Primavera Unifier

5/21/2018 Primavera Unifier

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Use of Unifier with Primavera

Presenter Greg Macpherson - Co-Author Ahmed Arif and Ba Dang

National Primavera & Unifier Practice ASG [email protected]
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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Background

Greg Macpherson, Ahmed Arif, Ba Dang National Primavera/Unifier - ASG ASG Group $150M IT services organisation Unifier a very worthwhile new product from Oracle Primavera Explore the realities of using P6 and Unifier now/future

Primavera P6 EPPM strengths in scheduling, resources, risk and more

Unifier strengths in contracts, workflow, real estate, facilities and more There is a considerable amount of development going on with both What are the opportunities, challenges and realities now/future Act now or wait?

Exploration


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Oracle Primavera Unifier

The addition of Unifier presents some interesting opportunities for bothnew and existing user of Primavera.

Improved integration (Cost, Schedule, Portfolio) New applications Real Estate, Capital Assets, Facilities Workflow, audit functions, reporting and more

Exploration


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Many organisations who want to use Unifier are already using Primavera P6

What are the implications of using both products

What are the benefits

What are the downsides

The future speculation

What should I do


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Unifier Application Sets

Need to consider what parts of Unifier to adopt, when and how they fit with P6 Quick overview of Unifier for those of you who have yet to see it

Capital Planning

Cost Control

Real EstateManagement

FacilitiesManagement

Project DeliveryManagement


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What is Unifier ?

Cloud based solution for managing projects and facilities Particular emphasis on contracts, workflow, assets, real estate Customers include many large organisations Oil, Gas, Commercial Available cloud based or on premise

Integrate Enterprise Systems , Finance, Asset Management, Supply Combine with Primavera P6 EPPM for a complete life cycle Longrange planning and delivery of programs and projects Considerable overlap with Primavera P6

Unifier + P6


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What is Unifier Workflow ?

Unifier offers a much improved and simplified workflow.

Easy to set up, manage Oracle BPM/SOA in the future versions?

A must have to control business processes Note that Workflow in P6 is still BPM


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What is in Unifier Capital Planning?

Top-down and bottom-up views plans and projects (P6 overlap) Manage cash flow over the life of the project (P6 overlap) Multiple scenarios, linked to projects (P6 overlap) New views of project/portfolios (P6 overlap) Document management, dashboards, and reports ( P6 overlap) Can be adopted now but consider overlap with P6 EPPM


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What is in Unifier Cost Control ? NEW

Easy to use tools to view, management control costs, cash flow, and funds. Automation, flexibility, analyse complex cost control, cash flow, and funds analyses. Configurable cost management define your business process/workflow One way integration from P6, cost and schedules in Unifier can be fully aligned One of the outstanding benefits of Unifier Strong case for early adoption regardless of P6 interaction


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What is Unifier Project Delivery Management?

Workflow/phase gate controls Simple, easy to use Integrates with P6, MS ProjectAllows integration with non P6 schedules Who did what/when audit logs Necessary for modern systems Document management with version Control overlap with P6 Communication and Collaboration

Consider when to use. NOW if eg MS Project is your planning/scheduling tool


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What is Unifier Facilities Management? NEW

Significant new functionality What properties/where leased, owned Metrics on costs, utilisation Consistently collect, analyse, and report on facilities A very strong case for early adoption if you are exposed to property


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What is Unifier Real Estate Management? NEW

Meets specific requirements of Landlords and tenants Manage site/property acquisitions, dispositions, lease renewals. Evaluate alternative sites Track/manage critical dates, Commission Manage repairs and maintenance

Very strong case for early adoption if you have exposure to property


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In-house or Cloud Deployment

Has been available as SaaSAlso consider in house or (e.g.) dedicated Amazon, Rackspace etc deploymentNote OBIEE in the diagramNote no Webcenter in the diagram (yet)

Based on Unifier

9.11 Version


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Primavera EPPM and Unifier Integration

Based on Unifier

9.11 Version


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Unifier Public Cloud Deployment

Elastic LoadBalancer

M1-xLarge Ec2

Primavera Node 1

SG

1

M1-xLarge Ec2Primavera Node 2

SG2

Cust 1 - HA

CustomerNetwork via VPN

or Direct

Primavera webapp for mobile

WWW WWW

EBSEBS

EBSEBS

EBSEBS

Backup

Snapshots to S3

Arch Logs

V

PC

WWW access toPrimavera Web App

VPC Subnet 1 VPC Subnet 2

Cust 2 Non-HA

Elastic LoadBalancer

M1-xLarge Ec2

Primavera Node 1

SG

1

EBSEBS

EBSEBS

EBSEBS

Backup

Snapshots to S3

Arch Logs

Pre-Baked AMIs forboth Instances withauto configuration

scripts

Security Groups act asFirewalls

Required for publicDNS registration of

managed serverapplications

99.95% Available target 95% Available target

Primavera / UnifierWeb App


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Multi-Tenant vs Single Tenant

