Projects

This section lists the project management differences between P6 and Primavera Cloud. For more information on how projects are managed in Primavera Cloud, refer to the Projects section of the Oracle Primavera Cloud Help on Oracle Help Center.

General

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

Project Home Page

 

 

 

Y

 

Claim Digger and Schedule Comparison

 

Y

Y

Y

Schedule Comparison is available in Primavera Cloud.

Configurable Project Details Form

 

 

 

Y

 

External Applications

 

Y

Y

 

 

Configurable Metadata Updates in Forms

 

 

 

Y

 

Monitor Thresholds

 

Y

Y

 

 

News Feed

 

 

 

Y

 

Project Alerts

 

 

 

Y

 

Project Scheduled Services

Y

Y - Job Services

Y - Job Services

Y - Manage Services

All services are run as background services in Primavera Cloud including scheduled runs, such as reports and notifications.

Project-specific Codes and Calendars

Y

 

Y

Y

 

Publish Project Website

 

Y

Y

 

 

Store Period Performance

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Top-down Estimation

 

Y

Y

 

 

Project Team

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

Companies and Companies Details

 

 

 

Y

 

Project Users, User Groups, and Security Permissions

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Strategic Alignment

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

Evaluation Matrix

 

 

 

Y

 

Strategies and Project Contribution

 

 

 

Y

 

WBS Dictionary

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

WBS Page

 

Y

Y

Y

 

Add a WBS from a Template or Another Project

 

Y

Y

Y

 

Tabular or Chart View

Partially Supported

Y

Partially Supported

 

P6 EPPM Web and Primavera Cloud support only tabular views.

Copy and Paste

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Earned Value and ETC Calculation Rules by WBS

Y

Y

Y

 

 

Permissions by WBS

Y

Y

Y

 

 

Saved Views

Y

Y

Y

Partially Supported

In Primavera Cloud, view changes are saved per user.

Top-down WBS and Bottom-up Aggregated Budgets

Y

Y

Partially Supported

Partially Supported

Primavera Cloud supports top-down budgeting at the project level. Bottom-up budgets are aggregated to the WBS on the Activities page.

User-Defined Fields (UDFs)/Configured Fields

Y

Y

Y

Y

UDFs are called Configured Fields in In Primavera Cloud.

WBS Codes

 

 

 

Y

 

WBS Milestones

Y

Y

Y

 

 

WPs and Documents

Y

Y

Y

Y

Supported through file attachments in Primavera Cloud.

Activities

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

Activity Codes

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Activity Types (Activity/Resource Dependent, Start/Finish Milestone. LOE, WBS Summary)

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Activity View

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Activity Network Boxes - Editable and Configurable Box Positions

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Apply Filter to Bars

 

Y

Y

 

 

Assign Codes, Risks, Predecessors and Successors to Multiple activities

 

Y

Y

Y

 

Conditional Row, Column, and Cell Formatting

 

 

 

Y

 

Collapsed Bar Formatting

 

Y

Y

 

 

Color-coded Bars by Activity Code

Y

 

 

Y

 

Combined Relationship Detail Panel

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Configurable Columns, Grouping, and Filtering

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Configurable Progress Bar

 

Y

Y

Y

 

Configurable Sight Lines

Partially Supported

Y

Y

Partially Supported

 

Customize Endpoints, Patterns, and Label Positions

 

Y

Y

 

 

Data Date Progress Options

 

Y

Y

 

 

Discussion Threads

Y

 

 

Y

 

Display Activity or Resource Spreadsheet/Histogram as a Bottom Layout

 

Y

Y

Y

 

Display Resource Allocation when Assigning Resources to Tasks

Y

 

 

Y

 

Duration Types

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Editable and Configurable Activity Network Boxes

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Fill Down

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Filtered Activity Search and Find

Y

 

 

Y

 

For Review Activity Field

 

Y

Y

 

 

Global Update

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Import WBS and Activities from Another Template or Project

Y

 

 

Y

 

Import and Export to and from Excel

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Increment Activity ID Based on Selected Activity

Y

Y

Y

Y

In Primavera Cloud, this setting identifies activities by the highest sequence ID and then auto-increments as specified.

In P6, numbering gaps are identified and filled in when incremented.

Layouts (Grid, Gantt, and Network)

Y

Y

Y

Y

Primavera Cloud only supports the Activity Network for schedules with fewer than 6000 activities.

Line numbers

 

Y

Y

Partially Supported

Primavera Cloud supports line numbers while printing.

Link Activities

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Manage WBS in Activities View

Y

 

 

Y

 

Merge Selected Activities from a source Schedule into a target schedule (a baseline, the current schedule, or a scenario).

