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Oracle Primavera P6 Version 8: Project and Portfolio Management

You're reading from   Oracle Primavera P6 Version 8: Project and Portfolio Management For project managers and consultants, this book will help you master the main elements of Primavera P6, together with the new features in Version 8. Lots of screenshots and clear explanations make for an easy ride.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2012
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849684682
Length 348 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Oracle Primavera P6 Version 8: Project and Portfolio Management
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Getting Started with Oracle Primavera P6 2. Getting Around: Understanding and Customizing the P6 Interface FREE CHAPTER 3. Organizing your Projects with EPS, OBS, and WBS 4. Creating a New Project and Work Breakdown Structure 5. Adding Activities and Relationships 6. Resources 7. Scheduling and Constraints 8. Issues and Risks 9. Baselines and Statusing 10. Project Templates 11. Portfolios 12. Portfolio Analysis 13. Measuring and Scoring Projects 14. Capacity Planning and ROI 15. Dashboards 16. Resource Management Integrations Reporting Index

Index

A

  • Access tab, dashboard
    • about / Access
  • accounting
    • about / Integration benefits
  • activities
    • working with / Working with Activities
    • scheduling / Scheduling activities
  • activity
    • about / Activities, Activities
    • fundamental properties / Activities
  • activity, fundamental properties
    • duration / Activities
    • start date / Activities
    • finish date / Activities
    • relationships / Activities
  • activity behaviour
    • about / Oracle Primavera P6 compared to other tools
  • Activity Codes tab
    • about / Codes
  • activity details
    • about / Activity details
    • General tab / General
    • Codes tab / Codes
    • Expenses tab / Expenses
    • Assignments tab / Assignments
    • Documents tab / Documents
    • Feedback tab / Feedback
    • Issues tab / Issues
    • Notebooks tab / Notebooks
    • Predecessors tab / Predecessors/Successors
    • Successors tab / Predecessors/Successors
    • Trace Logic tab / Trace Logic
    • Risks tab / Risks
  • Activity entity / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
  • activity level settings
    • about / Settings at the activity level
  • activity network
    • about / Activity network
  • activity types
    • about / Activity types
    • start milestone / Start milestone
    • finish milestone / Finish milestone
    • task dependent / Task dependent
    • resource dependent / Resource dependent
    • level of effort / Level of Effort
    • WBS summary / WBS summary
  • actual costs, project status
    • about / Actual costs
  • actual dates, project status
    • about / Actual dates
  • actuals
    • computing automatically / Auto compute actuals
  • address book
    • about / JD Edwards
  • Admin menu, P6 Web Client
    • about / Admin
    • Users and Security Profiles / Admin
    • Admin Preferences / Admin
    • Admin Categories / Admin
    • Currencies / Admin
    • Financial Periods / Admin
    • Batch Create function / Admin
  • analysis view
    • about / The Portfolio Analysis screen
  • Application Integration Architecture (AIA)
    • about / Integration technology
  • application menus, P6 Web Client
    • print / Application menus
    • help / Application menus
    • logout / Application menus
  • Asset Management
    • about / PeopleSoft
  • Assignment entity / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
  • assignments, resource management
    • about / Assignments
    • resource analysis / Resource analysis
  • Assignments tab
    • about / Assignments

B

  • baseline
    • about / Maintaining baselines
    • maintaining / Maintaining baselines
    • creating / Maintaining baselines
    • copying / Maintaining baselines
    • restoring / Maintaining baselines
    • updating / Updating a baseline
  • baseline assignment
    • about / Baseline assignment
    • Project Baseline / Baseline assignment
    • User Baseline / Baseline assignment
  • Baseline Type
    • about / Maintaining baselines
  • batch
    • about / Reports
  • best practices
    • enforcing, in integartion / Enforcing best practices
  • BI Publisher
    • about / BI Publisher
    • advantages / BI Publisher
  • Bubble Chart
    • about / Portfolio Views, Bubble charts

