There were a significant number of enhancements in the P5 Client Server version including:
Undo
WBS Summary Activity
EPS Level Activity Codes
Activity Step Templates
Assignment Staffing
Resource Security
Improved Baseline Functionality
Progress Spotlight
Suspend and Resume
Store Period Performance
Advanced Scheduling Options
Rates for Roles
Excel Import and Export Tool
P3 Subproject Import
Export to Primavera Contractor Version 4.1
Audit Trail Columns
Enhanced or New Graphics Functions
Bar Label Placement
Three Timescale Units
Vertical Sight Lines
Reorganize Automatically
Gantt Chart Curtains
Improved Report Wizard Functionality
It is worth going from P4 to P5 Client Server, but you don’t need to rush to P6 if you are using the Client Server version as there are not many improvements here. Most of the improvements were in the web interface.
P6 Client Server Enhancements were:
XML File Format for Import and Export
Copy an Existing Project with Baseline
Role Limits
Reflection Projects
Manually Edit the Resource Usage Spreadsheet
Owner Activity Attribute used with Reflection Projects
Resource Assignment Audit Trail
Project Layouts
Group and Sort Enhancements
View Planning Resources assigned with the web interface
Curtains and Spotlights Enhancements
Paul E Harris
Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia
Planning and Scheduling Training Manual & Book Publishers & Consulting
Spider Project is most functional and powerful professional project management software.
The first SP version was launched in 1993 and since then it has been constantly improved. Today is used in 34 countries though most Spider Project customers are in Russia. Spider Project offers numerous unique functional features and is the only PM software that optimizes resource, cost, and material constrained schedules and budgets for projects and portfolios.
The unique features of Spider Project include Quantity Based Scheduling, Conditional Scheduling, Skill Scheduling, Optimal Resource, Cost and Material Leveling, Resource Critical Path Calculation, Cash and Material Flows Calculation and Management, Trend Analysis, Advanced Risk Simulation and Analysis, Calculation of Success Probability Trends, Calculation and Management of required Project Time and Cost Buffers, Application of Corporate Norms, Management of many Parallel Budgets, Multiple WBS and many others.
Spider Project was and is used for management of many large scale programs in Russia, including $51bln construction program for 2014 Winter Olympic Games preparation.
The application areas where Spider Project is successfully used include Aerospace, Banking, Construction, Defense, Energy, Engineering, Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Metallurgy, Mining, Oil & Gas, Railways, Retail, Shipbuilding, Software Development, Telecommunications, Utilities, etc.
P6-Auditor - Display information from Primavera P6 audit tables in a user-friendly format
Unifier-Archiver - Extract and archive important documents and attachments from Primavera Unifier
Unifier-Loader - Load data into and out of Unifier via Excel
PCM-Loader - Import data into Primavera Contract Management with flexible and secure, template-driven Excel spreadsheets
PCM-Archiver - Extract and archive important documents and attachments from Primavera Contract Management
PCM-Unifier Migrator - Automatically transfer live and historical data from Primavera Contract Management to Primavera Unifier with ease
Create Radically Better Construction Schedules with ALICE Technologies
Use the power of AI to create construction schedules that reduce risk while cutting costs and build time. With ALICE, develop the ideal schedule during preconstruction -- or recover projects that are off schedule and over budget.
There were a significant number of enhancements in the P5 Client Server version including:
Undo
WBS Summary Activity
EPS Level Activity Codes
Activity Step Templates
Assignment Staffing
Resource Security
Improved Baseline Functionality
Progress Spotlight
Suspend and Resume
Store Period Performance
Advanced Scheduling Options
Rates for Roles
Excel Import and Export Tool
P3 Subproject Import
Export to Primavera Contractor Version 4.1
Audit Trail Columns
Enhanced or New Graphics Functions
Bar Label Placement
Three Timescale Units
Vertical Sight Lines
Reorganize Automatically
Gantt Chart Curtains
Improved Report Wizard Functionality
It is worth going from P4 to P5 Client Server, but you don’t need to rush to P6 if you are using the Client Server version as there are not many improvements here. Most of the improvements were in the web interface.
P6 Client Server Enhancements were:
XML File Format for Import and Export
Copy an Existing Project with Baseline
Role Limits
Reflection Projects
Manually Edit the Resource Usage Spreadsheet
Owner Activity Attribute used with Reflection Projects
Resource Assignment Audit Trail
Project Layouts
Group and Sort Enhancements
View Planning Resources assigned with the web interface
Curtains and Spotlights Enhancements
Paul E Harris
Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia
Planning and Scheduling Training Manual & Book Publishers & Consulting
www.eh.com.au
Dragon,
Thanks - sounds like good advise.
Lyle,
take P6 and get training. Forget about P4 and P5 they are now the history.
Every 2 years take new program from Primavera. And training.
Maintenance is 2 years.
If you provide this system you can get your planners, hardware and software operational for every project.
Otherwise you will face HR department which is more difficult then IT.
Good luck!
[email protected]