Primavera Project Management

Primavera is a Project Planning Management

Tool

The Project Management module is meant for,

Multiproject planning
planning, built on Oracle and
Microsoft SQL Server relational databases
((RDBMS)) for enterprise-wide
p project
p j
management scalability
Pre-requisites of Primavera 6 rel 8.2

Primavera 6 Rel 8.2 client

Primavera Web
Primavera
Pi T
Team MMembers
b
Primavera Progress Reporter
Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio
Management (P6 EPPM) Rel 8.2
P6 EPPM provides a single solution for managing
projects of any size.
size It is fully web based solution
solution.
It can easily handle tasks ranging from single user on a
small p project
j to multiuser engaged
g g in hundreds of
project.
It is fully web based interface so that project team can
access the project information at anywhere and
anytime.
It can pprovide pplanning,
g, scheduling,
g, cost and resource
management that enables organizations to make
decision and deliver projects on time and on
b d t
budget
 Primavera 6 Rel 8.2 EPPM

Client Primavera Web

-- Menu Bar -Dashboard

-- Tool Bar -Portfolio
Portfolio
-- Display Area -Project
-- Top Layout -Resource
Resource
-- Bottom Layout -Administer
 Primavera Flow Chart
OBS

WEB ONLY
& ONE TIME
EPS

PROJECTS

CALENDAR CLIENT

WBS ACTIVITIES RESOURCES TRACKING

OBS--EPS ABC CORPORATION

CHAIRMAN &
MANAGINGDIRECTOR

VP ENGINEERING VP PROJECTS

Project Project
CHIEF CHIEF
MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL
CHIEF CIVIL Manager manager
Roads Bridges

ABC CORPORATION

ROADS BRIDGES

NATIONAL STATE BIG SMALL

HIGHWAYS HIGHWAYS BRIDGES BRIDGES
 Home Page Display

Web screen can be divided into following

segments.
segments
1 Administer Menu:- It manage an application
settings My Preferences,
settings, Preferences Enterprise data etc
2 Tabs :- It contains Dashboards, Portfolios,
Projects Resources,
Projects, Resources Reports
Reports.
3 Menu bar :- Each Tab contains a set of
menus
4 Main screen :- Main screen will change
according
di tto selection.
l ti
Organizational Breakdown
Structure
Organizational Breakdown Structure

Creating OBS and EPS is possible only in the

Web,, not in client.

OBS represents the management responsible for

the projects in a hierarchy.
St
Structure
uctu e of
o your
you oorganization
ga at o ,,from
o top
top-level
e e
personnel down through the various levels.
 ORGANISATION
STRUCTURE

GENERAL MANAGER

COMPUTER
DGM (PE& BD) DGM (ENGG.) DGM (PROJECTS)
CENTRE

MECH. ENGG. PROJECT MATERIALS

PROCESS ENGG.
MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT

BUSINESS ELECT. ENGG. INDUSTRIAL FINANCE

DEVELOPMENT ENGG./
SCHEDULING PERSONNEL&
CIVIL ENGG. TRAINING

INSTRUMENTATION ADMINISTRATION
ENGG
ENGG. & VIGILANCE

INSPECTION
 Organizational Structure

F
Functional
ti l Organization
O i ti

CEO

Functional Manager Functional Manager Functional Manager

Staff Staff Staff

Staff Staff Staff

Staff Staff Staff

 Organizational Structure

Projectized Organization

CEO

Project Manager Project manager Project Manager

Staff Staff Staff

Staff Staff Staff

Staff Staff Staff

 Organizational Structure

Matrix Organization

CEO

Project Manager Functional Manager Functional Manager Functional Manager

Staff Staff Staff

St ff
Staff St ff
Staff St ff
Staff

Staff Staff Staff

OBS and Project Manager

OBS is
i sett up with
ith a Project
P j t Manager
M att the
th
project level to oversee and coordinate the
entire project
project.
Enterprise Project Structure

EPS is a hierarchical structure that

identifies the company
company- wide projects and
enables organizing and management of
those projects by means of subdivisions of
levels.
EPS STRUCTURE OF ABC LTD.

