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The Primavera Suite: How the tools work togetherSession ID#: 15466

Prepared by:Alexander VosDirector of SchedulingPeter Kiewit Sons

IntroductionAlexander VosDirector of Scheduling■ Peter Kiewit Sons for 6 years■ From: Oak Ridge, NC■ Live in Omaha, NE■ Experience in both construction field and IT

■ Engineering and Construction■ North America and Australia■ Multiple Markets and Industries

Objectives

■ Explain how data is transferred between the applications▪ Publishing▪ ETL

■ Explain the architecture of the overall system

■ How administration of this new system has changed

PrimaveraProfessional (VDI)

XENA

Primavera EPPM (Web 

Based)

Import/ Export

Updates

KMC

EPPM Dashboards

ETLETL

Analytics

Dashboards

BI Publisher REPORTS ETLETL

Primavera 

Member

Primavera Team 

Member

iOS

HTTP

Context Sensitive Help

Overall Environment

Oracle Database - Production

Energy

Infrs

Tech/IM

X01

X02

Primavera Production Database

■ Oracle Database R11■ Where All Data Resides

▪ 5 Databases— Energy

— Infrastructure

— Estimating

— KCI

— X01 - Exception

PrimaveraProfessional (VDI)

XENA

Primavera EPPM (Web 

Based)

Import/ Export

Updates

KMC

EPPM Dashboards

ETLETL

Analytics

Dashboards

BI Publisher REPORTS ETLETL

Primavera 

Member

Primavera Team 

Member

iOS

HTTP

Context Sensitive Help

Primavera Professional (Client)

P6 Windows (Desktop) Client

• ‘Heavy lifting’• TIAs (Time Impact

Analysis)• VDI (Virtual Desktop

Infrastructure)

Roles• Schedulers• Schedule Managers

Primavera P6 Release 8 “R8.2 Client”

PrimaveraProfessional (VDI)

XENA

Primavera EPPM (Web 

Based)

Import/ Export

Updates

KMC

EPPM Dashboards

ETLETL

Analytics

Dashboards

BI Publisher REPORTS ETLETL

Primavera 

Member

Primavera Team 

Member

iOS

HTTP

Context Sensitive Help

Primavera EPPM (Web Based)

■ Oracle 11.2.0.2+ Enterprise■ Oracle Linux 64 Bit■ 3TB Storage

Primavera EPPM (Web Based)

EPPM PortfoliosProject Codes help organize the projects in the EPS (Enterprise Project Structure) in groups according to specific categories, such as district, Type of Schedule, and Contract Type.   By assigning project Codes P6 can filter, sort and provide reporting information for Kiewit Projects.

By entering in Project Codes using “Kiewit Standard Project Code 

Assignment” Layout custom EPPM dashboards are populated.

Portfolio DrivesPortfolio Drives

Project Codes define portfolio criteria

Project Codes define criteria for the Dashboard

Primavera Release 8.2 EPPM■ Web based access to Database

Primavera Release 8 “R8.2 Web”• Role-based Views• Portfolio focused

Dashboards• Project-based

Collaboration Workspace• Risk Register• Project Documents• Issues• Team Communication

• Geospatial

EPPM Dashboards

EPPM Enhancements

■ “Link selected” in order of clicks■ Control arrows for hierarchy■ Right click collapse all

PrimaveraProfessional (VDI)

XENA

Primavera EPPM (Web 

Based)

Import/ Export

Updates

KMC

EPPM Dashboards

ETLETL

Analytics

Dashboards

BI Publisher REPORTS ETLETL

Primavera 

Member

Primavera Team 

Member

iOS

HTTP

Context Sensitive Help

Primavera Analytics

Proprietary and Confidential

• Advanced ‘Drill Down’ / Analytical Dashboards & Reports

• Trends• Robust Ad-hoc reporting• Geospatial reports• Combine third party data for joint

analysis

• Roles• Schedulers• Schedule Managers• District Management• Corp Management

Primavera Analytics

Primavera Analytics - Dashboards

Primavera Analytics

■ P6 Analytics R3.1■ Oracle Linux 64 Bit■ 4 Core – 16 GB Ram■ 100GB Storage

Primavera Analytics

Earlier Versions

Primavera Analytics

PxSchema

Primavera Analytics - Publishing

Energy

Infrs

Tech/IM

X01

X02

■ Px Schema▪ Life line of Analytics▪ Only fields in Px Schema are available in Analytics

