The presentation features the comparison of Microsoft Project and Primavera. The presentation would help to influence the decision in terms of product features - when to choose which product. http://www.advaiya.com/

1. Primavera P6 Vs. Microsoft Project

2. About Primavera (P6)
• Project Management Tool:
• It helps in planning, managing and controlling project costs, activities and resources effectively.
• Two Versions:
• Professional Project Management – PPM
• Windows client with database locally installed for single user or can be centrally installed for multiuser.
• Enterprise Project Portfolio Management – EPPM
• PPM client functionality with additional web based & mobile modules

3. S. No. Primavera (PPM) MS Project Professional
1 WBS is created separated from activities. Once WBS has
been created, then we can add activities with each WBS
element.
Activities are indented to make them look
like WBS.
2 Steps in Primavera allows you to create sub-activities
(steps) of an activity. Each step can have its own start
and finish date, and a
completed step can be marked as completed.
Doesn’t have such feature.
3 Unlimited baselines can be created Only 11 baselines can be created.
4 In Primavera you can even specify what features of
Primavera a particular user can use, and which he can
not.
Doesn't allow multiple users to work on a
single project at the same time.
5 Can record issues and risks. Lacks the feature of tracking project issues
or risks. (In Project Server possible)
Primavera (PPM) vs. MS Project Professional

4. S. No. Primavera (PPM) MS Project Professional
6 In Primavera we can create a blank custom field, but
can not set
formulas to it, so users have to manually enter values in
each in the field, for each column.
MS Project allows us to set complex
formulas or use
fields and add additional values to it, to use
in the custom field.
7 It comes installed with over 200 columns, each giving
you different information. Some
column category to name include EVM, Budgeting,
Costs, etc.
There are only around 40 columns.
8 More than one type of relationship can be established
between activities e.g. we can have FF and SS between
the
same two activities.
Only one relationship can be made between
two activities.
Contd…

5. S. No. Primavera (PPM) MS Project Professional
9 Can create a comprehensive website comprising of
complete project details including activities,
resources, reports, risks, issues, WBS, and everything
that has been entered in the software.
.
Website feature not present (Present in
Project Server)
10 Primavera plan, documents and other information can
be converted to HTML directly from the software.
Doesn’t have such feature (Project Server
possible)
Contd…

6. Best Practices
• When to choose Primavera P6
• If working in a project or multiple projects, and you are requiring to computerize every detail
of your project, go for Primavera P6.
• When to choose MS Project
• If working on a single project that doesn’t require record details other than activity schedule,
resource list, and assignment details, go for MS Project.

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