 

 

Y

Y

Primavera Cloud supports selection of activities for inclusion in a merge to a baseline, a scenario, or the current schedule.

 

P6 Professional supports the creation of a project reflection, and the merge of activities within it, to a source project.

Multiple Column Sorting

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Notebooks

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Open Dependent Projects

Y

 

 

Partially Supported

In Primavera Cloud, this functionality is supported through programs.

Percent Complete Type

Y

Y

Y

Y

P6 EPPM Web and P6 EPPM Client support physical, duration, and unit percent complete types.

Primavera Cloud supports physical, duration, unit, and scope percent complete types.

Pin Columns

Y

 

 

Y

 

Primary and Secondary Constraints

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Quick Access for Column Functions (Sort, Group, Width)

Y

 

 

Y

 

Quick Search for Columns

Y

 

 

Y

 

Renumber Activity IDs

 

Y

Y

Y

 

Reorganize Now

 

Y

Y

Y

 

Replace Relationship Assignment

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Relationship Slide-out Panel

 

 

 

Y

 

Risk Analysis Results in Gantt chart

 

 

 

Y

 

Schedule Comparison

Y

 

 

Y

 

Scope Assignments

 

 

 

Y

 

Set and Display Tertiary Baseline in Activities View

 

Y

Y

Y

 

Shrink Vertical Grouping Bands

 

Y

Y

 

 

Steps

Y

Y

Y

 

 

Tasks, Task Status, and Indicators on Activities

Partially Supported

Partially Supported

Partially Supported

Y

In P6, Tasks, Task Status, and Indicators on Activities are read-only data that have been imported from Primavera Cloud.

Timescale - Hour and Shift, Three Line, and Ordinal

 

Y

Y

 

 

Trace Logic

Y

Y

Y

Y

Primavera Cloud supports Trace Logic for schedules with fewer than 6000 activities.

UDFs and Configured Fields

Partially Supported

Partially Supported

Partially Supported

Y

Primavera Cloud provides greater functionality with codes and formula based configured fields.

Undo

 

Y

Y

Y

 

Update Progress

 

Y

Y

 

Primavera Cloud supports automatic calculation of progress.

User-defined Bars

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Scheduling

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

Calculate Float Based on Each Project or Open Projects

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Calculate Start to Start Lag from Early-Start (ES) and Actual-Start (AS)

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Calendar for Relationship Lag

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Critical Based on Total Float Value or Longest Path

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Ignore or Include External Relationships

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Level Resources During Scheduling

Y

Y

Y

 

 

Make Open-ended Activities Critical

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Multiple Float Path Method

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Multiple Float Paths or Number of Paths

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Recalculate Assignment Costs After Scheduling

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Scheduling of Progressed Activity Options

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Total Float Calculation

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Use Expected Finish Dates

Y

Y

Y

Y

Remaining Early Finish Dates will be used by default when no Expected Early Finish Dates are provided for both Primavera Cloud and P6.

Schedule Quality

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

Configurable Tolerances and Targets

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Editable Descriptions of Checks

 

 

 

Y

 

Interactive Schedule Health Scorecard with Drill-down

 

 

 

Y

 

Project Schedule Health Score (for Portfolio Reporting)

 

 

 

Y

 

Schedule Check Report

Y

 

 

Y

 

Baselines and Scenarios

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

Auto-add Missing Activities to Baseline from Current

 

 

 

Y

 

Configurable Baseline Types

Y

Y

Y

Y

In Primavera Cloud, Baseline Types are Baseline Categories, and they can be assigned during baseline creation or when managing baselines for a project schedule. Baseline categories can be imported as part of baseline data if assigned to baselines and selected for import using P6 XML.

Create a Baseline in the Past

 

 

 

Y

In Primavera Cloud, you can create a baseline to represent any point in time up until the date the project was created.

Create a Baseline from a Scenario

 

 

 

Y

 

Create a Scenario from a Baselines

 

 

 

Y

 

Create a Scenario in the Past

 

 

 

Y

 

Define Baselines

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Define Scenario as Schedule

 

 

 

Y

 

Edit Baselines

 

 

 

Y

In Primavera Cloud, baselines are part of the same project as the current schedule and can be opened directly on the Activities page.

In P6, baselines are stored as separate projects in the database and must be restored as regular projects to edit them.

Edit Scenarios

 

 

 

Y

 

Number of Baselines Choices for Gantt

Project, User

Project, Primary, Secondary, Tertiary

Project, Primary, Secondary, Tertiary

Original, Current, Supplementary, User 1, User 2, User 3

 

Number of User-assigned Baselines

Three

Three

Three

Three

 

Reflection Projects

 

Y

Y

Partially supported

In Primavera Cloud, Reflection Projects are represented by Merge Mode which is available in Schedule Comparison.

