206490 implementation best practice

Oracle Primavera Implementation Best Practices

David Goodrich

PGBU Project Manager


Oracle Primavera Implementation Best Practices

OUM

Burning Platforms

The Contract

User Adoption

Risks & Issues


OUM

It’s a methodology with an expansive library of tools for assisting

project managers with implementing Oracle products and technologies

Based on industry standards such as:

– PMBOK

– Unified Process

– Business Process Modeling

Comprehensive toolkit that supports PPM solutions, Application

implementations, Software upgrades, or Tools and Techniques

OUM creates standardization for how you organize and manage your

projects

Oracle’s Unified Method


OUM

Volumes of processes, plan templates, use cases and forms.

All are applicable to Requirements Driven implementations, Solution

Driven implementations, Software Upgrades, Technology Full Cycle

projects, BI or EPM implementations, etc.

How does it benefit me?


OUM


Burning Platforms

It’s imperative that you understand why your

client is implementing a new solution

More often then not, the pain of remaining the same is greater then

making a change

Typically procurement or “non-Business” people purchase the

Primavera software

Change causes stress

Why has your client decided to do this work?


Burning PlatformsOrganization Change Leadership

Define the

Change

Assess the

Climate

Identify Change

Approach

Generate

Sponsorship

Develop Target

Readiness

Create

Cultural Fit

Build Agent

Capacity

Develop

Reinforcement

Strategy

Build

Communication

Plan

Prioritize

Action

Envision

ImplementManage


ContractsTranspose Contract SOW into Project Plan

The contract is the official statement of work

Use the scope and deliverables of the SOW

Develop a project charter

Review the role of the PM and team members

Simple projects – P6 schedule and resource histogram

More complicated projects – Use OUM content

We’re not professional athletes


ContractsTranspose Contract SOW into Project Plan


User Adoption

Our experience shows that a narrow set of functionality used by a wide

set of people promotes adoption much quicker

Learn to roll over before you crawl and then crawl before you walk

Wide but shallow


Risks and Issues

Identify risks early and monitor them often

Communication is critical to every project’s success

Management would rather know about a risky project early than be

blindsided with bad news without any news

Standard risks can be as simple as resource availability, sponsorship

for change, mandatory completion dates.


Build a Risk Register in P6


Use standard methodologies to ensure repeatable success

Understand the key reasons for why you are making changes

Understand the contract terms inside and out

Recognize user adoption issues and be prepared to address OCL

Identify risks and issues early

Communicate, communicate, communicate

Wrap up


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