C

  • calendar priority
    • about / Calendar priority
  • calendars
    • about / Calendars
    • types / Calendars
    • editing / Calendars
    • screenshot description / Calendars
    • modifying / Modifying calendars
  • Capacity Planning
    • about / Capacity Planning
    • Frame A - scorecard / Frame A—scorecard
    • Frame A scorecard / Frame A—scorecard
    • Frame B - Gantt chart / Frame B—Gantt chart
    • Frame C - resources and roles / Frame C—resources and roles
    • Frame D - Resource and Role Usage / Frame D—Resource and Role Usage
  • Capital Asset Management
    • about / JD Edwards
  • child node
    • about / Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)
  • Codes tab, resources / Resources: Codes
  • constraints
    • about / Oracle Primavera and scheduling best practices
  • Content tab, dashboard
    • about / Content tab
    • General / General
    • Portfolio Views / Portfolio Views
    • Project Performance / Project Performance
    • resources section / Resources
    • Personal Information section / Personal Information
    • Custom Portlets / Custom Portlets
  • core concepts, P6
    • about / P6 core concepts
    • Project Management Life Cycle / Project Management Life Cycle
    • activities / Activities
    • resources / Resources
  • Cost, UDFs / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
  • Cost Code Schedule
    • about / JD Edwards
  • Cost Performance Index (CPI) / Project Performance
  • CPM and P6
    • used, for scheduling / Scheduling using CPM and P6
  • crew
    • about / Teams
  • Critical Path Method (CPM)
    • about / Oracle Primavera and scheduling best practices
  • Custom Portlets, content section
    • about / Custom Portlets

D

  • dashboard, customizing
    • about / Customizing a dashboard
    • Content tab / Content tab
    • Layout tab / Dashboard Layout
    • Access tab / Access
  • dashboard examples
    • about / Dashboard examples:
  • dashboards
    • about / Dashboard examples:
    • managing / Managing dashboards
    • customizing / Customizing a dashboard
  • dashboards, managing
    • about / Managing dashboards
  • data
    • about / Activities
  • data integrity
    • ensuring / Ensuring data integrity
  • Details tab, resources / Resources: Details
  • Document entity / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
  • Documents tab
    • about / Documents
  • Duration Triangle
    • rules / Activity types
  • duration types
    • scenarios / Activity types

E

  • E-Business Suite (EBS)
    • about / E-Business Suite
  • E-Mail
    • about / Resource assignments
  • Edit menu, P6 Web Client
    • about / Edit menu
    • undo / Edit menu
    • cut / Edit menu
    • copy / Edit menu
    • paste / Edit menu
    • add / Edit menu
    • delete / Edit menu
    • dissolve / Edit menu
    • renumber activity IDs / Edit menu
    • assign / Edit menu
    • link activities / Edit menu
    • fill down / Edit menu
    • select all / Edit menu
    • find / Edit menu
    • find next / Edit menu
    • replace / Edit menu
    • spell check / Edit menu
    • user preferences / Edit menu
    • User Preferences | Time Units / Edit menu
    • unit of time / Edit menu
    • User Preferences | Dates / Edit menu
    • User Preferences | Currency / Edit menu
    • User Preferences | E-Mail / Edit menu
    • User Preferences | Assistance / Edit menu
    • User Preferences | Application / Edit menu
    • User Preferences | Password / Edit menu
    • User Preferences | Resource Analysis / Edit menu
    • Role Limit / Edit menu
    • User Preferences | Calculations / Edit menu
    • User Preferences | Startup Filters / Edit menu
  • enterprise
    • about / What's in the name?, Enterprise versus project data
  • enterprise data
    • about / Enterprise versus project data
    • versus project data / Enterprise versus project data
  • Enterprise menu, P6 Web Client
    • about / Enterprise
  • Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM)
    • about / Scheduling activities
  • Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)
    • about / Enterprise Project Structure (EPS), Creating a new project template
    • example / Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)
    • overview / Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)
  • EPPM Web Client
    • overview / EPPM Web Client overview
  • ERP
    • about / Integration overview
  • example
    • for Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) / A simple example
    • for Enterprise Project Structure (EPS) / A simple example
    • for Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS) / A simple example
  • existing project
    • template, creating from / Creating a template from an existing project
    • WBS, inserting into / Inserting a WBS into an existing project
  • Expense entity / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
  • Expenses tab
    • about / Expenses
  • external culture
    • imposing, in integration / Imposing external culture