ABC
CONSTRUCTI
ON CO LTD

ROADS RESIDENCIAL
BRIDGES COMPLEX

STAE Bharuch Surat Tapti RESIDENCIAL CROSSING

NH-2 NH-8 EXPRESS golden bridge COMPLEX REPUBLIC
HIGHWAY VADODARA GHAZIABAD
bridge repairurat
EPS can be used for:

Perform top-down budgeting and resource and

cost-analysis
cost-analysis.
Organize work breakdown and organizational
breakdown structure into one common
structure.
Manage
a age multiple
utpep projects.
ojects
Implementing coding standards for flexible
reporting.
p g
 Calendars

Calendars can be assigned to each project,

resource and each activity
activity.
Defines the available work hours in each
calendar day
day.
Calendar assignments are used for activity
scheduling
sc edu g ,t
,tracking
ac g a and
d resource
esou ce leveling.
e e g
Three Calendar pools:
Global :contains calendars that apply to all
projects.
Resource :separate pool of calendars for each
resource.
Project : separate pool of calendars for each
Project
WBS-Work
WBS Work Breakdown
Structure
 WBS

Level1 Project

Level2
Sys.Eng Testing Database
PM1.1 HW1.2 SW1.3 1.5
1.4 1.6
1.1.1
1.11
Level3
1.1.2
1.12 1.2.2
1.22
1.1.2.1
Level4
1.1.2.2
WBS Identifier: 1 1 2 2 2 or 1 1222
WBSIdentifier:1.1.2.2.2or1.1222
1.1.2.2.1
Level5
1.1.2.2.2
 Work breakdown structure

WBS represents a hierarchical breakdown of a

project into elements
elements.

Features of WBS:
Hierarchical structure to which activities are
attached.
attached
A maximum of 50 levels are available.
 Work breakdown structure
It is foundation of project planning
A method of breaking down a project into individual
elements ( components, subcomponents, activities
and tasks) in a hierarchical structure which can be
scheduled and cost
It defines tasks that can be completed
independently of other tasks, facilitating resource
allocation assignment of responsibilities and
allocation,
measurement and control of the project
It is developed before identification of
dependencies and estimation of activity durations
It can be used to identity the tasks in the CPM

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Activities
Activities are the fundamental work elements of
a project. They are the lowest level of a Work
Breakdown Structure.
Activity type:
Task Dependent
Resource Dependent
Start Milestone
Finish Milestone
WBS Summary
Scheduling
Identifying tasks
Estimate task duration
E t bli h relationship
Establish l ti hi b
between
t ttask
k
Identifying critical tasks
R i i schedules
Revising h d l when h needed
d d
Analyzing scheduling flexibility with slack values
Constraints

Constraints are used to impose restriction on

activities that cannot be realistically scheduled
with logical links

Two types of constraints are:

Primary Constraints
Secondary Constraints
Work Products and Documents:

This feature enables to track all project related

documents .Including:
Including:
Guidelines
Procedures
Standards
Design
Templates
worksheets
k h t
Currencies
This module
Thi d l helps
h l iin fi
finding
di outt th
the costt off
project in various other currencies based on the
exchange rate with respect to US $ $.
Resource Management

Define resources
Assign resources to tasks
Analyze resource distribution
T
Trace over allocated
ll t d resource and
d idl
idle
resources
Level resources
Roles

These are project personnel who perform

multiple job with different titles or skills.
skills
Represent a group of resources with a certain
level of proficiency
proficiency.
Can be assigned to specific resources to further
identify
de t y tthe
e sskills
soof tthe
e resource.
esou ce
Status updating

Tracking progress
Update actual duration
duration.
Update actual % complete.
Update actual resource & cost.
Comparing baseline with actual performance
Analyze schedule and cost variances
Controlling project by corrective actions
Report Generation

Tabular Reports

Graphical Reports in terms of Units & Cost

S-Curve
S Curve
Histogram
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