Revert Baseline Changes

 

 

 

Y

 

Set Scenario or Baseline to Current Schedule

 

 

 

Y

 

Schedule Comparisons

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

Easy Focus on Variances

 

 

 

Y

 

Interactive Analysis with Scorecard, Gantt, and Drill-down

 

 

 

Y

 

Point-in-time Comparison (as well as scenarios and baselines)

 

 

 

Y

 

Merge Reflection Projects

 

 

Y

Partially supported

Primavera Cloud supports Merge to a baseline, the current schedule, or a scenario, and it includes activity data. Only users with the project-level Merge Activities privileges can trigger the merge process from the Schedule Comparison page.

P6 Professional supports the merge of all project data from a reflection to a source project.

Project Differences Report

 

Y

Y

 

 

Saved Views and Layouts

 

 

 

Y

 

Printing

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

Configurable Print Options per Saved View

 

 

 

Y

 

Configurable Header, Footer, and Content While Printing

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Print Preview Based on Screen Choices

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Resource and Bottom-up Cost Planning

General

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

Add Activity Costs without Resource Assignment

 

 

 

Y

 

Assign Resource by Role

 

Y

Y

 

 

Assign a Role or Resource to Multiple Activities

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Configurable Utilization Chart on Assignments

Y

 

 

 

 

Expense Assignments

Y

Y

Y

 

 

Non-unit Rate Driven Costs

 

 

 

Y

 

Rate Type on Assignments

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Replace Resource Assignments

 

 

Y

Y

 

Role and Resource Assignments

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Staff Role

Y

 

 

Y

 

Use of Curves, Lags, Units/Time

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Utilization Chart on Assigning Resource or Role

Y

 

 

Y

 

Project Resource and Role Usage

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

Bottom Layout Resource and Role Costs Histogram and Spreadsheet

 

Y

Y

Y

 

Early and Late Remaining Units and Costs (Planned, Actual, Available, and Overallocated)

 

Y

Y

Y

 

Group Assignments in Spreadsheet

 

Y

Y

 

 

Periodic Bars and Cumulative Curves (Individual and Total)

 

Y

Y

Y

 

Role and Resource Selection

 

Y

Y

Y

 

Show All Projects

 

Y

Y

 

 

Sight Lines

 

Y

Y

Partially Supported

 

Stacked by Resource Groups

 

Partially Supported

Partially Supported

Y

In P6, the resource groups are created manually based on filters.

In Primavera Cloud, you can use the resource codes values to represent a stack.

Team Usage and Analysis

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

Display Usage in Daily Timescale

Y

 

 

 

 

Activity Usage and Assignments Sheet

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

Activity Usage Histogram in Activities View

 

Y

Y

Partially Supported

Primavera Cloud shows activity usage aggregated to the project level.

Activity Usage Spreadsheet in Activities View

 

Y

Y

 

 

Costs - Bottom-up

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

Actual Costs

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Actual Costs - Current Period

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Overtime Costs

 

Y

Y

 

 

Top-down Cost Planning and Funds

Budgeting

P6 and Primavera Cloud both support top-down budgeting. Primavera Cloud supports top-down budgeting from portfolios to programs to projects. You can define a budget and assign budget lines to CBS codes at the project level. On the other hand, P6 supports top-down budgeting at the EPS, project, and WBS level. Budgeting data cannot be transferred between P6 and Primavera Cloud due to the differences in functionality.

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

Approval Workflow

 

 

 

Y

 

Budget Changes

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Budget Transfers (Between Codes)

 

 

 

Y

 

Define Budget Line Item Records

 

 

 

Y

In Primavera Cloud, budget line item records include quantities, rates, hours, production rate, costs, categories, and codes.

Define Total Budget

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Import Budget from Excel

 

 

 

Y

 

Workflow for Changes and Transfer Approvals

 

 

 

Y

 

Cost Sheet

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

Configurable Cost Sheet and Saved Views

 

 

 

Y

 

Define and Manage CBS Cost Structure

 

 

 

Y

In Primavera Cloud, you can define workspace, program, and project cost sheets.

Drill-down to Transactions

 

 

 

Y

 

Recalculate Cost Sheet Rollups

 

 

 

Y

 

View Costs by CBS, Cost Category, or Project

 

 

 

Y

 

Cash Flow

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

Benefit Plan

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Calculate Financials (NPV, ROI, etc.)

