Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryPrimavera P6 R8 Upgrade

Presented by:• Brian Fitzsimons

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Date: 10/18/2011

Outline

P6 EnvironmentDriversUpgrade ProcessIssuesLessons Learned

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Pre-Upgrade P6 EnvironmentVersion: 6.2Costing of resources

Uses PNNL finance web service to cost resourcesOver 170 possible rate options for each resource

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Importing of actual cost from finance system

Project WBS elements are assigned financial elementsCosts are assigned as resources within the Project WBSCosts are imported monthly and weekly to show traceability

Pre-Upgrade P6 Environment

Update P6 enterprise resource library from HR systemRuns every nightAdds new resourcesMarks old resources as inactive

Industry standard reports

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Drivers to Upgrade

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Oracle Fusion Project Portfolio Management (PPM)Early AdoptersRequires R8

New FeaturesTrickle ETL process/Extended tables schemaTimescaled Logic DiagramsSchedule Comparison UtilityImproved Web InterfaceExcel import/export privilegesPlanned Value calculation corrections

Web Interface

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Additional New Features PNNL not currently using

Team member status toolsEmail status updatesiPhone/iPad status applicationWeb portal status application

WorkflowStandalone version

Traveling with schedulesLimited/Classified access areasLimited network access

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Terminology

P6/P6 EPPM (Enterprise Project Portfolio Management): Web Interface

P6 Professional/P6 PPM (Professional Project Management): Stand-alone Installation

P6 Optional Client/P6 Professional for EPPM: Windows Client

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Upgrade Process

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New WebLogic ServerJBoss no longer supported

Database Upgrade UtilityRe-implement modificationsTesting

IssuesAdministration only on the Web

UsersEPS

Optional Client interface confusionPerformance problem with Earned Value metrics

Fixed in recent service pack

Problem copying activity codes

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Lessons Learned

More testingActivity code bug found after roll-out

Verify test system before upgrading

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Contacts

Brian Fitzsimons – brian.fitzsimons@pnnl.gov

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