Look Ahead Schedules

•2-Week Look Ahead Schedule

•One Month Look Ahead Schedule

Earned Value Analysis

•           EVM Fundamental Parameters

•           EVM Metrics

•           Cost Variance

•           Schedule Variance

•           Cost Performance Index

•           Schedule Performance Index

•           Running Earned Value Analysis on a LIVE PROJECT

 

Delay Analysis in Primavera P6

•Window (Time Impact) Analysis in Primavera P6

. Recovery Schedule

•Claims

•Extension of Time

•Revised Baseline

Monthly Reports

•Understanding the role of Planning Engineer in preparing Reports

•Analyzing various Monthly report samples

•Learn how to instruct various departments in preparing their respective reports

•Compiling various Department reports and merging in a single document

•Estimated Weightages of Activities & WBS

•P6 Visualizer

•Claim Digger

•Schedule Comparison

•Scheduling options

•Retained Logic Vs Progress Override

•Progress Spotlight

•Global Change

•% Complete Types

•Schedule Compression Techniques

•Currencies & Units of Measure

•Activity Codes

•Filters

•Resource & Activity Usage Spreadsheet & Profiles

•Detaching existing Baselines from Schedule

•Milestones

•Activity Types

•Understanding Scope of works by referring to Contract Document, BOQ & Drawings

•Learn how to Extract Activities (Engineering, Procurement & Construction)

•Prepare & Assign activities to WBS as per the project requirements

•Estimating Durations as per different techniques

•Linking Activities as per their logic

•Adding Cost by referring to the Project BOQ

•Finalizing the Master Schedule as per the criteria of the project

•Submission of Master Schedule package

•Creating a project plan

•Creating and setting up the Software

•Navigating around the screens

•Defining Calendars

•Adding Tasks

•Organizing Task using Outlining

•Formatting the Display

•Adding Task Dependencies

•Network Diagram View

•Constraints

•Filters

•Views, Tables and Details

•Printing and reports

•Tracking Progress

•Grouping tasks, Outline Codes and WBS

•Options

•Creating Resources

•Assigning Resources and cost to task

•Updating Projects with Resources

•Resources Histograms, tables and S Curve

•Tools and techniques for Scheduling

•Project Work

Other value added features of the course:

•          Useful Tips & Tricks in Primavera P6

•          Interview questions & answers for Planning Engineers & Managers

•          CV Preparation

•          Interview grooming

Conclusion

Trainees earn the EDGE-PC CPD Accredited Certification after completing the program requirements which are designed and developed in compliance with international standards and ongoing update based not only on the latest international principles and practices, but also field research first-hand experience, and in-depth knowledge of the market and the specific requirements of organizations. The certification can be easily verified by employers on their LinkedIn profiles which makes their profile stand out from the rest. The certification can be easily verified by employers on their LinkedIn profiles which makes their profile stand out from the rest.

Digital Credentials: Professionals who achieve their CPPE Credentials will benefit with the following.

Unique URL: Get access to a unique URL for your Certification

Digital Badge: The unique URL includes both the certificate and the digital badge

Digital Verification: Verify the credential digitally at the click of a button

LinkedIn Enabled: Showcase your credential on your LinkedIn profile Share Your Credential Digitally: Share your credential with several other social media sites.

Unique QR Code: Your Certificate will have a unique QR Code that recruiters can scan and digitally verify. Your recruiters can scan the QR Code and verify your credential instantly.

Personal Branding: Add your Credential to Job Portals, Email Signatures, embed it in your Personal Website, or easily Email it to recruiters.

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CPPE – Certified Professional Planning Engineer

The CPPE course is a career-focused, industry-oriented professional program designed to transform graduates and working professionals into job-ready Project Planning & Controls Engineers.

This program goes far beyond theory. It is built around real construction projects, live case studies, practical tools, and industry best practices used on large infrastructure and building projects across the Middle East, India, and global markets.

Why CPPE Stands Out

✔ End-to-End Project Controls Expertise
Learn the complete lifecycle of project controls — planning, scheduling, cost control, budgeting, progress measurement, reporting, claims, and contracts.

✔ Software + Engineering Integration
Gain hands-on experience with Primavera P6, Excel, and planning templates, exactly as used by professional planning engineers.

