Primavera

(software)

Primavera is an enterprise project

portfolio management software. It
includes project management, product
management, collaboration and control
capabilities, and integrates with other
enterprise software such as Oracle and
SAP’s ERP systems. Primavera was
launched in 1983 by Primavera Systems
Inc., which was acquired by Oracle
Corporation in 2008.

History
Products and versions

As of 2008 Primavera Systems supported

long-established products - P3 and Sure-
Trak - and the newer P6 version. The long-
standing P3 product in its various forms
was used by 25% of the heavy
construction industry, its predominant
customer base; the next most popular
software was used by 11%.[1] Nearly 40%
of general contractors with an annual
revenue of $5M to $10M used Primavera
P3. In comparison, the P6 version did not
register in a CFMA 2008 survey of the
United States construction industry. The
P3 version to P6 version change is based
in a move from DOS-type shortcut keys to
mouse-based icons. Thus a software
application that was once very fast to use
but grounded in shortcut functions (which
some users found difficult to master)
moved to a mouse-based application that
is quicker to learn, but once mastered
never achieves the same speed of use.
The Primavera Project Planner DOS core
launched in 1983[2] and the P3 Windows
interface launched in 1994.[3]
After a 27-year version life, Oracle ceased
sales of the P3 and SureTrak versions on
December 31, 2010.[4]

In 2012, Primavera P6 EPPM Upgrade

Release 8.2 added capabilities for
governance, project-team participation,
and project visibility. Mobile PPM was
introduced through Primavera’s P6 Team
Member for iPhone and Team Member
Web Interface, to streamline
communications between project team
members in the field and in the office. In
addition, Primavera P6 Analytics Release
2.0 gained new enterprise-reporting tools
and dashboards for monitoring and
analyzing performance data, including
geospatial analysis. Organizations could
also investigate comparative trends and
cause-and-effect in multiple projects with
Primavera Contract Management Release
14 as it included the report-writing
capabilities of Oracle Business Intelligence
Publisher.[5]

In April 2013 Oracle Corporation

announced the release of version 8.4 of
Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio
Management.[6] This version incorporated
material from Oracle's </ref>

Use in ransomware
Primavera has been targeted by
extortionists as a way to efficiently
compromise digital business assets
through fixable software security flaws,
leading to a higher return in the usage of
ransomware.[7] A security patch is
available for most of such exploits.[8]

See also
Project Portfolio Management
List of acquisitions by Oracle

References
1. "2008 Information Technology Survey for
the Construction Industry Seventh
 Edition", Construction Financial
Management Association, 2008.
www.cfma.org "Archived copy" . Archived
from the original on 2010-06-01.
Retrieved 2015-10-28.
2. "Computerized Project Control", F.
Drigani, 1989 (google books 'what year
was Primavera P3 developed') [1]
3. Heck, Mike (1994-05-16). "Project
Planner mixes power, good interface" .
InfoWorld. p. 100. Retrieved 2015-01-06.
"Primavera Project Planner for Windows
(P3), from Primavera Systems Inc., is the
graphical program that combines all of
the well-respected power of its DOS
 sibling, Project Planner for DOS 5.1, with
the hourly scheduling functions of
Primavera's Finest Hour 5.1."
4. "Archived copy" . Archived from the
original on 2011-08-31. Retrieved
2015-10-28.
5. Dataversity - Article: Oracle Releases
New Addition on BI Publisher
6. Oracle Introduces New Release of
Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio
Management
7. Krebs, Bryan. "San Francisco Rail System
Hacker Hacked" . KrebsOnSecurity.com.
Krebs on Security. Retrieved
30 November 2016.
8. "Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory -
July 2016." Oracle.com. Oracle Security
Advisory. Retrieved 30 November 2016.

External links
Primavera on Oracle website

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