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Primavera Contractor

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Sat, 2006-08-12 19:06
Marcio Sampaio
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Hello all,

Do u think that a professional who has a big expertise in the usage of Primavera Contractor can say that he has a basic knowledge in the usage of Primavera 5.0?

Regards.

Marcio Eduardo
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
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Fri, 2006-08-18 04:22
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Arthur Godbeer
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When in the program, go to Help/About Primavera. The version and build # are on the default About tab.

Upgrades from 4.1 to 5.0 are available on request for licences that are on maintenance. There is also a special short-term upgrade price from Standard (750 activities per project) to Deluxe (2000).
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Mon, 2006-08-14 13:48
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Ronald Winter
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Mario,

Glad to see someone who knows the product. How does one tell if they have a Version 4 Contractor or a Version 5? Is the version level printed or advertised?
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Mon, 2006-08-14 11:48
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Mario Sanvitale
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For clarification, all those features Ronald described are in both standard and deluxe Contractor v5. The only difference between the two systems is the number of activities.
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Mon, 2006-08-14 11:21
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Marcio Sampaio
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Thanks for your response Ronald,

I have been working with P3e - and now with P5 - since 2003.
The reason of may question is:
Some small companies here in Brazil are buying P5 - too expensive - cose they dont know Contractor Deluxe. Thats a foult from Primavera Partners in Brazil.
And i think that it is easier to give a Contractor Trainning. I also believe that it could be an attractive to interested professionals if this trainning guarantee that leraning Contractor u are also learning P5.

Are u agree?

Regards.

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Sun, 2006-08-13 08:03
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Ronald Winter
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Marico,

Contractor is the same thing as P3ec. Only with some of the features turned off. Contractor users are missing the ability to open more than one schedule at a time, so you are not used to multi-schedule portfolio-type functionality. You are also missing the resource leveling function used in P3ec.

Finally, Contractor is a dumbed-down version of P3ec Version 4.1, while the rest of use P3ec users have been using Version 5.0 for a year now. If you are interested, the new version of Contractor (which I mistakenly called Contractor 1000 in another post) is called Contractor Deluxe and is running on the dumbed-down version of Version 5.0. Contractor has a limit of 750 activities while Deluxe has a limit of 2000 activities.

So, what is new in Deluxe that is not in stunted Contractor (besides the activity limit?) Because it is the Version 5.0 software you have

- Project kickstart wizard,
- Undo
- More data transfer options
- Progress spotlight
- More customized graphics and reports

Most people think that the Undo function is great but I find the new transfer functions more useful.

Yes, if you really understand Contractor, then I would say that you would know your way around P3ec well enough. Good luck!
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