Release 8.2 
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P6
HISTORY 
Project Planning Management Tool 
Developed by Primavera System Inc. in 1983 
Primavera Project Planner (P3) is the 1st software 
released by Primavera. 
From 2009 ,Oracle is the registered Trade Mark. 
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WHAT 
PRIMAVERA 
I S 
? 
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Oracle Primavera 
P6 Enterprise 
Project 
Portfolio 
Management 
(P6 EPPM) 
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VERSIONS 
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How P6 helps an 
organization? 
Plan, schedule, and manage the right strategic mix of 
projects 
Make informed project, cost, and resource 
management decisions 
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How P6 helps an 
organization? 
Enhance team collaboration and workflow 
productivity 
Track progress and optimize capacity for 
maximum profitability 
Deliver programs and projects on time and 
within budget 
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Primavera P6 R8.2 
EPPM 
EPPM is one hundred percent web-based. 
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Components of Primavera 
P6 Professional 
P6 Team Member Applications 
P6 Progress Reporter 
Project 
management 
database 
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P6 professional 
(optional client) 
Web applications
P6 Professional client 
P6 Professional is available for users who need 
to work on their projects in an offline mode. 
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P6 provides enterprise-wide 
web access to 
Dashboarfdos llowing features 
Portfolios 
Projects 
Resources 
Reports 
Administration 
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User Login 
Used to create a user and give rights to perform the 
function. We can restrict some rights to specific 
users. 
Login id and password is mandatory to enter into 
primavera client and web mode. 
Login can be created only in web mode. 
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Primavera P6 
R8.2 Client Login 
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Primavera P6 
R8.2 Web Login 
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Dashboard 
Dashboard is used to view single project or a group 
of project under portfolio. It will provide a quick 
identification of multiple projects. 
Dashboard can be managed and viewed only in 
Web mode. 
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Dashboard in 
Web 
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OBS 
• Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS) is a 
• hierarchical arrangement of an organization’s 
• management structure. OBS is defined at a global 
• level and relates with the EPS to control user 
access 
• to project information. 
• OBS can be created only in web mode. 
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OBS in Web 
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Enterprise Project Structure 
• The Enterprise Project Structure (EPS) is a 
• hierarchical breakdown of departments in the 
• organization. 
• EPS can be created only in Web mode. 
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EPS in Web 
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Calendars 
• Calendars will display the default working and 
• non-working time of an organization. Besides 
• the default timing , the national holidays and 
• special work/non work days can also be 
declared. 
• Calendars can be created both in Client and Web 
• mode. 
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Calendars in Web 
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Projects 
• A project contains a set of activities performed 
• in a coordinated arrangement in order to create 
• a product, service or measurable business result. 
• The projects can be created in both Client and 
Web 
• mode. 
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Projects in Client 
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Projects in Web 
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Work Breakdown Structure 
• A Work breakdown Structure is a hierarchical 
• structure that is used to organize tasks. WBS is 
• also called as an organized method of dividing a 
• product into sub products at lower levels of 
details. 
• WBS can be created both in Client and Web mode. 
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WBS in Client 
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WBS in Web 
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Activities 
• Activities are the fundamental work elements 
• of a project. They are the lowest level of a WBS. 
• Actives will have a certain duration, cost and 
• resource or role requirements. 
• Activates can be created both in Client and web 
• mode. 
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Activities in 
Client 
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Activities in Web 
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Resource 
• A resource can be defined as an entity that is 
• assigned to an activity and is required to accomplish 
• the task. 
• The resource includes people, materials, equipments 
• and money. 
• Resource can be created both using Client and Web 
• mode. 
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Resources in 
Client 
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Resources in Web 
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Tracking in Client 
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Portfolio Analysis 
in Web 
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Capacity 
Planning in Web 
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Risk Management 
in Web 
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Team Member 
in Web 
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Reports in Client 
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Visual Reports in 
Client 
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S-curve 
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Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project - Synergy