Oracle Primavera P6 16.1 Released - Everything You Need To Know

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Discover the Latest Release of Oracle’s
Primavera P6 Enterprise Project
Portfolio Management
Karen Pilla
Director, Product Strategy
Oracle’s Primavera Product Strategy
March 2016

Safe Harbor Statement
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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Program Agenda
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Usability and Adoption
Team Member
Primavera P6 Professional
Industry Highlights
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Usability & Adoption

Oracle’s Primavera P6 EPPM 16.1
Ease of Use
• New HTML5 Views to replace Java applets
–Activity View Enhancements
–EPS View
–Resource Assignment View (Basic)
• Daily Timescale in Team Usage View
• Additional Global Search and Replace functionality
• Usability Improvements

What:
– New HTML5 EPS, Activity and Resource Assignment views
– EPS and Activity views have a majority of the functionality that exists today in the
applet versions
– Resource Assignment view is a basic view with a resource centric Gantt
Why:
– Advancing Technology and customer demand to have an applet free version of
Primavera P6 so that our customers can benefit from the full value of Primavera P6
– Consistent with our cloud goals for having a true thin client application
Ease of Use – HTML5 Views to replace Java applets

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HTML5 Views to replace Java applets

Features that are not yet included in the Activity and EPS view:
– Import/Export XML
– Import/Export Excel
– Trace Logic
– Progress Spotlight
– Activity Network view
– Calendar view
– PERT View
– Print (browser print only supported)
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Ease of Use – HTML5 Views to replace Java applets

Why:
– Improve Resource Management capabilities to allow our customers to see a clearer
picture of their resource utilization
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Daily Timescale in Team Usage View

Why does it work?
– Leveraging Publication Services
– Application Settings, Services option:
– Project Preferences, Analytics & Services option:
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Daily Timescale in Team Usage View

• What:
– Resource Assignment fields are
now included
– Nested/Advanced filtering
– Global and user templates
– Support for codes
• Why:
– Allows customers to better manage
very large volumes of data
– Long requested by customers
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Global Search & Replace Enhancements

• Show Relationship type and Lag as a column
– New column option in Primavera P6 Web and Primavera P6 Pro: Predecessor Details &
Successor Details
• Edit WBS level fields in columns in the Activity View
• Baseline data is now available via Primavera Gateway for Primavera P6 and
Primavera Unifier integrations
• Publication Services improvements to reduce the number of failed jobs, including
notifications to administrators
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Ease of Use – Usability Improvements

• Primavera Virtual Desktop Cloud Service is now available
– Primavera Virtual Desktop is an optional offering for our Primavera P6 EPPM Cloud
customers who have users that access Primavera P6 Professional client application. This
offering is a PGBU implementation of Oracle Secure Global Desktop which is an Oracle
alternative to Citrix.
• Eventing options are now available in Primavera P6 Web, Application Settings
• Cloud Administration Application enhancements:
– Quick filters to view User Status
– Manage password policy directly in Cloud Administration Application rather than Oracle
Identity Management
– Configure and Assign a single Password Policy to multiple organizations
• Continued Primavera P6 Pro Cloud Connect improvements
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Cloud Improvements

Oracle’s Primavera Team Member

Oracle’s Primavera Team Member 16.1
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Feature TM Web iOS Android
Edit Start/Finish Dates in Timesheets P
Edit Expected Finish Dates in Timesheets P
Advanced Timesheet Sort Options P
Validate Expected Finish Dates P P P
Display Planned Units in My Tasks and Timesheets P P P
Team Member setup via QR Configuration P P P
Improved error handling when uploading pictures P P
All New UI Theme P P
Split screen/Multi-tasking Support in iOS9 P
Photo Markup P

What:
– All New UI Theme
– Validate Expected Finish Dates
– Display Planned Units
– Streamlined Team Member setup via QR
Configuration
– Improved error handling when uploading
pictures
– View Details and Delete Pending Changes
– Split screen/Multi-tasking Support in iOS9
Why:
– Allows customers to better visualize the
activity progress data
– Streamline the on-boarding process
– Enhance the mobile productivity
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Primavera P6 Mobile for iOS

