This document summarizes the pros and cons of Oracle Primavera Contract Management (PCM) and Unifier systems. PCM has been the industry standard for a long time but can be rigid with limited integration and connectivity. Unifier offers more configurable workflows, audit trails, and is a true enterprise solution, but requires more configuration, training, and costs more. For existing PCM customers, they need to evaluate if the benefits of upgrading to Unifier outweigh the additional costs and resources required. For new customers, Unifier enforces better business processes but also has a higher price tag initially. The best option depends on an organization's priorities and available budget and support.

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Is Oracle Primavera Contract
Management Still Valid?
Prepared by:
Stephen Kelly
President / Sr. Consultant
Pro Management Systems, Inc.
Lets look at the Pros and Cons of PCM
and Unifier – there is room for both
Session ID#: 15421

2. Pro Management Systems, Inc
■ What is Pro Management Systems?
▪ Started in late 1980’s
▪ Focused on customer needs
▪ Not been reseller for Primavera or Oracle
▪ Provide consulting first, product second
▪ 100’s of clients and thousands trained in the use of Primavera
products
▪ Creators of CMPlus – the add on utility for PCM
▪ Customers around the world

3. Pro Management Systems, Inc
■ Who am I?
▪ Over 25+ years experience
▪ Author of book on Primavera Contract Management
▪ Started in construction industry
▪ Taught at Oregon State in Construction Management
department
▪ Used around the world for design, implementation and training
of Primavera products
“Even if you stop a fire quickly, there is still
residual repair that needs repair” – Steve Kelly

4. “Why do so many professionals say
they are project managing, when what
they are actually doing is fire
fighting?” -– Colin Bentley

5. AGENDA
■ PCM – Pros and Cons
■ Unifier – Pros and Cons
■ Decisions ahead
■ Questions

6. “No matter how good the team or how
efficient the methodology, if we’re not
solving the right problem, the project
fails.” –- Woody Williams

7. Lets take a look at PCM and Unifier
■ Oracle Primavera Contract Management
▪ PCM is well known
▪ PCM has many resources to help
▪ PCM is still being developed
■ Oracle Primavera Unifier
▪ Unifier is impressive
▪ Unifier is the future platform of Oracle Primavera
▪ Unifier is being Oracle-ized

8. PCM – Pro’s
■ PCM been around for a long time
■ Standard of the industry
■ Web (Cloud) based
■ Document based
■ Document creation
■ Cost Worksheet
■ Processes somewhat flexible
■ Access based on security
■ Link to P6
■ Approval Process
■ Change Process

9. PCM – Con’s
■ Can be rigid
■ No configurable workflows throughout
■ No document management
■ Very limited integration with email
■ P6 connectivity limited
■ No audit trail (transaction based)
■ Not enterprise based

10. Unifer – Pro’s
■ True document control
■ Cost worksheet and more
■ Business Process based
■ Configurable workflow
■ Audit trail
■ Email integration
■ Manage complete lifecycle of project
■ Enterprise
■ Mobile roadmap
■ Field level security
■ It is the way forward with Oracle Primavera

11. Unifier – Con’s
■ Platform
■ Provided SKU’s limited and only a starting point
▪ Cost Control
▪ Project Delivery
■ Needs configuration
■ Complex to understand how it really works
■ Needs more training, admin and support
■ More expensive
■ Unifier can not do “anything and everything”

12. What to do… What to do…
■ Existing PCM Environment
▪ Need to review Pro’s and Con’s
▪ OOTB SKU’s are only a starting point
▪ Additional software costs
▪ Additional design and config costs
▪ Additional training costs
▪ Potential migration of data
▪ Are the benefits of Unifier worth the cost?

13. “It must be considered that there is
nothing more difficult to carry out nor
more doubtful of success nor more
dangerous to handle than to initiate a
new order of things.” –- Machiavelli

14. What to do… What to do…
■ New Environment
▪ PCM comes pre-configured
▪ Can run PCM OOTB
▪ Unifier forces true and proper processes in your business
▪ Unifier is more expensive but can get you closer to what you
really need
▪ Unifier list of Pro’s is impressive
▪ To produce original document in Unifier – need Adobe Live
Cycle or similar

15. Conclusion
■ Need to look at your organization and what is important
■ Need to decide if you want a document based system or a
business process based system
■ Need to look at costs
■ Need to look at administration resources
■ Need to look at available resources to help

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