p6 release 8 application considerations overview

P6 Release 8 Application Considerations Overview

Depak Patel

Technical Support Engineer

P6 Application

Chris Theibault

Senior Support Engineer

P6 Technical

• Client Administrative Features Moved to P6 Web

• Job Services Replaced By Scheduled Services

• Methodology Manager Replaced With Project

Templates (Single database for projects and templates)

• MS Project Link Removed

• New Risk Functionality moved from client to P6 Web

• P6 Analytics (Reporting)

• Business Process Management (BPM Workflow)

• Upgrade Information

• Home Window and Progress Reporter Removed

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Overview

• Global Dictionaries:

– EPS

– OBS

– Project Codes

– Activity Step Templates

– Cost Accounts

– Funding Sources

– Risk User Defined Fields

Administrative Features have been

moved to P6 Web


• Users

• Security Profiles

• Admin Preferences

• Admin Categories

• Currencies

• Timesheet Dates

• Financial Periods

• Time Approval

Administrative Features have been

moved to P6 Web (cont’d)


• The following services will be re-engineered as a java service for P6

Web Version 8.0

– Apply Actuals

– Enterprise Summary

– Schedule

– Level Resources

– Summarize

– Recalculate Assignment Cost

– Store Period Performance (cannot be scheduled)

Job Services Replaced By Scheduled

Services


Job Services Replaced By Scheduled

Services (cont’d)


• Methodology Manager has been replaced with Project Templates.

• Users can create a project template from scratch or take an existing

project and convert it into a template.

Methodology Manager Replaced With

Project Templates


• This window provides

the option to create a

project template from

an existing project or

template.

• The option to use

planned or actual costs

will only be available

when creating a

template from an

existing project (NOT a

template).


Project Templates (cont’d)


• From this window you

can select which

project data to copy,

this tab will only be

available if creating a

template from a project

or another template.


Project Templates (cont’d)


• Microsoft project Link has been removed from the

client application

• Users of the software will still continue to have the

option to import Microsoft Project files

MS Project Link Removed


Integrated Project

Risk Management


Risk Register


• Create one or more response plans

• More complete Risk Management History

• Linked to activity

• Activity Details updates action

Risk Response Planning


• Risk Register customizable

• See Risks across projects

• Risk UDFs

Customizable Multi-Project Risk View


Activity View Risk Details Tab


Risk Scoring Matrix


• Qualitative Risk Management in P6

• No need to maintain and import risk registers

• Complete import into PRA

Enhanced Integration with Primavera

Risk Analysis (PRA)


• Critical projects visualized on dashboards

• Identify and predict cost trends

• S-Curves in dashboards showing resource performance

• Indicators for up-coming / under-staffed project work

P6 Analytics


• Current windows reports could not be pushed out onto

dashboards

• New reporting platform: BI Publisher (BIP) (reporting

platform of the future!)

• Windows reports can be published to a network drive

while creating an associated record as a WP&Docs

document

• New email feature for reports

• Bursting feature provides you with the ability to split large

reports based on criteria

• No migration from old reports to BIP

MyReports Portlet Removed


Business Process Management

(BPM Workflow replaces JBPM)

• Primavera P6 web Workflow now uses Oracle Business

Process Management (BPM) Solution

• Distinct advantage is integration of the BPM to both

backend infrastructure and front end user interface

• Users can initiate, participate, approve, reject, delegate,

escalate and monitor any PPM workflow from

dashboards

• Existing Project Requests and document workflow in

previous versions of P6 Web will need to be recreated


Upgrade Information

• After upgrade, any user who previously had module

access to…

o …Team Member and PM client, then both remain

checked.

o …Team Member and other modules, then Team

Member will be unchecked

• Timesheets/Progress Reporter

o It is necessary to use the Web in order to approve

timesheets

• Steps

o Step Description hyperlinks will no longer be active

• Email Activity Views


Upgrade Information (cont’d)

• Passwords can no longer be left null.

• Financial Periods

o Gaps between periods are no longer allowed.

• Project Architect has been removed.

• Change in Security for Scheduled Services.

• Auto-Reorganization

• Publishing Reports

• P6 Professional Installation

• Notebook Page removed in Portfolios

• Summary Tables Removed


• The old Home Page has now been removed, as can be seen by the screenshot on the

left. The screenshot on the right shows the new menu without the Home page option.

• In Release 8, Enterprise functionality has been removed from the P6 client application.

