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Business Intelligence with
Primavera P6 Analytics
Shawn Lafferty, Oracle Primavera Development
Doug Larkin, Oracle Primavera Product Strategy

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The following is intended to outline our general product
direction. It is intended for information purposes only, and
may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a
commitment to deliver any material, code, or
functionality, and should not be relied upon in making
purchasing decisions.
The development, release, and timing of any features or
functionality described for Oracle’s products remains at
the sole discretion of Oracle.

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San Francisco
September 30–October 4, 2012

6. What is Business Intelligence?

7. “Business intelligence aims to support
better business decision-making”
- Wikipedia

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Challenges to making better business &
project related decisions?

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Too Much or Too Little Information?

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Inaccurate, Inconsistent or Dated Information?

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Multiple or Disconnected Silos of Information?

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Time Lost Gathering and Reconciling?

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Lack of Visibility and Insight?

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Knowledge Only Available to a Few?

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Poor Alignment Between Decisions and Actions?

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Frustration?

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What Would You
Rather Know?

18. What is the project’s
scheduled completion
date?

19. How likely will this project
complete on time?

20. What can I do to ensure
successful completion?

21. The Solution

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P6 Analytics

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Plan in
P6 EPPM

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Uncover in
P6 Analytics

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90+ Prebuilt
Analytics
and Dashboard
Pages

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Three Areas
P6 Analytics
Delivers

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Analysis
Enterprise
Mobility

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Clear Understanding of Project Performance

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Use Past Performance to Predict the Future

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Relevant, Complete and Consistent Information

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Get a Handle on Project Costs

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View Resource Allocation and Limit Over Time

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Focus on What Matters Most

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Call Attention to Problem Areas

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View Earned Value Metrics Over Time

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Visualize Project Scoring and Prioritization

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Make Decisions based on Project Alignment

40. New Analyses
with R2.0!

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Deeper
Trending
Analysis

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New Activity and WBS Trends

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New Activity and WBS Trends
• Track Activity and WBS-level history
• Compare Dates and Durations as well as Costs and
Units
• Collect Historical Data Down to Weekly Intervals
• Analyze Cumulative or Periodic Trends

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New Period-Based Metrics
• Analyze key data based on defined periods (e.g., What
happened last week? What’s supposed to happen this
week?)
• See activity counts including Not Started, In Progress,
and Completed

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History Control in P6

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UDFs

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Project UDFs

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PROJECT
WBS
ACTIVITY
COST
NUMBER
INTEGER

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Geospatial

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Geographical Analysis of Key Project Data

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Risk

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What is the Risk?

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And Where is It?

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Resource Utilization

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Capacity Planning

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Gantt Chart

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Analysis
Enterprise
Mobility

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Built on Best-In-Class BI Platform
Primavera P6 Analytics
Oracle Business Intelligence

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Automated ETL Process
P6
Primavera P6 Analytics
Oracle Business Intelligence
ETL

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Consolidate Data from Multiple P6 Databases
Primavera P6 Analytics
Oracle Business Intelligence
ETLP6P6P6

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Combine With Other Data Sources & Applications
Primavera P6
Analytics
Oracle Business Intelligence
ETLP6
P6
P6
Other
Data
Sources
Other
Applications

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Business User Friendly P6 Metadata

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Geospatial

64. Oracle Locator
Free
Supported

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Using Oracle Locator…..
• Specify location in P6 EPPM
– Projects
– Resources
– Activities
• Consume in P6 Analytics
– Visualization
– Navigation/drill down via multiple
views
– Master-detail link to charts and
scorecards

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And How Do I Get the Maps?
• Customer provided
• License from NAVTEQ (Oracle partner)
• Leverage Google Maps or Bing Maps, etc.
• Choice depends on particular uses cases, types of maps
needed, area of coverage, etc.

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Is Oracle Locator Same as Oracle Spatial?
• Oracle Locator provides a subset of features
found in Oracle Spatial.
• Oracle Spatial is not required for P6 Analytics
mapping features.
• Additional option to Oracle Database Enterprise
Edition.

68. OBI 11g!

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Easily Create New Analytics on the Fly

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Gain Insight with Guided Paths of Discovery

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Turn Insight into Action – Drill Down into P6

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Stay in the Know – Proactive Detection & Alerts

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Dynamically Filter, Group, Sort and Pivot
Including Project, Activity and Resource Codes & User Defined Fields

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Create KPIs to Track & Measure Performance

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Enhanced Action Links Back to P6

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New ETL Configuration Wizard

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P6 EPPM
Security
P6 Analytics
Security

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Fully Customizable
 Combine P6 analytics with analytics from other data
sources/applications on the same dashboard
 Tweak the metadata to include commonly used metrics
 Specify which projects from P6 are “published” to Analytics
 Create individual and role specific dashboards, analytics
and navigation paths
 Configure the ETL process to run as often as necessary

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Analysis
Enterprise
Mobility

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Access P6 Analytics with OBI Mobile

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Delivered Dashboard Optimized for Mobile

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OBI 11g Mobile Application Info
• Currently supports iPad/iPhone
• Add-on to OBI as an additional purchase

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Distribute P6 Analytics Directly within Email

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Export P6 Analytics to PDF and MS Office

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Securely Embed P6 Analytics in MS Office

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Snapshot Analytics and Access Offline / Later

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Analysis
Enterprise
Mobility

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What if I already have a different
BI platform?

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Build from Scratch P6 Analytics
Weeks or MonthsQuarters or Years
DW Design
Back-end ETL & Mapping
Define Metrics & Dashboards
Training & Roll-out
Pre-built ETL Tailoring
DW Design Modification
Specific Metrics & Dashboards
Training & Rollout
 Faster deployment
 Lower TCO
 Assured business value

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Make Better Decisions with P6 Analytics
 Built on top of best-in-class BI Platform
 Easily create new ad-hoc analytics
 Filter, slice, dice and pivot on the fly
 Guided navigation and proactive discovery
 Turn insight into action with P6 drilldown capabilities Tailor to suite the needs of your organization
 Tailor to suite the needs of individual users
 Access via mobile devices
 Share analytic content by email, MS Office or offline
 One place to look
 Relevant, complete and consistent information
 Focus on what matters most
 Large library of analytics and dashboards provided OOTB
 Understand where you’ve been and where you’re going
Analysis
Enterprise
Mobility

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Q&A

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