Oracle Primavera Software Solutions

Oracle Primavera’s software suite is a longstanding leader in project and portfolio management solutions. Known for its reliability, accuracy, and flexibility, Oracle Primavera Software offers best-in-class solutions for project management professionals in industries including engineering, construction, aerospace and defense, utilities, oil and gas, manufacturing and high tech, IT and services, and the public sector.

Project Planning & Scheduling Consultants

Project Analytics uses standard industry scheduling methods to develop, monitor, and report the progress and health of our clients’ projects. We distribute information quickly and accurately to our clients regarding project events, potential issues, and solutions.

Benefits of Project Controls and Scheduling Services:

    * Balance resource capacity
    * Plan, schedule, and control complex projects
    * Allocate resources and track progress
    * Monitor and visualize project performance versus plan
    * Conduct what-if analysis and analyze alternative project plans
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Scheduling Methods Used in Project Controls

    * Cost Loaded Schedules
    * Critical Path Method (CPM) Scheduling
    * Critical Path Method Analysis
    * Delay Analysis and Quantification
    * Linear Schedule Analysis
    * Planned and As-Built Analysis Schedules
    * Preliminary Schedules
    * Program Management Schedules
    * Project Acceleration
    * Resource Loaded Schedules
    * Time Impact Analysis
    * Total Float Management
    * What if Scenarios
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A cost loaded schedule is a project management tool that assigns costs to activities throughout the project. By doing so, teams can better forecast and monitor project expenses, identify potential budget overruns, and evaluate projec. 
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Cost loading in Primavera P6 involves assigning costs to activities in a project schedule, which helps in tracking and managing project expenses.​​​​​​​

Cost Loaded Schedules

Critical Path Method (CPM) Scheduling​​​​​​​

The Critical Path Method (CPM) is a project management technique used to schedule project activities. It is commonly used in conjunction with the program evaluation and review technique (PERT).
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The Critical Path Method (CPM) is a widely used planning technique that calculates the minimum lead time for a project and determines the possible start and end times for project activities.​​​​​​​

Critical Path Method Analysis​​​​​​​

The Critical Path Method (CPM), also known as Critical Path Analysis (CPA), is a project management technique used to schedule a set of project activities. It involves identifying the longest stretch of dependent activities and measuring the time required to complete them from start to finish. 
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​​​​​​​Primavera P6 is a project management software that allows for the creation of a critical path analysis. The critical path in Primavera P6 is the longest path of dependent activities that determines the minimum time required to complete the entire project.

Delay Analysis and Quantification​​​​​​​

Delay analysis and quantification are essential in construction projects to identify the cause of delay and the impact it had on the project. Delay analysis techniques are used to quantify delays that occurred during a project. 
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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Primavera P6 is a project management software that can be used for delay analysis and quantification. The software can be used to determine the extent and causes of any delays to a construction project's schedule. Delay analysis in Primavera P6 can be complex, and there are several challenges that need to be addressed, such as constraints, multiple calendars, actual date manipulation, and out-of-sequence activities.

Linear Schedule Analysis​​​​​​​

Linear scheduling is a graphical technique used in project management to present a schedule in two dimensions, such as time and distance. It is optimal for projects with repetitive activities and linear in nature, such as infrastructure projects like utility pipelines or railways. 
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Primavera P6 is a project portfolio management software widely used to schedule and manage long-term, complex projects typical for major industries like construction, oil and gas, and others. However, Primavera P6 lacks an important feature of linear scheduling. Schedules developed and analyzed using Primavera P6 or MS Project can be charted in the form of a linear schedule to better convey the results. 

Planned and As-Built Analysis Schedules

Planned and As-Built Analysis Schedules are retrospective methodologies used to compare the contract schedule, or what is referred to as the baseline as-planned construction schedule, to the as-built schedule or contemporaneous progress documentation data and information.
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Primavera P6 is a project management software that allows for the creation of detailed project schedules, resource allocation, and progress tracking. As-built progress schedules are used to analyze the schedule in Primavera P6. The as-planned versus as-built analysis is a retrospective methodology that compares the baseline as-planned construction schedule to the as-built schedule or contemporaneous progress documentation data and information. 

Preliminary Schedules

A preliminary schedule is a tentative and early version of a schedule that outlines the intended order and timing of activities or events.

Overall, Primavera P6 is a powerful tool for creating and analyzing project schedules, and preliminary schedules can be a useful starting point for organizing project activities and identifying potential issues.

Program Management Schedules​​​​​​​

Program management schedules are timetables that organize tasks, resources, and due dates in an ideal sequence so that a program can be completed on time.
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Primavera P6 is a project portfolio management software that is widely used to schedule and manage long-term, complex projects in industries such as construction and oil and gas. The scheduling process in Primavera P6 is divided into four main parts or steps: Plan, update, review/analyze, and communicate

Project Acceleration

Project acceleration refers to the process of speeding up a project's timeline or completing it ahead of schedule. There are various methods of project acceleration that project managers can employ to achieve this goal.
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Primavera P6 is a project portfolio management software that can be used to accelerate project schedules. The software provides a range of features that can help project managers to analyze and optimize their schedules for acceleration.

Resource Loaded Schedules

A resource-loaded schedule is a project schedule that contains information like tasks, due dates, costs, and available resources. It considers the time it takes to complete project tasks based on resource availability, or the amount of work your project team is programmed to take on. 
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Primavera P6 is a project portfolio management software that can be used to accelerate project schedules. The software provides a range of features that can help project managers to analyze and optimize their schedules for acceleration.

Time Impact Analysis

A Time Impact Analysis (TIA) is a method used to determine the extent of the impact that a delay or change order will have on the overall project timeline. It is a "forward-looking" analysis since it focuses on the impact of events that have already occurred or are presently occurring.
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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Primavera P6 is a commonly used planning software for performing TIA, and there are various resources available online to learn how to use it for this purpose.A TIA is a method used to determine the extent of impact from potential delay in the construction process, and it is best applied prospectively to model and determine the impact of a delay to project completion on an expected project schedule baseline

Total Float Management is a critical aspect of project management that involves managing the amount of time a task or project can be delayed without impacting the overall project completion time. Total Float is the amount of time a task or project can be delayed without affecting the completion date of the project.

Primavera P6 provides a range of tools and features to manage Total Float, including the ability to calculate Total Float for each activity, monitor Total Float values, and identify the critical path of the project

Total Float Management​​​​​​​

What if Scenarios

What-if scenarios are used in project management to evaluate different scenarios and predict their effects on project objectives. This technique helps project managers to recognize options and impact from events and changing assumptions, allowing them to make more informed decisions and predict the outcome of those decisions more accurately.

Primavera P6 is a project management software that allows project managers to use what-if scenarios to analyze the impact of different variables on a project. . In Primavera P6, projects can be assigned one of four states: Active, Inactive, Planned, and What-if. The What-if state is particularly important because it allows project managers to investigate resource allocations on a project without having a lasting impact on the aggregated resources in their portfolio of projects
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​​​​​​​Oracle Primavera P6

Oracle’s Primavera P6 is the recognized standard for high-performance project management software. With Primavera P6 software, you can manage your entire project life cycle. Designed with project-intensive businesses in mind, thissoftware can be used to organize projects with up to 100,000 activities, providing unlimited resources and an unlimited number of target plans.



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