The Project Management Bridge supports multiple Project Management systems and Servers. Different items in Primavera Portfolio Management can be mapped to projects located in different servers in the organization. In some organizations, multiple Project Management systems and servers are used for project level management for various reasons, such as:
- Performance – The organization has set up multiple project servers to cope with performance and scalability issues.
- Standards – Different departments may require their Project Management System Servers to be managed using different methods and different field naming conventions.
- System Types—Different departments or subsidiaries may use different project management systems such as P6 EPPM and Microsoft Project Server.
- Geography – An organization may have different Project Management System servers in different geographically dispersed sites.
The Project Management Bridge allows the portfolio manger to overcome the limitations inherited in multiple Project Management systems and server installations by providing:
- Centralized management – Portfolio managers can view all of the organization's projects in one place, regardless of the department or server in which they are located.
- Common Business Language – Fields from different servers and departments can be mapped into a single category in Primavera Portfolio Management, allowing you to compare and evaluate all segregated information in one portfolio.
The Project Management Bridge supports mappings to multiple servers while maintaining each server's ability to retain individual settings and configurations. In addition, you can save maintenance work in instances where your organization wants all or some Project Management systems or servers to share common settings and mapping configurations. Administrators can save or copy the configurations of one server and easily reapply them to other servers.