Last month we explained how Primavera Unifier uses business processes to drive transactions and collaboration. In this edition of Tips and Tricks, we will explain how to further develop business processes by using workflows. Just as we discussed last month, some business processes have a single purpose of storing data, also known as non-workflow
Primavera Unifier transaction and collaboration functions are driven by business processes. Information is entered and stored in Primavera Unifier using electronic business process (BP) forms. Each time you fill out a business process form, you are creating a new record in Unifier. Business process records are stored in logs, which are accessible in the
Primavera P6 and Unifier work exceptionally well together. Primavera P6 is widely considered the industry standard solution for the execution and visibility of projects across the organisation. On the other hand, Unifier provides excellent contract management, cost management, capital planning and Portfolio Management capabilities. There are two options to leverage the combined strengths of
To kick off the New Year, we’ll be providing some useful tips on working with project baselines in Primavera P6. Before you update a schedule for the first time, you should create a baseline plan. The simplest baseline plan is a complete copy, or snapshot, of the original schedule. This snapshot provides a target
In this edition, we provide some handy tips on creating great P6 Web views and reports from within the grouping and sorting areas of Primavera P6 EPPM. Creating views in P6 Web can be challenging at times, but these handy tips will have you creating great views and reports in no time. EPS &
What’s new in P6 16.2? At a glance Unfortunately for P6 Professional users, apart from some overall performance enhancements, the new enhancements of 16.2 focus entirely on the web based Primavera P6 EPPM version of the software. The main development focus has been the continued replacement of Java-based applets with pages written in HTML5.
Recently, readers have asked us about the differences between some of the Oracle Primavera products. This month, we touch on this subject by focussing on Oracle Primavera Prime and Primavera Unifier. We’ll discuss the uses of these applications, the differences between them, list the top features of each, and help you determine whether you
P6 mobile apps are Oracle’s latest innovative toolset that allows users to provide project updates from anywhere in the world. P6 users do not need any in depth knowledge or access to the P6 enterprise project system to provide real time update information. The P6 mobile apps are available on iOS and Android platforms.
The P6 Team Member suite of applications, compatible with Primavera EPPM P6 R8.x and later, is designed for individual users or team members to record task statuses without the need to learn an enterprise project management application. The P6 Team Member applications include the P6 Team Member Mobile App and P6 Team Member Web. These
A powerful scheduling function available in Oracle Primavera P6 is the capability to use Earned Value measurement techniques to measure project performance against cost and schedule. As a scheduler or planner, calculating Earned Value within Primavera P6 allows you to monitor the project plan, actual work, and work completed value to see if a project is
