Primavera Integration - Greg Macpherson - Primavera Practice - Oakton

The most comprehensive Oracle applications & technology content under one roofThe most comprehensive Oracle applications & technology content under one roof

Integration with Primavera

Greg Macpherson

Oakton – Primavera Practice

[email protected]

The most comprehensive Oracle applications & technology content under one roof

Integration with Primavera

• Historically planning and scheduling

• Project outcome

• Prerequisites

• Emerging Enterprise

• Companion data


Integration Opportunities

• ERP (Time, Cost, Budgets, Forecasts)

• Reporting & Business Intelligence

• Documents & Methodologies

• Risk & Contingency

• Workflow

• Geospatial, Autovue

• Mobile


Why do we integrate?

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• Automated data collection

• One source of truth

• Data for better decisions


Integration with Oracle Primavera

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• Common applications

• Common databases

• Common standards

• Common methodologies


Integration Examples

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• Key areas to integrate

• Common challenges

• Emerging integrations


ERP Integration

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• Budgets, costs, time, forecasts, other

• E-Business, JD Edwards, SAP, others


ERP Integration - Challenges

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• Universality of data

• Synchronisation

• Duplication of data


ERP Integration - Benefits

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• Accuracy / Timeliness

• Data collection

• Forecast

• Financial

• Decision Making

• Information for action


Reporting & BI Integration

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• Presentation Reports

• Primavera ETL,ERD, ODS, Star

• P6 Analytics


Reporting & BI - Challenges

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• Availability of data/images

• Data warehouse required

• Quality of data


Reporting & BI - Benefits

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• Effective stakeholder communication

• In depth comparative data

• Sophisticated analysis


Document/Methodologies

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• Oracle Web Center Content

• BPM - Workflow

• Project/WBS


Document/Methodologies - Challenges

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• Multiple document locations

• Lack of workflow

• No template projects available


Document/Methodologies - Benefits

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• Simplify document availability

• Ensure correct process

• Best practice projects


Risk & Contingency Integration

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• Primavera Risk

• Contingency

• Variations


Risk & Contingency – Challenges

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• Risk not in the plan

• No detailed contingency

• Variation approval process


Risk & Contingency – Benefits

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• Risk integrated with plan

• Contingency related to activities

• Variations process managed in plan


Other Integrations

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• Primavera Contract Management

• Human Resources

• Procurement

• Oracle Spatial


Other Integrations - Challenges

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• Managing contract documents

• Resources in multiple systems

• Procurement data not available

• Where is the activity located?


Other Integrations - Benefits

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• All contract documents managed

• Consistent Resource Identification

• Procurement schedule updates the plan

• Can see activity locations


Primavera Portfolio Management

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• Companion product

• Investment focus

• Primavera Bridge


Emerging Integrations - BIM

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• Autodesk, Bentley

• Improve visualisation

• Link with Primavera


Emerging Integrations - Mobile

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• iPhone, iPad, web & other devices

• Simplify the user interface

• Update on location


Emerging Integrations - Cloud

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• Cloud based applications

• Scalable – can result in lower costs

• Can be integrated with existing systems


QUESTIONS?

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Also - you can send questions to me at

[email protected]