F

  • features, P6 release 8.2
    • user management / New in Release 8.2
    • location / New in Release 8.2
    • searching columns / New in Release 8.2
    • exclusive mode / New in Release 8.2
    • data filtering / New in Release 8.2
    • Microsoft Project 2010 / New in Release 8.2
    • P6 Professional unified / New in Release 8.2
    • line numbering / New in Release 8.2
    • mobile support / New in Release 8.2
  • Feedback tab
    • about / Feedback
  • File menu, P6 Web Client
    • about / File menu
    • Page Setup / File menu
    • Print Setup / File menu
    • Print Preview / File menu
    • Print / File menu
    • Import / File menu
    • Export / File menu
    • Send Project / File menu
    • Check Out / File menu
    • Check In / File menu
    • Select project portfolio / File menu
    • Commit Changes / File menu
    • Refresh Data / File menu
    • Recent Projects / File menu
    • Exit / File menu
  • filters
    • about / Managing dashboards
  • financial plan
    • about / E-Business Suite
  • Finish Date, UDFs / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
  • finish milestone activity
    • about / Finish milestone
  • finish to finish relationship
    • about / Finish to Finish
  • finish to start relationship
    • about / Finish to Start
  • float
    • about / Lag and float
  • formula, UDFs / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
  • formula for start and finish
    • about / The formula for start and finish
  • Frame A
    • about / Frame A—scorecard
  • Frame B
    • about / Frame B—Gantt chart
  • Frame C
    • about / Frame C—resources and roles
  • Frame D
    • about / Frame D—Resource and Role Usage
  • free float
    • about / Lag and float

G

  • Gantt chart
    • about / Gantt chart
  • Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
    • about / Integration benefits
  • general section, content tab
    • about / General
  • General tab
    • about / General
  • General tab, resources / Resources: General
  • General tab, roles / Roles: General
  • GIGO (Garbage In = Garbage Out)
    • about / Scheduling activities
  • Global Batches
    • about / Reports
  • global calendars
    • about / Calendars
  • global data
    • about / JD Edwards
  • global level settings
    • about / Settings at the global level
  • graphical displays
    • pie chart / Pie charts
    • histogram / Histograms
    • side-by-side histrogram / Side-by-side histogram
    • stacked histogram / Stacked histogram
    • bubble chart / Bubble charts

H

  • help menu, P6 Web Client
    • P6 help / Application menus
    • P6 Library / Application menus
    • Support / Application menus
  • Help menu, P6 Web Client
    • about / Help
    • contents / Help
  • Histogram
    • about / Portfolio Views, Histograms

I

  • Index Performance portle / Project Performance
  • indicator, UDFs / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
  • Information Technology (IT)
    • about / Understanding scheduling algorithms
  • Intege, UDFs / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
  • integration
    • about / Integration overview
    • best practices, enforcing / Enforcing best practices
    • possibilities / Integration possibilities
  • integration, benefits
    • project management / Integration benefits
    • accounting / Integration benefits
  • integration, pitfalls
    • about / Integration pitfalls
    • over-analysis / Over-analysis
    • external culture, imposing / Imposing external culture
    • technical skillset, underestimating / Underestimating technical skillset
  • integration possibilities
    • about / Integration possibilities
  • integration technology
    • about / Integration technology
  • Issue entity / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
  • Issue Navigator
    • about / Issues
  • issues
    • about / Issues
  • Issues tab
    • about / Issues

