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Oracle Primavera P6 Upgrade Paths

Prepared by:

Debashree Sethmajhi, PMP

Project Manager

Calance

Session ID#: 15420

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■ The Oracle Practice group has been providing industry-leading hosting, integration, and reporting solutions since 2001

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Topics to be covered

■ Origin and Evolution

■ Milestones in the life of P6

▪ P3, P6 and P6 R8/R8.1

■ Customized View

▪ A quick overview of all versions of P6 and supported features

■ Climbing the P6 Ladder

▪ Common upgrade issues

▪ New features

▪ PROS and CONS

▪ The right version myth

Origin and Evolution –Primavera P6

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How it started…

■ In 1983, Joel Koppelman and Dick Faris founded Primavera Systems in Philadelphia.

■ Primavera Project Planner (P3) was born.

■ The leading scheduling product in the engineering and construction industries.

■ Single user, desktop client

■ The fanciest project management and scheduling software in town.

■ To cope with the evolving technologies such as the internet, it had to evolve too.

Primavera Project Planner(P3)

Evolution – The stages in the life of P6

■ May 1983: Primavera Systems, Inc. is established

▪ P3 Launched

■ 1994: P3 for Windows, Version 1 released.

■ 1999: Primavera purchases the software called, “Eagle Ray” and Primavera Enterprise, Version 1.0 is released July 1999.

▪ P3 e/c is launched for Engineering & Construction.

▪ TeamPlay for IT and Financial services.

■ December 1999: Primavera Enterprise Version 1.5 is released. Progress Reporter for the Web is introduced.

Evolution Continued…

■ 2004: Primavera Version 5 is released (P5). P3 Engineering & Construction is renamed to “Primavera”.

■ 2007: P6 Version 6 is released. Primavera named it “P6”.

■ 2008: Oracle acquired Primavera Systems and turns it into Primavera Global Business Unit.

■ 2009: P6 Version 7 is released, named “P6v7”.

■ December 2010: Enterprise Portfolio Project Management (EPPM) is released. This is the new name for the web version of P6 Version 8. A number of features found earlier only on the client/server version of P6 are introduced in EPPM.

Evolution Continued…

■ May 2011: P6 R8.1 is released shortly after R 8.0.

▪ This is the new name for P6 version 8 client/server.

▪ With R 8.1, the client/server and the web releases were

separated out.

— P6 Professional R 8.1 is the official name for client/server

application.

— P6 EPPM R 8.1 is the web version along with the optional client for

web.

■ December 2011: P6 Release 8.2 (both EPPM & P6 Professional.)

■ March 2013 : P6 Release 8.3.

Milestones – P6

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Primavera Project Planner(P3)

■ Primavera Project Planner (P3) offered a very important thing to project managers – Control. Control over schedule, budget and quality.

■ P3 is the recognized standard for high-end, high performance scheduling and resource control.

■ Features of P3:

▪ High-end scheduling

▪ Prioritize, plan and manage multiple, large and complex projects

efficiently.

▪ Store past-period performance

▪ Analyze unlimited what-if alternatives and target plans

Primavera Project Planner(P3)

■ Features of P3:

▪ Share data in a secure multiuser environment

▪ Interact with project data through PERT charts, bar charts and

time-scaled logic diagrams

▪ Communicate effectively using intranets, custom reports and e-

mail

P3

Primavera P6

■ Primavera P6 6.0 release was a major milestone in the life of P6 with the introduction of P6 Web access and a number of other components.

■ It created a collaborative environment through its set of integrated components with easy-to-use, personalized interfaces for all project stakeholders. P6 used standard Windows interfaces, client/server architecture, Web-enabled technology, and scalable, network-based (Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server) databases.

■ The next major release in 6.0 line was the P6 version 6.21 which included a number a new features and fixes.

Primavera P6

■ The following is the list of components in the P6 solution for P6 6.0 Release:

▪ Project Management

▪ Methodology Management

▪ Timesheets

▪ P6 Web Access

▪ ProjectLink

▪ Integration API (Application Programming Interface)

▪ P6 Web Services

▪ Software Development Kit (SDK)

Primavera P6 Release 8.0/8.1

■ Enterprise Portfolio Project Management (EPPM) is released.

■ The new name for the web version of P6 Version 8.0

■ Dozens of features found earlier only on the client/server version of P6 are introduced in EPPM

▪ P6 Professional made dependent on P6 EPPM.

■ Shortly after 8.0, P6 EPPM 8.1 is released

■ Introducing P6 Optional Client for EPPM and P6 Professional Client.

■ P6 Team Member for iOS and Email Services is introduced.

Primavera P6 Release 8.0/8.1

■ Features Removed from both versions:

▪ Summary-Only Projects (along with Methodology Manager)

▪ Microsoft ProjectLink / MSP-Managed Projects

▪ Project Architect

▪ Top Down Estimation

▪ Check Project Integrity

▪ BTRIEVE database engine files necessary to import P3

schedules.

▪ SDK is deprecated

Primavera P6 Release 8.0/8.1

■ Features Removed from Optional Client/Server and Relocated to EPPM:

▪ Global Dictionaries: EPS, OBS, Project Codes, Activity, Step

Templates, Cost Accounts, Funding Sources, Risk User Defined

Fields

▪ Users/Security Profiles

▪ Admin Preferences/ Categories

▪ Currencies

▪ Timesheet Dates/ Financial Periods/Time Approval

▪ Job Services – New Scheduled Services available via web only.

