This chapter has introduced us to project portfolios. We have seen how to create and manage them and how to use them to analyze projects using views and scenarios. We have also discussed user-defined fields which can help when organizing and filtering projects within your portfolios. In the following chapters we will dive deeper into creating, customizing, and using portfolios and scenarios.
Oracle Primavera P6 Version 8: Project and Portfolio Management
Oracle Primavera P6 Version 8: Project and Portfolio Management
Overview of this book
In 2008 Oracle acquired Primavera Software, Inc., a leading provider of Project Portfolio Management (PPM) solutions for project-intensive industries.Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management is an integrated project portfolio management (PPM) solution comprising role-specific functionality to satisfy each team member's needs, responsibilities, and skills. It provides a single solution for managing projects of any size, adapts to various levels of complexities within a project, and intelligently scales to meet the needs of various roles, functions, or skill levels in your organization and on your project team.Oracle Primavera P6 Version 8: Project and Portfolio Management aims to show you all the features and functionality of the software thoroughly and clearly.With Oracle Primavera P6 Version 8: Project and Portfolio Management, readers will master the core concepts of Primavera P6 and the new features associated with version 8.This book is divided into two sections, in the first section we learn the fundamental concepts behind managing projects which include organizing projects, adding activities and relationships, assigning roles and resources, scheduling a project, and much more. In the second section we cover portfolio management and how to make the best use of the web client that includes working with portfolios, portfolio analysis, portfolio capacity planning, ROI, tracking performance, and lots more.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
Oracle Primavera P6 Version 8: Project and Portfolio Management
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
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Preface
Free Chapter
Getting Started with Oracle Primavera P6
Getting Around: Understanding and Customizing the P6 Interface
Organizing your Projects with EPS, OBS, and WBS
Creating a New Project and Work Breakdown Structure
Adding Activities and Relationships
Scheduling and Constraints
Issues and Risks
Baselines and Statusing
Project Templates
Portfolios
Portfolio Analysis
Measuring and Scoring Projects
Capacity Planning and ROI
Dashboards
Resource Management
Integrations
Reporting
Index
Customer Reviews