Current SaaS customers are within a Multi-Tenant environment Customers moving to a Single Tenant Environment Security Fixes and Enhancements related to Oracle Security compliance Single tenant offers more control over performance


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Plans Unifier 9.12 ( Planned 2013)

P6 Integration Very important PCM Integration Not significant for our customers Oracle Branding Content Repository (CMIS, UCM and Sharepoint) Unifier and P6 to use same Red Stack Uptake

Spatial and Oracle Maps replacing non Oracle with Oracle AutoVue integration Unifier and P6 to use same Unified Workflow, Admin speculation Unifier workflow extends to P6 Unifier Mobile - new functionality Unified Reporting Use Unifier simple interface to link into BI Publisher


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Plans Red Stack (Planned 2013) alignment with P6

Oracle HTTP Server 11gR2 as the HTTP Server Oracle Weblogic 11g as the Application Server Oracle JRockit 6 as the Java Virtual Machine Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g/12c for system monitoring Oracle Identity Manager 11g/R2 for User Management

Oracle Access Manager for Authentication Oracle Enterprise Linux Oracle Virtual Machine Oracle Webcenter Content Oracle UPK


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P6 Integration + Unifier (Planned 2013)

Note the direction of integration flows Future integrations bi-directional (Speculation)


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Common Integration Platform (Planned 2013)

Primavera Gateway for P6 and Unifier Integration to ERP, Supply , Asset systems Oracle BI can retrieve data from different sources


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Unified UI and Mobile (P6 + OPPM + Unifier)

Composite solution:P6, Unifier,& new functionality Platform agnostic - Android, iPad, iPhone Continue to offer Team Member Apps You should see more of this at Collaborate 13


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Oracle BI Integration (ERP+ Unifier+ P6)

BI Publisher is a must have for P6/Unifier users reporting excellence Draw data from where it is located present one truth to users


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As a current Primavera P6 user what does Unifier mean for me?


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Unifier presents some interesting opportunities for both new andexisting user of Primavera.

Explore opportunities now available with Unifer and Primavera Existing P6 users which product/which function delivers the result? Existing P6 users is the pain of adopting Unifier worth the cost? New P6 users build your systems to allow for Unifier now/future

Explore


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Existing P6 users which product/which function?

Using Contract Manager can also use Unifier Portfolio Management can also use Unifier BPM still required in P6 but Unifier Workflow much easier

Where we are, where we need to go match with Unifier roadmap

Which Direction?


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New P6 Users architect for maximum benefit

Consider integration points what links with what Consider shared repositories minimise duplication Same versions of database, tools Already seeing integration of mobile apps (Unifier, P6) Will P6 become part of Unifier ? Speculation likely but when?

Systems Architecture


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Existing P6 users opportunities with Unifier

New applications are easiest to take on now Contract Management - use Unifier if you dont have PCM Portfolio Management P6 or Unifier arguments for both

Applications


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If you are using Primavera P6 now

then consider

Upgrade to latest P6

Use a document repository

Implement BI Publisher

Review your processes

Review your security

Review your data

Review your integrations


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Upgrade to the latest Primavera P6

Oracle is doing a lot of development Unifier and P6 Upgrading to the latest P6 (8.3) lowest risk with Unifier Weblogic provides maximum flexibility Integration tools lowest risk with Unifier/other products

Latest Release


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Use a document repository

Documents a key part of Projects and Contracts P6 can use Webcenter/UCM, Sharepoint Speculation that Unifier will use Webcenter/UCM If P6 and Unifier use Webcenter/UCM but different repositories

at least you will be able to connect them in Webcenter/UCM


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Implement BI Publisher

BI Publisher is the integrated reporting tool Used by both Unifier and Primavera Provides a common reporting tool Able to access both Primavera and Unifier data


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Review your processes

Unifier is a great platform for workflow Are your P6 users using BPM ? Good practice to document/formalise important processes Provides a solid base for future integration with Unifier

DecisionProcess


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Review your security

Right now Unifier and P6 each have their own security Review current P6 security (users, access, projects) Align P6 security with Unifier security

Security


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Review your data

#1 Problem of many Primavera P6 using organisations Review/cleanse P6 data Review codes, calendars, projects , templates, resources,costs etc Align P6 data with Unifier data

CleanseData


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Review your integrations

Both Primavera P6 and Unifier will potentially be integrated with other productsand applications - and with each other

Review current integrations with e.g. ERP, HR, Supply, Assets, Procurement,Payroll to ensure maximum future flexibility

Align P6 integrations with Unifier integrations

Review


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Do my best to answer now

but also happy to take questions via email

Greg Macpherson - National Primavera & Unifier Practice [email protected]
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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Oracle Primavera UnifierLink / Resources / Ref

BI Publisher at oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi-publisher/overview/index.html Primavera EPPM at oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/au/products/applications/primavera/overview/index.html Unifier at oracle.comhttp://docs.oracle.com/cd/E38376_01/index.htm

Pre-Built Integration for PPM at oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/primavera/042381.htm?ssSourceSiteId=ocomau
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