J

  • JD Edwards
    • about / JD Edwards

L

  • labor resources / Resources
  • lag
    • about / Lag and float
  • lag times
    • about / Oracle Primavera and scheduling best practices
  • layout, P6 Web Client
    • about / Customizing screens and saving layouts
    • global / Customizing screens and saving layouts
    • project / Customizing screens and saving layouts
    • user / Customizing screens and saving layouts
  • Layout tab, dashboard
    • about / Dashboard Layout
  • lead times
    • about / Oracle Primavera and scheduling best practices
  • Level of Effort (LOE) activity
    • about / Level of Effort
  • Limits tab, roles / Roles: Limits

M

  • main menus, P6 Web Client
    • about / Main menus
    • file menu / File menu
    • Edit menu / Edit menu
    • View menu / View menu
    • Project menu / Project menu
    • Enterprise menu / Enterprise
    • Tools menu / Tools
    • Admin menu / Admin
    • Help menu / Help
  • main screen, P6 Web Client
    • about / Main screen
  • management
    • about / What's in the name?
  • material resources / Resources
  • Materials Management
    • about / JD Edwards
  • Melrose project / Project Performance
  • milestone
    • about / Start milestone
  • My Calendar portlet
    • about / Personal Information
  • My Projects portlet
    • about / Personal Information
    • have access rights checkbox / Personal Information
    • am assigned as a resource checkbox / Personal Information
    • am the Project Owner checkbox / Personal Information
    • Communication Center / Personal Information

N

  • new project
    • creating, from template / Creating a new project from a template
  • new project template
    • creating / Creating a new project template
  • node
    • about / Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)
  • non-labor resources / Resources
  • Notebooks tab
    • about / Notebooks
  • Number, UDFs / User Defined Fields (UDFs)

O

  • OBS screen
    • tabs / Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)
  • OBS screen, tabs
    • about / Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)
    • General / Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)
    • Users / Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)
    • Responsibility / Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)
  • Open Requests for Resources portlet
    • about / Resources
  • opportunities
    • about / Risks: P6 Professional
  • Oracle Fusion Middleware (FMW)
    • about / Integration technology
  • Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)
    • about / Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)
    • managing / Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)
  • over-analysis
    • about / Over-analysis