 

 

 

Y

 

Calculate Periodic Values Using Curve Profiles

 

 

 

Y

 

Capital and Expense Cost Curve Breakdowns

 

 

 

Y

 

Forecast Cashflow

 

 

 

Y

 

Other Cost Calculations

 

 

 

Y

 

Planned Cashflow and Spending Plan

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Stored Snapshots and Comparison

 

 

 

Y

 

Actuals

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

Manually Add actuals (lump sum or quantity-based)

 

 

 

Y

 

Import Actuals from Excel

 

 

 

Y

 

Approvals and Workflows

 

 

 

Y

 

Consume Funding Sources with Actuals

 

 

 

Y

 

Project Funds

P6 and Primavera Cloud both support project funding; however, Primavera Cloud provides broader capabilities to manage the funds. In Primavera Cloud, you can define the funding sources at the workspace, portfolio, or project level. The fund totals are distributed top-down to the projects and fund consumption can be tracked at any level. Due to the difference in capabilities in handling project funds, this data cannot be transferred between P6 and Primavera Cloud.

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

Allocate or Assign Funds to Projects

Y

Y

Y

Y

In Primavera Cloud, funds can be defined at the workspace, portfolio, program, or project level.

Consume Funds

 

 

 

Y

In Primavera Cloud, you can track how much of a fund's totals have been consumed by a project.

Define Project-specific Funds

 

 

 

Y

 

Import Funds from Excel

 

 

 

Y

 

Manually Edit Time-phased Fund Distributions

 

 

 

Y

 

Risks

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

Apply Activity Uncertainty Calculations to All Activities or Selected Activities

 

 

 

Y

 

Assign Configurable Probability and Impact Matrix

Y

 

 

Y

 

Cause, Effect, and Notes

Y

 

Y

Y

 

Configurable Risk Register and Saved Views

 

 

 

Y

 

Configured Fields

Partially Supported

Partially Supported

Partially Supported

Y

 

Discussions

 

 

 

Y

 

Distribution Results

 

 

 

Y

 

Hierarchical Responses with Probability and Impacts

Y

 

 

 

 

Manage and View Risks

Y

 

Y

Y

 

Mean Impact Tornado Charts

 

 

 

Y

 

Monte Carlo Iteration Analysis

 

 

 

Y

 

Monte Carlo Risk Analysis

 

 

 

Y

 

Pre and Post Response Thresholds

 

 

 

Y

 

Project-specific Risk Matrix

 

 

 

Y

 

Response Plans

 

 

 

Y

 

Risk Codes

Y

 

 

Y

 

Risk Removal Impact Tornado Charts

 

 

 

Y

 

Risk Workflows

 

 

 

Y

 

Run Standard Risk Reports

 

 

 

Y

 

Summary Chart

Partially Supported

Partially Supported

Partially Supported

Y

 

User-defined Threshold

 

 

 

Y

 

Weather Risks

 

 

 

Y

 

Issues

Primavera Cloud does not directly support issues, but you can use custom logs for issue tracking.

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

Issue Forms

Y

Y

Y

 

 

Manage and View Issue

Y

 

 

 

 

Custom Logs

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

Apply Templates

 

 

 

Y

Some examples of templates in Primavera Cloud include, Lessons Learned template, Quality Control Sets.

Configurable Views

 

 

 

Y

 

Discussions

 

 

 

Y

 

Files, Documents, Attachments view and Markups

 

 

 

Y

 

Import from Excel

 

 

 

Y

 

Documents and Files

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

Assign Documents Directly to Activities

Y

 

 

Y

 

Discussion Threads on Documents and Files

 

 

 

Y

 

Document Codes and Other Metadata

 

 

 

Y

 

Document Reviews

Y

 

 

 

 

File-based Permissions

 

 

 

Y

 

Manage and View Project Documents

Y

 

 

Y

 

Manage and View WPs and Documents

Y

Y

Y

 

 

Project File Repository from Template Folders and Documents

 

 

 

Y

 

View any Documents, Markup Tools, Annotations, and Discussions

 

 

 

Y

 

Project Integration and Synchronization

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

DOE-CPP Export

Y

 

 

 

 

IPMDAR Export

Y

Y

Y

 

 

Monitor Synchronizations

Partially Supported

 

Y

 

In P6, synchronizations are managed through Primavera Gateway, whereas in Primavera Cloud, you can manage the synchronizations within the application.

MSP MPX Import/Export

 

Y

Y

 

 

MSP XML Import/Export

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

P6 XML Import/Export (including baselines and scenarios)

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

P6 XER Import/Export

Note: P6 XER format does not support baselines; therefore, projects are exported without baselines in XER format.

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Schedule Synchronizations

 

 

 

Y

In P6, synchronizations are scheduled through Primavera Gateway, whereas in Primavera Cloud, you can schedule the synchronizations within the application.

SDEF

 

Y

Y

Y

 

UNCEFACT Export

Y

Y

Y

 

 


Last Published Tuesday, May 21, 2024