New Job Status available for monitoring services from Windows.

▪ API Interface

The Customized View

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Quick OverviewVersion What’s new Supported DB

Version

Password

Encryption

Workflow/

Reporting/

Content Mgt

PR/ TM Job Services Upgrade

Path

P3 Point Zero, Project

management and

Scheduling

Btrieve DB Engine,

can be used with

any ODBC

compliant as

Microsoft’s Excel,

Word, and Access,

Corel’s Quatro Pro

and Paradox

NA Reporting :

Predefined

Reports , can be

executed from

within P3

Webster for

Primavera

Scheduling

and

Summarizing

available

NA

P5 Unlimited Baselines,

Excel

Import/Export, New

security privilege

levels

MSDE (Stand Alone

Server)

Predefined

Reports

Content

Repository:

Apply

Actuals,

Baselines,

Resource

Levelling, ,

Scheduling

and

Summarizing.

Client Dep.

P3-> P5

P6 v6/621 P6 Web Access,

Timesheets,

ProjectLink,

Integration API, P6

Web Services, SDK

MS SQL Express

2005(Stand Alone

Server) and Oracle

AE01 Workflow:

JBoss jBPM 3.2.3,

c3po 0.9.1.2

Content

Repository: Jack

Rabbit

Time

Reporting:

Group

Server/TS

Apply

Actuals,

Baselines,

Resource

Levelling, ,

Scheduling

and

Summarizing.

Distributed

Job Service,

Client Dep.

P3-> P6

Data and

Object

Conversion

required,

new

components

configuratio

n.

P5 -> p6

Quick OverviewVersion What’s new Supported

DB Version

Password

Encryption

Workflow/

Reporting/ Content

Management

PR/ TM Job Services Upgrade Path

P6 v7 Oracle UCR and

Sharepoint Support,

Import/export from

XML/MSP, Progress

line, Calendar-

based rollups,

improved bar

graphics

MS SQL

Server 2005

Express

Edition(

Stand Alone

Version),

2008,

Oracle 10g

and 11g

AE02 WorkFlow: JBoss

jBPM-jpdl 3.2.3,

c3po 0.9.1.2

Content Repo: UCM

10g, Sharepoint

2007, Jack rabbit

1.5.5

Progress

Reporter

Introduced.

Restricted

web access

through

Team

Member

Client

dependent

job services

P3 –>P6- >P7

P5-> P7

P6->P7

P6 R8 Global Dictionaries,

User

Administartion,

Security profile,

Admin preferences

moved to Web.

TSLD to be used

only with

Professional

Sql Server

2005,2008

Oracle 10g

and 11g

AE03 Workflow: Oracle

BPM 10g R3 and

BPM 11g

Content Mgmt:

UCM 10 G and

Sharepoint 2007.

Reporting: BI

Publisher 10.1.3.4

Progress

Reporter and

Restricted

Team

Member

Job Services

and Status

monitoring

services via

Web only

via P7

P6 R 8.1 P6 Optional Client

and P6 Professional

Client

Sql Server

2005,2008

Oracle 10g

and 11g

AE03 Workflow: Oracle

BPM 10g R3 and

BPM 11g

Content Mgmt:

UCM 10 G and

Sharepoint 2007.

Reporting: BI

Publisher 10.1.3.4

Progress

Reporter ,

Team

Member for

iOS and

Email

P6 Web and

Optional

Client use

Web Job

Services and

professional

uses Delphi

via P7

Quick Overview

Version What’s new Supported DB

Version

Password

Encryption

Workflow/

Reporting/

Content

Management

PR/ TM Job

Services

Upgrade Path

P6 R 8.2 P6 Enhancements:

Exclusive Mode,

Location Data, MS

Project Intg. Scaling

options for Printing

P6 Pro: Enhanced

MS Project Intg.,

New line numbering

Sql Server 2008,

Oracle 10g and

11g

AE03 Workflow: BPM

11g

Content Repo:

UCM 11g,

Reporting, BI

Publisher 11g

Enhanced

P6 Team

Member

Enhanced

Job

services in

Web

via 8.0

P6 R 8.3 Robust graphical

output, Enhanced

integration between

P6 and Unifier,

Usability

Improvements, XML

Import capabilities

Sql Server

2012,2008

Oracle 12c and

11g

AE03 Enhanced

Team

Member

Web

Interface

via 8.0

Climbing the P6 Ladder

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Common Upgrade Issues and Causes

■ Addition of new components to a version.

■ Upgrading from an old version to a latest version.

■ Complexities of installing a component

▪ Group Server Timesheet in 6.2

▪ BPM for Workflow

▪ BI Publisher

■ Ceasing support for some components

▪ Jack rabbit in 8.2

■ Performance issues

▪ Applets in Web Access

▪ Java based job services vs Delphi based job services

— Scheduler and Summarizer

Common Upgrade Issues and Causes

■ Database Upgrade between versions

▪ New Encryption Algorithm

■ Application Server Support

▪ Jboss vs Oracle Weblogic

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