✔ Real Project Exposure
Work on live project simulations, BOQs, baseline schedules, cash flows, progress reports, delay analysis, and cost reports — not just examples.

✔ Claims & Contract Awareness
Understand how planning links directly to EOT, variations, and claims under international contract practices, giving you a strong commercial edge.

✔ Industry-Ready Skillset
By the end of CPPE, you won’t just “know” planning — you’ll be able to perform the role of a Planning Engineer confidently.

Career Impact

CPPE equips you with practical, in-demand skills that employers look for — making you ready for roles such as:

  • Planning Engineer

  • Project Planner

  • Cost & Planning Engineer

CPPE is Not Just a Course — It’s a Career Accelerator

If your goal is to stand out in the construction industry, move beyond site execution, and build a long-term career in project planning & controlsCPPE is your gateway.

Duration: 50 Days

MODULE-1- FUNDAMENTALS OF PRIMAVERA P6

Introduction to this Course Basic Concepts

Introduction to Primavera P6

Enterprise Environment in Primavera P6

Calendars

WBS, Activities and Basic Formatting

Estimating Duration of Activities

Formatting, Sharing and Reporting

Updating and Monitoring

Trainees earn the EDGE Certification after completing the program requirements which are designed and developed in compliance with international standards and ongoing update based not only on the latest international principles and practices, but also field research first-hand experience, and in-depth knowledge of the market and the specific requirements of organizations. The certification can be easily verified by employers on their LinkedIn profiles which makes their profile stand out from the rest. The certification can be easily verified by employers on their LinkedIn profiles which makes their profile stand out from the rest.

Digital Credentials: Professionals who achieve their CPPE Credentials will benefit with the following.

Unique URL: Get access to a unique URL for your Certification

Digital Badge: The unique URL includes both the certificate and the digital badge

Digital Verification: Verify the credential digitally at the click of a button

LinkedIn Enabled: Showcase your credential on your LinkedIn profile Share Your Credential Digitally: Share your credential with several other social media sites.

Unique QR Code: Your Certificate will have a unique QR Code that recruiters can scan and digitally verify. Your recruiters can scan the QR Code and verify your credential instantly.

Personal Branding: Add your Credential to Job Portals, Email Signatures, embed it in your Personal Website, or easily Email it to recruiters.

     

Bundle

Bundle Title Assignments
1 Fundamentals of Project Planning & Controls 1. Concept Note on PPC fundamentals (Word/PDF)
2. Project Life Cycle Mapping (Excel/PPT)
3. Terminology Quiz (Google Form)
2 WBS, Coding Structures & Calendars 1. WBS Development for a 10-storey building (Excel/P6)
2. Activity Code Structure Design (Word/Excel)
3. Calendar Definition & Use Cases (P6 screenshots)
3 Primavera P6 Basics & Activity Structuring 1. Create a New Project in P6 (.xer + PDF)
2. Activity Creation (40+ activities) with logic (.xer + PDF)
3. Network Logic Check & Corrections (Word/PDF)
4 Baseline Schedule Development 1. Baseline Schedule (500–700 activities) (.xer)
2. Milestone & Critical Path Report (P6 PDF)
3. Baseline Review Checklist (Excel/Word)
5 Resource & Cost Loading 1. Resource Dictionary for manpower/equipment/material (Excel)
2. Resource Loading in P6 + Histograms (.xer + PDFs)
3. Cost Loading via BOQ Mapping (Excel → P6)
6 Progress Updating, PMS & Dashboards 1. Two Monthly Schedule Updates (.xer)
2. PMS Register (Excel)
3. Executive Dashboard (PPT or Power BI)
7 Earned Value Management & KPIs 1. EVM Calculation Sheet (Excel)
2. Project Performance Report (Word/PDF)
3. KPI Dashboard (Excel)
8 Delay Analysis, Claims & Capstone 1. Delay Log & Categorisation (Excel/Word)
2. Time Impact Analysis Mini-Case (.xer + Report)
3. LIVE Project (WBS, baseline, loading, updates, EVM, dashboard, TIA & presentation)

THE ABOVE LIST OF ASSIGNMENTS REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED BY CPPE TRAINEES