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Primavera Highlights During COLLABORATE Primavera Key Note: Making the Most of Your Oracle Primavera Investment Dick Faris, Primavera Co-Founder & Oracle Senior Vice President Tues 9:15 am Room 102B Overview and Roadmap of Primavera Contract Management Mon 2:30pm Room 101B Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management Roadmap Tues 10:30am Room 102B Oracle Primavera Executive Q&A Session Weds 4:00pm Room 102B OPSIG Welcome and Membership Meeting Weds 5:00pm Room 102B OPSIG Kiosk Booth #230 –meet the OPSIG Board and join. Membership is FREE! Oracle Primavera One-On-One Support Clinic. Sign up at the Primavera Pavilion to schedule your session. More Primavera Education, Collaboration, and Participation at www.PrimaveraSIG.com! All COLLABORATE content will be available at www.primaveraSIG.com beginning May 1st.

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Primavera P6 EPPM R8 Enhancements You Don't Want to Miss

Brian SalduttiOracle Primavera Product Strategy


The following is intended to outline our general product direction. It is intended for information purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions.

The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for Oracle’s products remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.


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Agenda

• Introduction

• What’s New in P6 Release 8.0– Governance– Inclusivity– Predictability– Optimization

• Q & A

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Primavera Transformation

Best in ClassScheduling

Time*

Best in ClassProject and

Program Management

Expand Best in Class PPM Solution to Enterprise:

Role based, Web based

Enterprise Governance:

Workflow and ERP

Integrations

Oracle Primavera:

Complete EPPM for the Extended

Enterprise


Primavera P6 Release 8

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Governance


Business Process Management(BPM)

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• Services Oriented Architecture (SOA)• Event-enabled• Expanded Web Services in P6 r8

• Integration to Oracle Unified BPM 11g• Complete, graphical workflow• Forms• Mobility

• Enables end-to-end business process integration

• Process participants can perform all actions from within P6• Launch. Act Upon. Monitor

BPM Foundation

BPM Suite 11BPM Suite 11gg

Introducing the Best in Process AutomationIntegration of P6 with Oracle BPM Suite

New Workflow Capabilities for PrimaveraThe new face of Primavera is…anything you want it to be.

New Workflow Capabilities for PrimaveraStandards-based (BPMN/BPEL) orchestration within unified IDE

New Workflow Capabilities for PrimaveraFull process participation from within P6

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PPM Business Process Automation Notification and exception handling

• If a new activity has been added• If project status changes• If project code value changes• If certain metric’s value changes by more than x% • If project baseline has been changed• If a resource on resource team XYZ should become over

allocated• If activity feedback is added• If a key milestone’s target date is within X weeks

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PPM Business Process AutomationStreamlining and extending P6-specific processes

• Request and grant P6 user access• Staff resources for project assignments• Perform tollgate milestone review• Escalate issue to management• Release risk contingency• Accept scope change for schedule re-baseline• Collect tentative progress updates from field• Closeout and archive completed project• Initiate new project proposal

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PPM Business Process AutomationReal-world processes span applications

End-to-end Business Process

Enterprise Infrastructure

Customer Relationship Management

Sales and Marketing

Project

Planning ManufacturingInventory & Logistics Finance & HR

SFA Prodict LMS

Inv MGMT

B2BPPM

ERP.

SCMproductinfo.

MES

DB ERPCRM

BPM models, simulates, executes, manages, monitors, & optimizes those Business Processes.

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Project Templates

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• Maintained centrally within P6 • Security (Users, Profiles, OBS)

• Admin Preferences• Admin Categories• User Preferences

• Templates and projects share common dictionaries

• Roles• Resources• Resource, Project, Activity Codes• User defined fields• Activity Step Templates• Resource Curves• Currencies• Cost Accounts

Project Template help establish and share best practices

Easily convert star projects into templates

& share across the enterprise

Easily convert star projects into templates

& share across the enterprise


Web Reporting


P6

BI Publisher provides robust web based reporting & improves situational awareness • Access & act on information quickly

• View, run and schedule reports within P6 EPPM

• Publish reports in multiple formats

• Multiple delivery methods

• Schedule & deliver reports automatically

• Ability to pass parameters

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Enterprise Reporting





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User Productivity Kit (UPK)

Oracle confidential internal only

UPK – P6 Tutorials


Review the details of risk scoring matrix


P6 Online Help is now UPK ready

Sample content included

UPK – “See It!” Mode


Learn by watching animated demonstration of tasks performed in

simulated environment

UPK – “Try It!” Mode




Learn by practicing in simulated environment with guidance

UPK – “Do It!” Mode




Follow step-by-step instructions while

performing actions within live product

UPK – “Print It!”


Displays document as job aid or process document that can be printed


Enterprise-wide Inclusivity


100% Web


User Administration

Copy/paste users

Export to Excel


Dictionaries

Print Calendars


EPS Functionality: Birds eye view of projects

Organize projects in programs, using multi level structures

• Tabular or Graphical timeline view of all projects

• Improves visibility, analysis, & reporting

• Group by multiple project attributes such as EPS, Portfolios, Project Codes, UDF’s, or dates.