Primavera Analytics - Publishing

Primavera Analytics – ETL(Extract Transform Load)

Energy

Infrs

Tech/IM

X01

X02

■ Extracting data from PMDB

■ Transforming it into format acceptable to Star Schema

■ Loading into Star Schema

Primavera Analytics – ETL(Extract Transform Load)

Primavera AnalyticsEnhancements

■ Add Successor and Predecessor fields to Analytics■ More training available■ Analytics UPK packages

PrimaveraProfessional (VDI)

XENA

Primavera EPPM (Web 

Based)

Import/ Export

Updates

KMC

EPPM Dashboards

ETLETL

Analytics

Dashboards

BI Publisher REPORTS ETLETL

Primavera 

Member

Primavera Team 

Member

Publish

Hourly

Hourly

iOS

HTTP

Context Sensitive Help

Business Intelligence Publisher

■ Java JDK 1.6.0_27■ WebLogic 11gR1 (10.3.5)■ Oracle Linux (64 Bit)■ 8 Core - 16GB Ram■ 250 GB Storage

Business Intelligence Publisher

■ Star Database – Analytics▪ Extended Schema▪ Hierarchical Relationships▪ Efficient & Flexible Analysis

■ ODS (Operational Data Store) – BI Publisher▪ Simplified & Easy to Understand for Reporting▪ Views Similar to P6 EPPM

— OBS, project, cost, and resource data

Star Database vs. ODS

PrimaveraProfessional (VDI)

XENA

Primavera EPPM (Web 

Based)

Import/ Export

Updates

KMC

EPPM Dashboards

ETLETL

Analytics

Dashboards

BI Publisher REPORTS ETLETL

Primavera 

Member

Primavera Team 

Member

iOS

HTTP

Context Sensitive Help

Primavera Team Member

Proprietary and Confidential

Team Member Updates

• Simplified ‘no training’ Project Statusing

• Web Application• iPhone Application• E-mail Statusing

• Roles• Schedulers• Superintendents• Subcontractors• Superintendents

Team Member App Updates – iOS App

• Quickly update tasks via Web• Requires little to no training• Predecessor and successor

P6 Team Member - Web App

P6 Team MemberEnhancements

■ Edit Resource Assignment UDFs in Team Member

PrimaveraProfessional (VDI)

XENA

Primavera EPPM (Web 

Based)

Import/ Export

Updates

KMC

EPPM Dashboards

ETLETL

Analytics

Dashboards

BI Publisher REPORTS ETLETL

Primavera 

Member

Primavera Team 

Member

Publish

Hourly

Hourly

iOS

HTTP

Context Sensitive Help

Primavera User Productivity Kits (UPK)

■ Technical Info▪ IIS Server▪ SQL Database

Primavera User Productivity Kits (UPK)

• Animated Demonstrations• See it! Try it! Do it! Print it!• Primavera Library• Develop Kiewit specific• Processes / Other

Applications• Minimize training / retraining• Reduce Support calls

• Roles• Schedulers• Super Users• Schedule Managers• Off Site Users

Primavera User Productivity Kits (UPK)

UPK Creation – Record It

■ Adds “team member” functionality for UPK

■ Scheduler can create training video and allow admin to approve and publish to web

Proprietary and Confidential

UPK Record It Licenses

• Rules of Engagement• Script is available via KCI

• Wizard Based• End Users Ability to Create Videos

Overall Administration

■ All admin features are in EPPM■ “Loading” master data now requires coding instead of SDK

Conclusion

■ The overall Primavera Suite is now much more than a database and a “thick client”

■ Multiple moving parts which DBA’s, SA’s, need to work hand in hand with “functional” people

■ Administration of Primavera requires more knowledge of coding (SDK vs API)

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