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Oracle Primavera P6 Version 8: Project and Portfolio Management

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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
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 2. Getting Around: Understanding and Customizing the P6 Interface

In this chapter, we introduce readers to both the P6 Web Client and the P6 Professional Client. We first give a brief overview of P6 EPPM Web Client and point to the relevant chapters where the reader can learn more. Then we take a detailed walk through P6 Professional. After that, users will learn how to customize and save screen layouts. In general, we'll cover the following topics in this chapter:

  • EPPM Web Client overview

  • Logging into P6 Professional

  • Screen overview

  • Main menus

  • Customizing screens and saving layouts

By the end of the chapter, readers should be comfortable navigating in Oracle Primavera P6 R8 EPPM and customizing the interface to suit their needs.