what's new in primavera p6 8.1
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What’s New in Primavera P6 EPPM Release 8.1 May 19, 2011
Brian Saldutti Oracle Primavera Product Strategy
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Agenda
• Refreshed User Interface• Resource Management • Project Management • Risk Management• Portfolio Management• Administration• Technologies• P6 Professional• Mobile• Reporting
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Refreshed User Interface
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Refreshed User Interface
Icons replaced with text for easier readability
Main navigation moved to tabs to easily
identify where you are
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Refreshed User Interface
Detailed pages modernized and simplified
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Refreshed User Interface
• Control Center Performance• UI Scalability
Buttons always appear when page scrolls to
improve usability
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Resource Management
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Resource Management
Dates and duration fields available for viewing and updating in Resource Assignments tab
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Resource Management
Filter options available when assigning resources including
currently opened projects
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Resource Management
Assign resources to multiple assignments at once and
search for best fit
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Resource Management
Run Check Resource Overallocation to identify
resource constraints that may impact the project
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Resource Management
Automatic notification appears when service is completed
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Resource Management
See resource overallocation in week increments
Take action to fix the overallocation
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Project Management
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Project Management
New fields available in EPS View –
Last Scheduled DateLast Leveled Date
Last Apply Actuals Date
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Project Management
Define Gantt bars based on User Defined
Fields (UDFs)
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Project Management
Risk adjusted schedule views to
reflect Risk Analysis data
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Risk Management
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Risk Management
• x
Organize categories in a hierarchy for risk
breakdown structure
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Risk Management
• x
Copy and paste risks within a single
project or across multiple projects
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Risk Management
• x
Relative thresholds support for use across multiple projects
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Risk Management
Additional fields to better track and analyze risks
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Risk Management
Risk exposure and score available at the project
level for analysis
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Portfolio Management
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Portfolio Management
• Drill into WBS UDFs
Drill down to view and edit WBS UDF’s via the Dashboard
and Portfolios
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Administration
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Project Scheduled Services
Specify a rolling date when configuring project services
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Scheduled Services Status
Standardized log files for all services including translation support
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User Sessions
Administrators can reset sessions for users who have been locked out.
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Technologies
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New platforms• Google Chrome 9 Browser • Server platform – HP-UX Itanium• Administration – Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g• JRE 1.6.0_24+• BI Publisher 11g• UCM 11g• Brazilian Portuguese language support
Additional Tools• Project integrity checker• Jackrabbit to UCM migration tool
Technologies
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P6 Professional
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P6 Professional – Supports: stand alone and work groups
P6 EPPM – Includes: P6 Web and Optional
Client
P6 PMDB
End Users using P6 Optional Client
End Users using P6 Web client
P6 PMDB
End Users using P6 Professional
End Users using P6 Professional
End Users using P6 Professional
Import/Export
Stand alone or Offline mode for P6 EPPM
End Users using P6
Professional with local database
Local P6 PMDB
P6 EPPM Optional Client & P6 Professional 8.1
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Mobile
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Mobile – iPhone App
Email comments and photos related to a task
View assigned tasks by project
Update time spent , time left & dates
Graphical indicator of health/status
Star favorite tasks
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Mobile – Email Updates
Filter list of tasks
Send email to request tasks
View assigned tasks by project
Update time spent , time left & dates
Easily mark a task complete
Email changes to update P6 project
Receive confirmation message for updates
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Reporting
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Reporting Changes• P6 Schema increased to store calculated fields• Incremental update of projects via trickle process
– Project filter, Manual or Automatic publication • Global Publishing Services • BI Publisher 11g support
– Web based report layout editor– Create reports that combine P6 data with other data sources
• P6 Analytics– Unlimited number of codes supported
Benefits• Improved performance• Near real-time reporting• ODS an optional component for BI Reporting• SQL Server support
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Reporting
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P6 Reporting Database 2.xP6 Data Warehouse
P6 Analytics 1.xP6 EPPM 8.1
P6 PMDB
Resource Utilization Star
Resource Assignment Star
Project History Star
Project Activity Star
OBIEE+/SE-1
Oracle BI Answers
P6 Metadata
Oracle BI Interactive Dashboards
P6 CatalogOracle BI Publisher
Near Real-Time Operational Reporting
Transactional Reporting
StaticOperational Reporting
Analytical Reporting
ODSETLPeriodic Extract,
Transform & Load Process
Extension Tables and Views
Reporting
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Reporting
Project options to enable publication
and set priority