P

  • P6
    • product history / Product history
    • features / What's in the name?
    • enterprise / What's in the name?
    • project / What's in the name?
    • portfolio / What's in the name?
    • management / What's in the name?
    • core concepts / P6 core concepts
    • baseline / Maintaining baselines
    • project status, updating / Updating project status
    • dashboard examples / Dashboard examples:
    • dashboards, managing / Managing dashboards
    • dashboards, customizing / Customizing a dashboard
    • dashboard layout / Dashboard Layout
  • P6 Enterprise
    • risks, managing in / Risks: P6 Enterprise
  • P6 Professional
    • risks, managing / Risks: P6 Professional
    • data, reporting / Reporting from Professional
  • P6 release 8.2
    • features / New in Release 8.2
  • P6 version 7
    • features / What's new in P6 Release 8
  • P6 Web Client
    • screenshot / EPPM Web Client overview
    • application menus / Application menus
    • tabs / Tabs
    • tab actions / Modules
    • main screen / Main screen
    • logging into / Logging into the P6 Client
    • Database Alias / Logging into the P6 Client
    • Driver Type / Logging into the P6 Client
    • Oracle Connection, configuring / Logging into the P6 Client
    • SQL Server Connection, configuring / Logging into the P6 Client
    • Primavera Compression Server, configuring / Logging into the P6 Client
    • Database Connections screen / Logging into the P6 Client
    • screen overview / Screen overview
    • main menus / Main menus
    • screens, customizing / Customizing screens and saving layouts
    • layouts, saving / Customizing screens and saving layouts
  • parent node
    • about / Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)
  • PeopleSoft
    • about / PeopleSoft
  • PeopleSoft 9.1
    • about / PeopleSoft
  • PeopleSoft Order Management module
    • about / PeopleSoft
  • PeopleSoft Program Management module
    • about / PeopleSoft
  • PeopleSoft Project Costing module
    • about / PeopleSoft
  • PeopleSoft Purchasing module
    • about / PeopleSoft
  • percent complete, project status
    • setting / Percent complete
  • personal calendars
    • about / Resources: Details
  • Personal Information section, content tab
    • about / Personal Information
    • My Projects portlet / Personal Information
    • My Calendar portlet / Personal Information
  • Pie Chart
    • about / Portfolio Views, Pie charts
    • options / Pie charts
    • Primary Color palette / Pie charts
  • planning, resource management
    • about / Planning
    • main modes / Planning
  • portfolio
    • about / What's in the name?
    • scenario / Scenarios
  • Portfolio Analysis screen
    • about / The Portfolio Analysis screen
    • analysis view / The Portfolio Analysis screen
  • Portfoliosportfolios
    • managing / Managing portfolios
    • creating / Creating a portfolio
  • Portfolios section
    • about / Capacity Planning
  • Portfolio Views
    • about / Portfolio Views
    • creating / Portfolio Views
    • Bubble Chart / Portfolio Views
    • Histogram / Portfolio Views
    • Pie Chart / Portfolio Views
    • Scorecard / Portfolio Views
    • Side-by-Side Histogram / Portfolio Views
    • Stacked Histogram / Portfolio Views
  • Portfolio Views, content tab
    • about / Portfolio Views
  • Portlets
    • about / Managing dashboards
  • Predecessors tab
    • about / Predecessors/Successors
  • Prices tab, roles / Roles: Prices
  • Primavera
    • verus other tools / Oracle Primavera P6 compared to other tools
    • best practices, scheduling / Oracle Primavera and scheduling best practices
    • about / Scheduling activities
  • Process Integration Packs (PIP)
    • about / Integration technology
  • product history, P6
    • about / Product history
    • Oracle / Enter Oracle
    • P3 / P3 and SureTrak
    • SureTrak / P3 and SureTrak
  • Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT)
    • about / Scheduling using CPM and P6
  • progress
    • about / Oracle Primavera and scheduling best practices
  • Progress Reporter
    • about / PeopleSoft
  • Progress Reporter module
    • about / Resource assignments
  • project
    • about / What's in the name?
  • project-level settings
    • about / Settings at the project level
    • calculations / Calculations
    • scheduling (F9) options / Scheduling (F9) options
  • Project Baseline
    • about / Baseline assignment
  • Project Batches
    • about / Reports
  • project calendars
    • about / Calendars
  • project codes
    • editing / Scoring projects
  • Project Costing module
    • about / E-Business Suite
  • project data
    • about / Enterprise versus project data
    • versus enterprise data / Enterprise versus project data
  • Project entity / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
  • Project Gantt Chart portlet / Project Performance
  • Project Health portlet / Project Performance
  • project management
    • about / Integration benefits
  • Project Management Life Cycle
    • about / Project Management Life Cycle
    • initiation / Project Management Life Cycle
    • planning / Project Management Life Cycle
    • execution / Project Management Life Cycle
    • controlling / Project Management Life Cycle
    • closing / Project Management Life Cycle
  • Project Management module
    • about / E-Business Suite
  • Project menu, P6 Web Client
    • about / Project menu
  • Project Notebooks portlet / Project Performance
  • Project Performance, content tab
    • about / Project Performance
    • Schedule Performance portlet / Project Performance
    • Index Performance portlet / Project Performance
    • Project Statistics portlet / Project Performance
    • Project Health portlet / Project Performance
    • Project Notebooks portlet / Project Performance
    • Project Gantt Chart portlet / Project Performance
  • projects
    • scoring / Scoring projects
  • project score
    • about / Scoring projects
  • Project Statistics portlet / Project Performance
  • project status
    • updating / Updating project status
    • Auto compute actuals / Updating project status, Auto compute actuals
    • percent complete / Updating project status, Percent complete
    • detailed quantities / Updating project status
    • hours, entering / Entering hours
    • actual dates / Actual dates
    • actual costs / Actual costs
    • resources / Resources

