What is Primavera P6?
Oracle Primavera P6 is a project, program, and portfolio management tool that is used for planning, managing, and executing your project work. It is widely accepted worldwide as the industry standard project management software. Demand for Primavera P6 Professional Schedulers is growing in all industries. It is designed to manage large and small projects in many diverse industries, such as construction, manufacturing, energy, aerospace, defense, utilities, oil and gas, chemicals, automotive, financial services, communications, healthcare, government, and IT fields. It has been doing so for more than 30 years in projects across the globe. The Oracle Primavera product suite is focused on helping project–incentive businesses manage their entire project portfolio lifecycle.
Primavera P6 can trace its origins to 1983 when it was first established under the name Primavera Systems. In the next 15 years, it rapidly gained popularity. By the late nineties, advancements in server technology drove the company to split Primavera systems into two versions of the software: a desktop application and a web-based enterprise option.
In 2008, Primavera Systems was bought out by Oracle, which then developed the tool into the Primavera software that is used today.
Primavera P6 is known for being quite effective as a project management-scheduling tool. Primavera P6 Professional Project Management, the recognized standard for high-performance project management software, is designed to manage large-scale, highly sophisticated, and multifaceted projects. It can be used to organize projects with up to 100,000 activities, and it provides unlimited resources and an unlimited number of target plans.
Oracle Primavera P6 sells itself as a project portfolio management tool to increase your efficiency when planning, which reduces the risk of schedule overturns. One way it does this is by providing visibility into the work, so potential bottlenecks can be identified and resolved before they cause delays.
Companies turn to Oracle’s Primavera project portfolio management solutions to help them make better portfolio management decisions, evaluate the risks and rewards associated with projects, and determine whether there are sufficient resources with the right skills to accomplish the work. These best-in-class solutions provide the project execution and control capabilities needed to successfully deliver projects on time, within budget, and with the intended quality and design.
Oracle Primavera® EPPM (Enterprise Project Portfolio Management) licenses are sold as a product suite that consists of numerous programs. The two main programs are Primavera P6 Professional (Windows) client and Primavera P6 Web Access client. Both programs are fully functional project management software programs that access the same database of projects. This allows companies with several types of user roles to view the projects differently. High-level executives and managers can use P6 Web Access to view a variety of Dashboard Reports and conduct Portfolio Analysis. The power users, schedulers, and project managers use P6 Professional for its quicker interface and advanced tools.
One of its main competitors is Microsoft Project. Primavera has a distinct advantage over MS Project in that it is a database-driven platform, meaning that projects are stored on a central database. This allows users the ability to log into P6 on their own computers, but they can open the same project at the same time to work on it collaboratively.
What are the features of Primavera P6?
A tool works on an enterprise structure. This means it goes from the highest level of management down the line of project members. The following are the key features:
Project Timelines: – A traditional Gantt chart to schedule tasks on a bar graph.
Risk Management: – Identify, track, and resolve risks before they become issues.
Dashboard: A dashboard to track key project matrices.
Reporting & Analytics: – We can generate status reports for different stakeholders.
Calendar and Activity views: – View project tasks set over a calendar view.
Scheduling alerts: Keep the project on track by knowing what is due and when.
Project Network View: – Project network diagrams allow users to visualize their project schedules by sequencing project activities.
WBS (Work Breakdown Structure): – P6 allows users to create a WBS that lets them group related tasks together and establish a hierarchy.
Critical Path Method (CPM): – Primavera lets users find the critical path of their projects. The critical path method is an important project scheduling technique that allows project managers to estimate the total duration of a project and determine which project tasks must be completed on time for the project to be delivered on schedule.
How to buy Primavera P6 License
RPS Consultancy is not an Oracle Partner reseller, but we have experience and understanding of Oracle’s product line. You can purchase PPM (Project Professional Management) or EPPM (Enterprise Project Portfolio Management). You can purchase a one-year license or perpetual license.
You can purchase your licenses directly from Oracle online.