Project Partners is pleased to provide a list of Oracle Project Management and Project Resource Management RUP 4 patches we uncovered during implementations or because of some internal testing. It is always important to investigate the patches thoroughly and understand their compatibility.
Oracle released a new version of the existing popular product P6 EPPM. Surprisingly, this new release is still called P6 but has a revised release number, v7. The new product is called "Oracle Primavera P6 v7 EPPM". This blog erviews the main enhancements:
Demand resource management is more prevalent in internal resources. The primary focus is ensuring resources are optimally allocated to projects. Supply resource management tends to be more attuned to billable professional resources.
Oracle Project Management applications track the information needed in the E&C industry, while UI-Apps provide an easy spreadsheet interface. Managing design projects is challenging, but design-build projects are especially so because of requirements to fulfill all phases of the project work.
Oracle Projects may be integrated with Inventory and WIP. This integration allows the tracking of project-related transactions in Inventory and WIP. Some of those transactions will be interfaced with Oracle Projects. Continue reading the blog:
As Gartner states in their 2008 report, the key to setting up a successful PMO is first to understand where your organization fits in the "Maturity Model" and then to organize a PMO structure that fits in your organization's maturity model. Continue reading the blog to learn more:
As a project manager not only responsible for managing projects but am also asked to create a budget at the start of an engagement and then to submit weekly forecasts showing the anticipated revenue stream; how can I possibly find the time to get this accomplished using Oracle Project Management?
Almost any sizeable work effort in the professional world can be treated as a project and is governed by a few fundamental rules or best practices. Oracle Projects is one module of the Oracle E-Business suite which helps address the business need for different project structures for planning work and finances.
When projects go wrong, they generally go wrong at the beginning. My experience is mainly in the defense industry, so most of the following are derived from those experiences. Poorly defined requirements lead to poorly defined statements of work and specifications, which lead to unrealistic expectations for the customer and the supplier.
The information below provides an overview of the reporting and metrics available in Project Analytics for Project Executives. The pages have been configured to use Quarters; however, Period could have been configured as the 'time grain' instead. The data on each tab has been taken from the Dashboard Index.