Progress Reporter (formerly Timesheets) is Enterprise functionality and has therefore

been removed, along with all associated menu item, including:

• Admin, Timesheet Dates

• Admin, Admin Preferences, Timesheets tab

• Admin, Admin Categories, Overhead Codes

• Tools, Time Approval

Home Window and Progress Reporter

Removed


Other options which have been removed from the P6 client in line with the removal of Progress Reporter are:

• Static Reports:

– Overhead Codes

– Timesheet History

– Timesheet Hours

– Timesheet Intervals

– Timesheets

• Time Distributed Reports:

– Timesheet Hours

– In the New Resource Wizard, the option to set up Progress Reporter is no longer offered

• The Resources tab in the Project Details no longer includes any information about Progress Reporter

• Feedback from Resources History dialogue

• In all columns selection dialogues, “Timesheets Feedback” has been changed to “Feedback”

Home Window and Progress Reporter

Removed (cont’d)


P6 Release 8 Technical Considerations Overview

• Database Changes

• New Oracle Database User

• New Database Password Encryption

• New Administer Private Database Logins Utility

• New Schema Changes

• Authentication Types

• P6 (Formerly known as Web Access)

• Weblogic Prerequisites

• Websphere Prerequisites


Overview

• Java JRE issues

• Application Server Clustering

• P6 R8 Professional

• P6 R8 Standalone Status

• Enterprise Reporting

• Oracle Business Process Management


Overview

• Content Repository Migration

• Security and Hardening

• Technologies Added to P6 R8

• Technologies Dropped from P6 R8


Overview

• New Oracle Database User

• Background Processes User

• New Database Password Encryption

• Release 8 will be using AES2 encryption

• New Administer Private Database Logins Utility

• Allows you to reset the Privuser password.

• No longer located in the Database Configuration Utility


New Database Changes and Features in R8

• Authentication Types still supported

• Native

• LDAP

• WebSSO

• New Configuration Location

• Located in Administration Application on the

Authentication tab.

• LDAP Configuration Wizard does not exist


Authentication Types

• New Features

• New URL for P6: http://<server>:<port>/p6/login

• Web Access has changed from primaveraweb to P6

• All administration has moved to the web.

• Adding New Users

• 30 character limit instead of 20 in previous versions

• E-mail addresses supported for usernames


P6 (Formerly known as Web Access)

• Prerequisites for installation on Weblogic Platform

• Java Application Server Weblogic 11g R1

• JDK – One of the 2 listed

• Jrockit 6 Update 5 R27.6.2+

• Sun JDK 1.6.0_21+

• Prerequisites for installation on IBM WebSphere Platform

• Java Application Server WebSphere 7.0

• WebSphere 7.0 Fix Pack 11

• IBM JDK


P6 Prerequisites

• Java JREs 6 update 21 and update 22

• Release will push JRE 6 update 20


Known Java JRE Issues

• Supported on Weblogic and Websphere application servers

• Application Cluster Benefits

• Scalability

• Web server capacity can be increased on demand

• High – Availability

• Processing continues when a server instance fails.


P6 R8 Application Server Clustering

• Installation

• No more Methodology Management Client application or

database (MMDB)

• Methodology templates will need to be migrated over to

project templates.

• Project Management Professional Client application only

• No registry entries installed with R8 client

• Connection Information

• Can only connect to a P6 EPPM database

• Administration has been moved to the Web

• Database alias connection information stored in a new

Prmbootstrap.xml file.


P6 R8 Professional

• Connection Information cont.

• File found in:

• C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local

Settings\Application Data\Primavera P6 Professional

(for Windows XP/2003 users)

• C:\Users\<username>\Local Settings\Application

Data\Primavera P6 Professional (for Windows

Vista/7/2008 users).


P6 R8 Professional

• P6 R8 is currently an Enterprise-only release.

• No Installation Option or Upgrade Path available

• Does not include functionality required for standalone

installations.


P6 R8 Standalone Status

• Enterprise Reporting

• Enables customer to create day-to-day operational

reports using the Operational Data Store (ODS)

• P6 Analytics (Sold Separately)

• Perform business intelligence analysis with Enterprise

Reporting using the Star Schema (STAR)


P6 R8 Enterprise Reporting

• Replaces the JBPM using previously for workflows.

• A redesign of current workflows will be needed.


Oracle Business Process

Management

• Migrations from iManage must first be upgraded to P6.2.1

• For those using P6.2.1 and P6v7 there will be a migration

tool available at a later date.

• For more information please review Doc ID 1263556.1.


Content Repository Migrations

• Purpose

• Minimize and eliminate security risks

• Protect systems and data from attacks

• Planning and Action

• Implement measures on general operating systems

• Implement on database and application servers

• Can be deployed into environments with hardening measures

in practice


R8 Security Hardening

• Oracle Business Process Management 10g (BPM 10g)

• Oracle BI Publisher 10g

• Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g

• Support for Mac OS (Snow Leopard)

• Support for Safari 4.x web browser

• Database Technologies

• Active Data Guard

• Advanced Compression

• Partitioning

• RAC (Real Application Cluster)


Technologies Added to R8

• Apache 2.0 (Web Server)

• IIS 6.0 (Web Server)

• JackRabbit (Document Repository)

• JBoss (Java Application Server)

• JBPM (Workflow Engine)

• OHTTP 2.0

• SiteMinder

• WebLogic 10g R3


Technologies Dropped From R8

THANK YOU
