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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

Module Types


There are many types of modules in PCM. The following are module types where multiple document types (acronyms) are allowed and will help you understand these types and how they are used:

  • Request Documents

  • Notice Documents

  • Noncompliance Documents

  • Proposal Documents

  • Changes Documents

Each of these document types has its own set of attributes. Each of them can also have an unlimited number of document acronyms assigned for an organization. The following section provides a more detailed look at each of these document types.

Requests

The Request module is designed for question and answers. If there is a request for information this module is the official mechanism to ask that question. This module can also be assigned security for determining who gets to ask the question and who should answer the question. The following screenshot shows how the Question tab of the Request module is laid out and some of the data elements. The tabs are used to hold different data elements.

The answer to the...