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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

The system approach


An organization run by a system is open and streamlined. The system is applied across all departments and users. There are still specific departments or roles with proper security associated that perform their tasks, but the information they enter and manage is not restricted from the other departments that need the information. All the information required for a department to properly manage and make decisions is available to them, whether produced in their department or not. A system approach means that all departments within an organization are responsible for the outcome of the project; there are no hidden agendas.

Organizations that use spreadsheets and word documents are typically operating silos. These documents are owned by an individual or department and typically are not available to all parties that could use the information. If the information were placed in a system, the information required would be available and efficient management becomes possible.

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