Primavera # M.S project

1. Primavera
M.S Project
Comparison of
project management software

2. Trainer Eyad Alhaj
1. More than 12 years in the field of planning and evaluating
projects in Syria, Iraq and online.
2. More than 10 years of training in PMP, feasibility study for
Entrepreneurship projects, M.S Project and Primavera
software for various companies, NGO, training centers in
Iraq, Syria and online.
3. Speaker in conferences, publishing articles and case
studies in international magazines about benefits of 4D&5D
in the BIM.
Our vision:
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3. Establishment and update
• The first version of Primavera was released in 1983 by Primavera
Systems, then Oracle in 2008 acquired the Primavera software,
and every year a new version was released.
• The first version of M.S Project was released in 1987 by Microsoft,
and every 4 year a new version was released.

4. Ease to use
• M.S Project is easy to use compared to Primavera, because we are
you are dealing with a software of Microsoft Office products, where
you recur some tools similar to Word & Excel software from
copying, pasting, color and writing effects.

5. • MS Project only works on Microsoft SQL Server, while Primavera
works on SQL databases and also on Oracle.
Database
M.S Project & Primavera Primavera
• Oracle database can accommodate our ability through Primavera
software to enter hundreds of thousands of activities efficiently
and easy without errors.

6. Portfolio management
• Within Oracle Primavera Cloud and M.S Project online, we can plan to
allocate resources and financial budgets for multiple projects in line with
strategic goals, and later during execute of projects, we can track and
evaluate schedule and costs through interactive Dashboard reports.
• Primavera remains the best because we can use many of the tools to handle
large projects in the strategic portfolio.
Primavera
M.S Project

7. • M.S Project uses Agile methodology, which include a Sprint tool to split a
project into packages (no more than a month), and a Kanban board to assess
task status.
• Primavera uses the Lean methodology, which aims to reduce waste in projects,
and is inspired by the Agile methodology.
• M.S Project is currently better because there are several tools for dealing with
Agile projects.
Agile framework
M.S Project Primavera

8. Multiple Activity Relationships
• Primavera P6 supports different types of relationships between
two activities such as, a Finish-to-Finish (FF) and a Start-to-Start
(SS), whereas M.S Project only allows us to have one relationship.
M.S Project Primavera

9. Columns
• You can add 200 column within the Primavera software, which
contains data that has an impact on the duration and costs, while the
M.S Project software can not be added only 40 column.
M.S Project Primavera

10. Baselines
M.S Project Primavera
• Baselines is the time and cost schedule approved by the project owner.
• In the M.S Project, we are allowed to modify with the approval of the project
owner only 11 times, and it is not accurate in some aspects such as constraints,
while the Primavera allows us to an unlimited number from baselines and with
high accuracy.

11. Indirect costs
• In Primavera there is a separate list to deal with indirect costs such as
training and travel, while M.S Project can add indirect costs from
within the resource list, but it does not give us an accuracy compared
to Primavera.
M.S Project Primavera

12. Risks
• Through M.S Project and Primavera cloud, we can develop a plan for
risks and respond to them, but the Primavera is distinguished by the
presence of tools for accurate analysis of risks such as Monte Carlo
and Tornado.
M.S Project
Primavera

13. Codes
• In major projects, we make use of the lists related to the codes of
activities and resources in Primavera P6, so that we arrange the project
as we want and prepare any report desired by the management, and
with regard to the M.S Project, it is weak in this matter.
Primavera

14. Steps
• The steps feature in Primavera allows the user to create sub-activities of
the activity, where we can put for each sub-activity a certain weight
according to its importance, and evaluate it during the executing of the
project, and this feature does not exist in the M.S Project.
Primavera

15. Comparison of
Primavera software
Primavera P6
Professional
Oracle’s
Primavera P6
EPPM
Oracle Primavera
Cloud
Price 2500$ USD 2750$ USD
125$ USD
/Month
One license covers one PC per person.
Manage project schedules and costs.
✓ ✓ ✓
Manage tasks. ✓ ✓ ✓
Manage resources. ✓ ✓ ✓
Effectively suited to risk management. ✓ ✓
Interactive reporting. ✓ ✓
Effectively suited to portfolio and
program management.
✓ ✓
The presence of an application for the
software on mobile and online
✓ ✓

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18. Free copies
• The same features in Primavera P6 Professional for the paid and free
version, but there are problems with exporting to second programs,
and sometimes slow in the free version.
• Whereas in M.S Project Professional, the free version is the same as
the paid version, except that there are Agile tools in the free version.

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20. 1
MS Project is more suited for independent
projects, smaller corporations with less projects.

21. 2
To take advantage of Primavera with all its
features, the person working on the software
must be a planning engineer who is aware of
planning and scheduling standards.

22. 3
So far, the M.S Project features through the
presence of appropriate tools to deal with Agile
projects, but it does not mean that the Primavera,
he can not be characterized in this area in the
next version.

23. The course is intended for those who wish to work in
planning and evaluating projects
for construction and oil companies.
The course is intended for those who wish to work in
planning and evaluating projects for Engineering studies,
industrial, commercial companies and NGOs.

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