R

  • relationships
    • about / Relationships
  • relationship type
    • finish to start / Finish to Start
    • start to start / Start to Start
    • finish to finish / Finish to Finish
    • start to finish / Start to Finish
  • reporting
    • from web client / Reporting from the web client
  • reporting, from P6 Professional
    • about / Reporting from Professional
    • screen printing / Screen printing
    • reports / Reports
  • reporting, from web client
    • about / Reporting from the web client
    • screen printing / Screen printing
    • BI Publisher / BI Publisher
  • reports
    • editing / Editing reports
  • resource
    • assigning / Resource assignments
  • resource-dependent activity
    • about / Calendar priority
  • resource analysis
    • about / Resource analysis
  • Resource Analysis portlet
    • about / Resources
  • Resource Analysis tab
    • about / Resource analysis
  • resource assignments
    • about / Resource assignments
  • resource calendars
    • about / Calendars
  • resource codes / Resources: Codes
  • resource curves
    • about / Resource curves
    • modifying / Resource curves
    • viewing / Resource curves
    • deleting / Resource curves
    • adding / Resource curves
  • resource dependent activity
    • about / Resource dependent
  • Resource entity / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
  • resource loaded schedule
    • about / Resource assignments
  • resource management
    • planning / Planning
    • assignments / Assignments
  • resource planning
    • about / Planning
    • modes / Planning
    • opening / Planning
    • planning by project / Planning by project
    • planning by resource / Planning by resource
    • splitting / Splitting
  • resources
    • about / Resources, Resources
    • schedule loading, benefits / Resources
    • screenshot / Resources
    • types / Resources
    • General tab / Resources: General
    • Codes tab / Resources: Codes
    • Details tab / Resources: Details
    • Units & Prices tab / Resources: Units and Prices
    • Roles tab / Resources: Roles
  • resources, project status
    • about / Resources
  • resources, types
    • labor / Resources
    • non-labor / Resources
    • material / Resources
  • resources section, content tab
    • about / Resources
    • Resource Team Summary portlet / Resources
    • Open Requests for Resources portlet / Resources
    • Resource Analysis portlet / Resources
  • Resources tab, roles / Roles: Resources
  • Resource Team
    • about / Teams
  • Resource Team Summary portlet
    • about / Resources
    • E-mail resource team link / Resources
  • Resource Usage tab
    • about / Resource analysis
  • Responsible Manager
    • about / Issues
  • Return on Investment (ROI)
    • about / Return on Investment (ROI)
  • Risk entity / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
  • risk management
    • about / Risks: P6 Enterprise
  • risks
    • managing, in P6 Professional / Risks: P6 Professional
    • managing, in P6 Enterprise / Risks: P6 Enterprise
  • Risks tab
    • about / Risks
  • roles
    • about / Resources: Roles, Roles
    • General tab / Roles: General
    • Resources tab / Roles: Resources
    • Prices tab / Roles: Prices
    • Limits tab / Roles: Limits
  • Roles tab, resources / Resources: Roles
  • Role Team
    • creating / Teams
  • root node
    • about / Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)

