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Oracle Primavera Contract Management, Business Intelligence Publisher Edition v14

Oracle Primavera Contract Management, Business Intelligence Publisher Edition v14

By : Stephen Kelly
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Oracle Primavera Contract Management, Business Intelligence Publisher Edition v14

Oracle Primavera Contract Management, Business Intelligence Publisher Edition v14

4.4 (10)
By: Stephen Kelly

Overview of this book

Oracle's Primavera Contract Management, Business Intelligence Publisher Edition is a document management, job cost, and field controls solution that keeps construction projects on schedule and on budget through complete project control. "Oracle Primavera Contract Management, Business Intelligence Publisher Edition v14" explains the concepts behind the core modules and how to use them."Oracle Primavera Contract Management, Business Intelligence Publisher Edition v14" makes this complex application understandable. You will understand the concepts behind the core modules and how to use them. This book starts with some basic introduction to Contract management and then covers the advantages and disadvantages of using a spreadsheet in managing information on a project. The book then covers in detail the concepts involved with how it works from a 30,000 foot view and explains the concept of how Oracle Primavera Contract Management is diametrically opposed to a spreadsheet mentality. The book also covers the aspects of how Oracle Primavera Contract Management manages the money and contractual relationships on a project.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
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Oracle Primavera Contract Management, Business Intelligence Publisher Edition v14
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
5
There Is a Better Way
Index

Using a hierarchical structure


Computerized systems allow us to easily incorporate a hierarchical structure in our projects as well as information within these projects. PCM allows for multiple hierarchies that can be easily switched. Hierarchical structures allow us to organize our projects at different levels. They also allow us to provide roll-up reporting at the various levels. Look at the following hierarchical structure:

You can see that security would be important at the various levels of the structure. You would not want users who have access to the Private Sector Projects to have the same access to the Federal defense projects. Security is assigned at the project level, but the hierarchical structure can give us a visual look at the different levels. When PCM is used in conjunction with Oracle's Primavera Project Management tool (P6), it is good practice to match the hierarchical structure within PCM to that of P6 and the Enterprise Project Structure (EPS).

You can also see that roll...

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