Primavera P6 Mobile for iOS – QR Code Configuration

Primavera P6 Mobile for iOS – Offline Pending Changes

What:
– All New UI Theme
– Validate Expected Finish Dates
– Display Planned Units
– Streamlined Team Member setup via QR
Configuration
– Improved error handling when uploading
pictures
– View Details and Delete Pending Changes
– Photo Editing
Why:
– Allows customers to better visualize the
activity progress data
– Streamline on-boarding process
– Increase productivity for field user
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Primavera P6 Mobile for Android

Primavera P6 Mobile for Android – Photo Markups

Primavera P6 Mobile for Android – QR Code On-boarding Setup

Oracle’s Primavera P6 Professional

Primavera P6 Professional – No Java dependencies
What:
– Primavera P6 Pro no longer installs Java as part of the ClickOnce installer
– Features that used Java have been re-written:
• Import/Export XML
• Update Baseline
• Schedule Comparison/Claim Digger: available as a new report in Visualizer and can be
launched directly from Primavera P6 Pro
Why:
– Streamline installation and management of the Primavera P6 Pro application for IT
administrators

Primavera P6 Professional Performance Improvements
• Improved performance:
–Loading Visualizer
–Drawing and launching Timescale Logic Diagrams in Visualizer
–Reduce frequency of updates to Progress Bars in Primavera P6
Professional
• Implemented Local Caching which greatly reduces the number of server
calls

60%Scheduling
60%Assign Multiple
Resources
79%Fill Down
88%Cut/Copy/Paste
Activities
50%Faster
Average
Cloud Connect Performance Improvements

Industry Highlights

Highlights for Construction
Most impactful new features in Primavera P6 16.1 Release
• Java applet-free HTML5 for EPS, Activity and Resource Assignment
views
• Primavera P6 Professional Cloud Connect Performance Improvements
Cloud
• Baseline data is now available via Primavera Gateway for Primavera P6
and Primavera Unifier integrations
Integration
• Streamlined setup via QR Configuration
• Photo improvements
Team Member
• Show Relationship type and Lag as a column
• Additional Global Search and Replace functionality (assignments, codes)
• Edit WBS level fields in columns in the Activity View
Usability
• Performance improvements
• No Java dependencies
P6 Pro

Highlights for Maintenance and Turnaround
•Improved performance
• Drawing and launching Timescale Logic Diagrams
Visualizer
•Global Search and Replace functionality for resource
assignments
•Daily Timescale in Team Usage View in Primavera P6 Web
Resources
•Streamlined setup via QR Configuration
Team Member
•Show Relationship type and Lag as a column
•Edit WBS level fields in columns in the Activity View
Usability
•Performance improvements
• No Java dependencies for Primavera P6 Professional
P6 Pro

Highlights for Manufacturing
•Drawing and launching Timescale Logic Diagrams
Visualizer
•Daily Timescale in Team Usage View
• Global Search and Replace functionality for resource assignments
Resources
• Improvements to Timesheets for Team Member Web
Team Member
•Java applet-free HTML5 for EPS, Activity and Resource Assignment views
• No Java dependencies for P6 Professional
Cloud
•Drawing and launching Timescale Logic Diagrams
Visualizer
• Global Search and Replace functionality for resource assignments
Resources
• Improvements to Timesheets for Team Member Web
Team Member
•Java applet-free HTML5 for EPS, Activity and Resource Assignment views
• No Java dependencies for Primavera P6 Professional
Cloud

Highlights for New Product Development
• Edit Start/Finish Dates
• Edit Expected Finish Dates
• Advanced Timesheet Sort Options
Timesheets
•Global Search and Replace functionality for resource assignments
Resources
•Java applet-free HTML5 for EPS, Activity and Resource Assignment
views
•Primavera P6 Professional Cloud Connect Performance
Improvements
•No Java dependencies for Primavera P6 Professional
Cloud

Safe Harbor Statement
The preceding 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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