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Oracle Primavera Contract Management, Business Intelligence Publisher Edition v14

By : Stephen Kelly
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Oracle Primavera Contract Management, Business Intelligence Publisher Edition v14

By: Stephen Kelly

Overview of this book

Oracle's Primavera Contract Management, Business Intelligence Publisher Edition is a document management, job cost, and field controls solution that keeps construction projects on schedule and on budget through complete project control. "Oracle Primavera Contract Management, Business Intelligence Publisher Edition v14" explains the concepts behind the core modules and how to use them."Oracle Primavera Contract Management, Business Intelligence Publisher Edition v14" makes this complex application understandable. You will understand the concepts behind the core modules and how to use them. This book starts with some basic introduction to Contract management and then covers the advantages and disadvantages of using a spreadsheet in managing information on a project. The book then covers in detail the concepts involved with how it works from a 30,000 foot view and explains the concept of how Oracle Primavera Contract Management is diametrically opposed to a spreadsheet mentality. The book also covers the aspects of how Oracle Primavera Contract Management manages the money and contractual relationships on a project.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Oracle Primavera Contract Management, Business Intelligence Publisher Edition v14
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
5
There Is a Better Way
Index

Chapter 2. Information Overload

The world has changed significantly from the days of Joe and David with regards to the types and delivery methods of information. Information is king and some people just can't get enough of it. With the advent of the World Wide Web, there are literally unlimited sources of information. When we don't know where to find information, we just "Google it." In January 2011, Google's index was approximately 15 billion web pages; by the end of the same year it had grown to almost 50 billion (http://www.worldwidewebsize.com/).

No matter how we look at it, that is a lot of web pages. Finding the relevant information is the key to managing your project. Google claims it can search for keywords in tenths or hundredths of a second. At the top of each search, Google brags about how many hits it found and how long it took to find them.

On your project, finding the information that is relevant to you and needs your attention is the key to any management system, and your success...