P6 r8

Oracle's Primavera P6 Road Map Yasser MahmudSenior Director, Product StrategyOracle Primavera Global Business UnitAugust 16, 2010
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Oracle Primavera P6 Transformation
P6 as a Platform:
Complete EPPM for the Extended Enterprise
Enterprise Governance: Workflow and ERP Integrations
Expand Best in Class PPM Solution to Enterprise:
Role based, Web based
Best in Class
Project and Program Management
Best in Class
Scheduling
Time
*Timeframes are subject to change at any time and not a commitment to deliver.

Governance

Governance
Oracle confidential internal only

Oracle BPM 11g R1
Business Process Management
Released April 2010
Business friendly BPM experience
Unifies latest SOA & process modeling technologies
Rich, visual design environment for forms
Web 2.0 collaborative capabilities for process tasks
Replaces current workflow engine
Interwoven (6.1)
JBPM (6.2, 70)
The newengine for Primavera P6 Workflow

Planned Enhancements: Process Composer
Business Users can modify workflow templates

Planned Enhancements: BPM studio
IT users model & execute processes in visual, integrated development interface

Planned Enhancements: Rich Form Support
Rich form design & formatting

Planned Enhancements: BPM Workspaces in P6
Participants can fully manage their processes in P6.

Replaces Methodology Manager
Added Templates to P6 PMDB
Single point of administration within P6
Security
Users, Profiles, OBS
Admin Preferences
Admin Categories
User Preferences
Templates and projects share common dictionaries
Roles
Resources
Resource Codes, Project Codes, Activity Codes
UDFs
Activity Step Templates
Resource Curves
Currencies
Cost Accounts
Planned Enhancements: Project Templates

Planned Enhancements: Creating Templates
Templates reside within EPS nodes
Save existing project as template

Planned Enhancements: Creating Templates
Select which data from project to copy to template

Planned Enhancements: Managing Templates
Manage template content in same familiar, interface as projects
Establish savable, sharable Views for templates
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Complete project structure saved to template (WBS, activities, steps, assignments, expenses etc)

Templates have Project Status of “Template”
Templates won’t appear in project portfolio views/reports
Resource & role usage on templates is hidden from analysis views
(Templates not Summarized)

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All project default & settings can be
pre-defined in templates

Planned Enhancements: Templates
Templates streamline scope additions to
in-flight projects

Provide Oracle BI Publisher with P6 for web based reporting
Bundled at no extra cost
Access reports through P6 Web
View list of reports, Run reports on demand
Report format options
Tabular, Graphical, MS Word, PDF, Excel
Automated delivery / notification
Pre-defined user access list & controls
Enable users to subscribe to available reports
Email reports, send to printer, save to repository, FAX
Planned Enhancements: Enterprise Reporting

P6 ODS
BI Publisher provides robust reporting architecture

Report section within P6 to view, run and schedule reports
Publish reports in multiple formats
Multiple delivery methods

Report Scheduling
Ability to pass parameters
Secure

Predictability

Multiple response plans per risk
Planned Enhancements: Risk Register
Risk register moves risk management out of Excel and into the system of record

Planned Enhancements: Risks for Multiple projects
Manage risks across multiple projects

Planned Enhancements: Risk Scoring Matrix
Scoring matrix delivers framework for evaluating overall risk exposure

Planned Enhancements: Activity View Risk Details
Assign, edit or create risks without leaving the activity view

Planned Enhancements: Integrated Risk Management
Improved integration with Primavera Risk Analysis
All qualitative risk management in P6  imported into PRA for quantitative assessment.
No need to maintain separate risk registers.
On import into PRA, the project risk register including the linked activities, active response plans, and risk scoring matrix will be included.
Additional capabilities
Custom risk categories
Copy and paste risks
Export to Excel

Planned Enhancements: Schedule Checker
Schedule check’s 14 point assessment with configurable thresholds
Schedule check report

Automatic schedule calculations enable you to conduct quick impact analysis
Planned Enhancements: Schedule Preview
Turn on automatic scheduler to do quick, what-if analysis.

Inclusivity

Planned Enhancements: EPS View
Strategic view of all projects including a timeline

Planned Enhancements: EPS View
Group by multiple hierarchical fields

Planned Enhancements: Resource Assignment View
Plan & Analyze work by departments, skills and individual resources
Resource managers can personalize view for their team.

Quickly view calendar used to schedule each assignment
Neck bars based on calendars non-work time

Evaluate resource performance and accurately forecast resource demand

Planned Enhancements: Portfolio Filtering
Define up to 10 levels of filter criteria
Automatic refresh of filtered portfolios

Planned Enhancements: Robust Activity Filtering
Unlimited, nested criteria
Shared filters
Apply to previewchanges

Planned Enhancements: ImprovedUsability
Type ahead search in columns
Configurable toolbars

Planned Enhancements: ImprovedUsability
Email Views to other users
Issues added from directly within Activities view

Planned Enhancements: Personal Calendars
Maintain Personal calendar in P6 Web

Planned Enhancements: Services on web
Scheduling of all jobs
Faster Scheduler
Leveling
Apply Actuals
Summarize
Recalculate Assignment Costs
Store Period Performance

Planned Enhancements: Enterprise Administration
Enterprise data is centrally managed for effective administration

Planned Enhancements: User Admin & Access
Copy/paste users
Export to Excel

Planned Enhancements: Web Calendars
Easy to use, 100% web administration

P6 R8 Windows Client Improvements
Time Scaled Logic Diagram
Split screen views
Customizable toolbars
Page breaks on grouping bands
Line numbers on printed layouts and reports
Easier installation
No requirement for administrator privileges
Easy to push installs to large set of desktops
Other Planned Enhancements:

Planned Enhancements: Time Scaled Logic Diagram
TimeScaled Logic Diagrams improve schedule analysis

Planned Enhancements: Split Screens
Single-screen management for planners

Planned Enhancements: Customizable toolbars
Personalization of toolbars increase productivity and adoption

Value Optimization

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