S

  • scenarios
    • creating / Scenarios
    • about / Creating and using scenarios
    • using / Creating and using scenarios
  • schedule
    • about / Activities
  • schedule, visualizing ways
    • about / Working with Activities
    • Gantt chart / Gantt chart
    • table view / Table
    • activity network / Activity network
  • Schedule Performance Index (SPI) / Project Performance
  • Schedule Performance portlet / Project Performance
  • scheduling
    • with CPM and P6 / Scheduling using CPM and P6
  • scheduling algorithm
    • about / The scheduling algorithm
    • formula for start and finish / The formula for start and finish
  • scheduling algorithms
    • about / Understanding scheduling algorithms
  • scheduling engine
    • about / Understanding scheduling algorithms
  • Scorecard
    • about / Portfolio Views, Scorecards
    • data, selecting for display / Choosing data to display
    • columns / Columns
    • waterline / Waterline
  • screen overview, P6 Web Client
    • about / Screen overview
    • Floating Toolbar / Screen overview
    • projects / Screen overview
    • resources / Screen overview
    • reports / Screen overview
    • tracking / Screen overview
    • activities / Screen overview
    • WBS / Screen overview
    • Resource Assignments / Screen overview
    • WP & Docs / Screen overview
    • Project Expenses / Screen overview
    • Project Thresholds / Screen overview
    • Project Issues / Screen overview
    • Risks / Screen overview
  • screen printing
    • P6 Professional reporting / Screen printing
    • web client reporting / Screen printing
  • screens, P6 Web Client
    • customizing / Customizing screens and saving layouts
    • layouts, saving / Customizing screens and saving layouts
  • Select Threshold Parameter window
    • about / Thresholds
  • Service Management
    • about / JD Edwards
  • shared calendars
    • about / Resources: Details
  • shifts
    • about / Resources: Units and Prices
  • Side-by-Side Histogram
    • about / Portfolio Views
  • side-by-side histrogram
    • about / Side-by-side histogram
  • sorting / Columns
  • Stacked Histogram
    • about / Portfolio Views, Stacked histogram
  • Start Date, UDFs / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
  • start milestone activity
    • about / Start milestone
    • example / Start milestone
  • start to finish relationship
    • about / Start to Finish
  • start to start relationship
    • about / Start to Start
  • Step entity / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
  • steps
    • about / Oracle Primavera P6 compared to other tools
  • Successors tab
    • about / Predecessors/Successors
  • summary indicator, UDFs / User Defined Fields (UDFs)

T

  • tab actions, P6 Web Client
    • about / Modules
  • table view
    • about / Table
  • tabs, P6 Web Client
    • about / Tabs
    • dashboards / Tabs
    • portfolios / Tabs
    • projects / Tabs
    • resources / Tabs
    • reports / Tabs
  • task
    • about / Oracle Primavera P6 compared to other tools
  • task-dependent activity
    • about / Calendar priority
  • task dependent activity
    • about / Task dependent
  • teams
    • about / Teams
  • technical skillset
    • underestimating / Underestimating technical skillset
  • template
    • creating, from existing project / Creating a template from an existing project
    • new project, creating from / Creating a new project from a template
  • Text, UDFs / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
  • threat
    • about / Risks: P6 Professional
  • thresholds
    • about / Thresholds
    • viewing / Thresholds
  • Timescaled Logic Diagrams
    • about / Tools
  • To Complete Performance Index (TCPI) / Project Performance
  • Tools menu, P6 Web Client
    • about / Tools
    • Auto-Reorganization / Tools
    • Global Change / Tools
    • Monitor Thresholds / Tools
    • Issues Navigator / Tools
    • Timescaled Logic Diagrams / Tools
  • total float
    • about / Lag and float
  • Trace Logic tab
    • about / Trace Logic
  • Tracking Layout
    • about / Issues

U

  • UDF definitions
    • accessing / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
  • UDFs
    • about / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
    • entities / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
    • types / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
    • text / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
    • integer / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
    • number / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
    • cost / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
    • start date / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
    • finish date / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
    • indicator / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
    • formula / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
    • summary indicator / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
  • Units & Prices tab, resources
    • about / Resources: Units and Prices
  • units per time (U/T)
    • about / Resources: Details
  • User Baseline
    • about / Baseline assignment
    • examples, for comparison / Baseline assignment
  • user level settings
    • about / Settings at the user level

V

  • variance
    • about / Lag and float
  • View menu, P6 Web Client
    • about / View menu
    • Reset All Toolbars / View menu
    • Lock All Toolbars / View menu

W

  • waterline
    • about / Waterline
  • Waterline Analysis
    • about / Waterline Analysis
  • Waterville project / Project Performance
  • WBS
    • inserting, into existing project / Inserting a WBS into an existing project
  • WBS entity / User Defined Fields (UDFs)
  • WBS Summary activity
    • about / WBS summary
  • Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
    • about / Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
    • example, for software development project / Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
  • workplan
    • about / E-Business Suite
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