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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

Information sent or received


Information is broken down into two main workflows: information sent from the project and information received by the project. Usually this information is sent or received in the form of a document that explains who the information is from and who the information is meant for. It is typically some sort of formalized template. Many times the same document is received into the project; it is analyzed, approved, marked up or reviewed, and then sent from the project.

Information sent

For the system to be complete, all project related information must be communicated or at least recorded through PCM. Let me say that again: all project related information must be communicated through PCM. If this best practice rule is broken, the concept of a system to hold all project related information is gone. One of the main concepts in using a system like PCM is to capture, manage, and report on any information within the project. If information is communicated in any other way...