Description

The Professional Delay Analyst (PPDA®) Training by Planning P6 is a comprehensive, expert-designed program created for planners, schedulers, project control engineers, contract engineers, quantity surveyors, and claims professionals who want to master Forensic Delay Analysis and Extension of Time (EOT) procedures in real-world projects.

This course provides a complete, practical understanding of modern delay analysis techniques, claim preparation, documentation standards, and industry-recognized methodologies used across construction, EPC, infrastructure, and data-center projects worldwide.

What You Will Learn

This specialized training covers every essential component a professional delay analyst must understand, including:

• What is Forensic Delay Analysis?
  Deep dive into principles, purpose, and application in complex projects.
• Understanding Extension of Time (EOT)
  Contractual foundations, entitlement principles, and standard FIDIC/NEC considerations.
• How to Prepare EOT Claims
  Step-by-step development of EOT submissions with supporting evidence.
• Impact Assessment Preparation
  Practical methods for assessing time impact, productivity loss, and critical path changes.
• Writing a Delay Analysis Report
  Learn how experts structure, justify, and present professional delay reports.
• Recording Delays & Reporting Events
  Proper techniques for maintaining delay logs, event registers, and contemporaneous records.

Detailed Explanation of Delay Analysis Methods

The course provides clear, practical explanations with examples for widely used international methodologies:

• Window Impact Analysis
• As-Planned vs. As-Built
• Time-Impact Analysis (TIA)
• Impact As Planned
• As-Built Analysis
• Collapsed As-Built Analysis
• Retrospective Longest Path
• Conventional Method
• Hybrid Method

These techniques are explained in a way that improves both your technical understanding and your ability to apply them in Primavera P6 and real project environments.

Documents Included in the Training

Participants receive professionally developed templates and ready-to-use formats, including:

• Delay Ledger Format
• Delay Analysis Report Format
• Impact Assessment Format
• Standard Excel Tables for Analysis
• And more essential supporting documents

Training Structure

Planning-P6 delivers this course as a one-on-one online training program, ensuring personalized guidance tailored to your professional needs.

• Total Duration: 08 hours
• Mode: Live one-on-one training
• Certificate: Issued within 15 days after successful completion