• EPS hierarchy & Node management – Add/ Delete Project


Robust filtering

Unlimited, nested criteria

Apply to preview changes

Shared filters


Improved Collaboration & User Experience

Type Ahead to quickly find & assign attributes

• Email Views• Send activity view links via email to

communicate project information

• User Experience Enhancement• Status activities view Calendar & Network view

• Type Ahead support

• Hover-over support for fields

• Personalization of toolbars

• Preview changes to activity views

Access all activity related information, including Issues & Risks

Personal Resource Calendars


Non-work time may also be imported from

calendars such as Outlook or Google

(iCalendar)

Non-work time may also be imported from

calendars such as Outlook or Google

(iCalendar)


Split Screen / Tiled & Tabbed Views

Tile horizontally, vertically, or a combination of both


Predictability


Integrated Risk Management Module

• Risk Register– Industry standard risk

identification & assessment– Moves risk management out of

Excel & into the system of record

• Risk Response Planning– Create multiple response plans

with detailed actions– Create an active risk

management feedback loopIntegrated Risk Response Planning


Integrated Risk Management Module

• Manage Risks across multi-projects– Group and view risks across

multiple projects (portfolio risk view)

• Risk Scoring Matrix– Model any corporate risk scoring

matrix in P6 with user-defined impact thresholds

Scoring matrix delivers framework for evaluating overall risk exposure


Schedule Checker improves project schedule quality

Schedule check’s 14 point assessment with configurable

thresholds Schedule check report


Optimization

A Better Way to Manage Resources


A web-based view that focuses on resource assignments

A web-based view that focuses on resource assignments

Group by Resource, Resource Code,

Resource Team, Role, Role Team

Group by Resource, Resource Code,

Resource Team, Role, Role Team



A “resource-centric” focus to project

assignments

A “resource-centric” focus to project

assignments

Save Filters to ViewsSave Filters to Views



Quick view to each assignment’s calendar

Quick view to each assignment’s calendar

Resource Reporting


View team’s assignments as they align to strategy (via

Project Codes)

View team’s assignments as they align to strategy (via

Project Codes)

Resource Reporting


Analyze role requirements and display in headcount/FTE rather

than hours

Analyze role requirements and display in headcount/FTE rather

than hours

Export or Copy/Paste into ExcelExport or Copy/Paste into Excel


Performance and Scalability

• Improvements over P6 v7– P6 R8 can process 6 times as many transactions per second– 20% improvement in Application server CPU utilization– 40% improvement in Database server CPU utilization– 25% improvement in summarization times– 30% improvement in leveling times– 70% improvement in scheduling times

• Loading Activities– Version 6 – limit of 5,000 activities– Version 7 – limit of 15,000 activities– Version 8 – limit of 100,000 activities


Provide the Best SolutionPerformance, Scalability and Oracle Red Stack Support

WHAT

– Standards-based extensibility and integration

– Built-in and integrated manageability

HOW – Scalable architecture (Java platform, thin-client) – Integration with ERP, EAM and other enterprise

systems – Performance enhancements: scheduling,

leveling, filtering, intelligent data loading – All “services" within P6 Web interface– Safari Browser Support

RESULTS– Reduce risk from synchronized cost/schedule data– Alternative delivery options: self-host or

on-demand– Most complete enterprise PPM software– Lower integration costs

• Enterprise Linux• Enterprise Manager

• Database• Spatial

• WebLogic• Identity Management• Business Intelligence• UCM, UPK, BPM

• Primavera P6 • Oracle’s ERP

• Extensible and open• More secure• Easier to manage, upgrade and extend• Support for Web services / SOA

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Primavera P6 Analytics

• Built on combination of P6 Reporting Database & Oracle Business Intelligence (BI) Suite

• Provides out of the box interactive dashboards

• Delivers a rich metadata layer for ad-hoc report/dashboard creation by business users

What is P6 Analytics?

Project, Activity, and Resource Stars

Operational Data Store (ODS)

Primavera P6 Reporting Database

ETL Process

Primavera P6 Analytics

• Integrated Security• Multidimensional Calculation and

Integration Engine• Intelligent Request Generation &

Optimized Data Access Services

Oracle BI Server

• 80+ prebuilt, interactive dashboard

• Project information model (metadata) for Ad hoc analysis

• Custom configured dimensions

Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management

ProactiveDetectionand Alerts

DisconnectedAnalytics

Ad-hoc Analysis

MS OfficePlug-in

Reporting & Publishing

Interactive Dashboards

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Dashboards

• Capable of blending project data from multiple sources

• Manage by exception• Best/Worst performing projects• Over/Under Allocated resources for next X months• Conditional formatting (Cell/text coloring and style)

• Resource Centric dashboards and views

• Deliver resource information in formats that make sense to each role (e.g. Utilization percent for resources and roles)

• Unique ‘slicing’ capabilities, pivoting, P3 matrix type reporting

• Historic snapshots

P6 Analytics Complements P6 EPPMKey Differences

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P6 R8.0 & P6 Analytics – Generally Available Now• Release Content Document (Knowledgebase Doc ID 1203025.1)• Visit the booth today• Virtual summit link:

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Primavera Highlights During COLLABORATE Primavera Key Note: Making the Most of Your Oracle Primavera Investment Dick Faris, Primavera Co-Founder & Oracle Senior Vice President Tues 9:15 am Room 102B Overview and Roadmap of Primavera Contract Management Mon 2:30pm Room 101B Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management Roadmap Tues 10:30am Room 102B Oracle Primavera Executive Q&A Session Weds 4:00pm Room 102B OPSIG Welcome and Membership Meeting Weds 5:00pm Room 102B OPSIG Kiosk Booth #230 –meet the OPSIG Board and join. Membership is FREE! Oracle Primavera One-On-One Support Clinic. Sign up at the Primavera Pavilion to schedule your session. More Primavera Education, Collaboration, and Participation at www.PrimaveraSIG.com! All COLLABORATE content will be available at www.primaveraSIG.com beginning May 1st.

www.PrimaveraSIG.com

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