1. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Primavera P6 R8 Upgrade Presented by: Brian Fitzsimons 1 Date: 10/18/2011

2. Outline P6 Environment Drivers Upgrade Process Issues Lessons Learned 2

3. Pre-Upgrade P6 Environment Version: 6.2 Costing of resources Uses PNNL finance web service to cost resources Over 170 possible rate options for each resource 3 Importing of actual cost from finance system Project WBS elements are assigned financial elements Costs are assigned as resources within the Project WBS Costs are imported monthly and weekly to show traceability

4. Pre-Upgrade P6 Environment Update P6 enterprise resource library from HR system Runs every night Adds new resources Marks old resources as inactive Industry standard reports 4

5. Drivers to Upgrade 5 Oracle Fusion Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Early Adopters Requires R8 New Features Trickle ETL process/Extended tables schema Timescaled Logic Diagrams Schedule Comparison Utility Improved Web Interface Excel import/export privileges Planned Value calculation corrections

6. Web Interface 6

7. Additional New Features PNNL not currently using Team member status tools Email status updates iPhone/iPad status application Web portal status application Workflow Standalone version Traveling with schedules Limited/Classified access areas Limited network access 7

8. Terminology P6/P6 EPPM (Enterprise Project Portfolio Management): Web Interface P6 Professional/P6 PPM (Professional Project Management): Stand-alone Installation P6 Optional Client/P6 Professional for EPPM: Windows Client 8

9. Upgrade Process 9 New WebLogic Server JBoss no longer supported Database Upgrade Utility Re-implement modifications Testing

10. Issues Administration only on the Web Users EPS Optional Client interface confusion Performance problem with Earned Value metrics Fixed in recent service pack Problem copying activity codes 10

11. Lessons Learned More testing Activity code bug found after roll-out Verify test system before upgrading 11

12. Contacts Brian Fitzsimons – brian.fitzsimons@pnnl.govbrian.fitzsimons@pnnl.gov 12