Enhancements in Major Versions of Primavera

Version 6.0 -

P6.7 Service

Pack 2

Version 7.0 - P6

Version 7 SP3

(P6

Pro) Version 8.1

Version 8.2 Version 8.3

P6 Version 6.0 P6 Version 7 P6 Professional (P6 Pro) Version 8.1

P6 Pro Version 8.2 P6 EPPM Release R8.3

Total float is once again blanked-out for Completed activities.

User designated hour/day conversion factors moved to individual calendars

Enhanced activity filtering & grouping

MS Project import enhancements

Team Member Enhancements.

iPhone app enables users to communicate with their project

manager and other team members about a task.

MS SQL Express 2005 is the stand-alone Database

Default Date/Time issue partially fixed

Personalize Toolbars Ms Project 2010 XML support

Team Member – Discussion Feature:- All comments are saved with the task and are available for Future reference. Discussion icon available to begin and monitor a discussion for a task.

Import & Export via XML format (a bit buggy)

Improved summary duration calculations

WBS/Activity tabs New Line Numbering

Team Member – Discussion Feature iPhone :- In the iPhone app, discussions are also saved with the task

Finish dates change when durations are Changed

Late Dates were added to the S-Curve report

Will not interface with EPPM database

Time scaled Logic Diagram enhancements • Enhanced filtering, sightlines, activity code color coding, templates, grouping, and performance

Team Member – Work Distribution Filter :- enables a team member who is not the activity owner or resource to see a list of tasks that he/she is responsible for updating in the Team Member interfaces (Team Member Web, Team Member for iPhone app, E-mail Statusing Service).

Time scale in Gantt Chart is made adjustable

New Activity ID renumbering options

P6 EPPM 8.1 Both Pro & EPPM use the same client software

Team Member – Add/Delete Steps :- enables users to add, delete, and rename activity steps directly from the task list. Use the Steps panel to view assigned steps and report progress. Select a task In the list and type a % completes value. If the step is finished, Select the Complete Step check mark.

P6 Service Pack 1 (P6.1)

Excel security options separate from XER

Phone App for Team Members

P6 EPPM Release 8.2

Team Member – Add/Delete Steps iPhone : iPhone app enables you to add, delete, and rename activity steps directly from the task list.

Major bugs in the previous versions fixed

committing & refresh error fixed

scheduling freezing at 95% error fixed

XER causing duplicate resource assignment fixed

crashing when modifying sitelines/ timescale

Excel import of constraints fixed

Report Editor bugs fixed

Dates issues on time sheets fixed

Oracle XE (g10) is new stand-alone database

Ability to status tasks via E-mail

Team Member Web Application :- Enables Working with Tasks

Team Member – Enhanced Filtering of Tasks :- New Time frame filter and a text search field added. Filter by Projects/Status/Timeframe

P6 Service Pack 2 (P6.2)

P6 Version 7 SP3 User Interface enhancements to simplify navigation

New E-mail Statusing Service and P6 Team Member for iPhone App Support for Activity Owners

Team Member – Enhanced Filtering of Tasks iPhone:- using iPhone app, team members can filter tasks based on a timeframe of Today, This Week, or Next Week.

Milestone ‘one minute off’ problem fixed

Time-scaled logic diagrams added

Resource improvements to better support staffing, assigning and monitoring of project resources

Team members can now update activities that they are assigned to as activity owner. Prior to 8.2, team members could update only activities they were assigned to as resources.

Team Member – Updating User Defined Fields and Activity Codes :- P6 Team Member Web, a new Codes and UDFs detail panel enables team members to view and update up to 20 activity codes and UDFs.

Secure resource, project, & activity codes

Expands Memo Fields beyond 400 characters

Streamlined reporting architecture to reduce cost of ownership & support of BI Publisher 11g

P6 Team Member Applications Configuration Options:- now users can change Project Preferences, Change E-mail settings

Team Member – Updating User Defined Fields and Activity Codes iPhone3

Total Float can now be calculated for a Program of schedules as a group instead of Singly

Sight Line added Support for Google Chrome

Team Member Status Approval :- project managers can Review team members status updates even before the updates are committed to the schedule.

Team Member – Notebook Topics enables users to view Notebook topics assigned to activities in P6 or P6 Professional directly from the task list

P6 Version 6.5

Fixes for Scrambling WBS’s after import •Scrambling WBS’s after import

Actuals not being spread correctly

• Update Baseline with Activity Codes & relationships missing from new activities • Update Baseline not Updating Existing • Oracle XE not starting for stand-alone users

Status Update History Detail Window:- this window is made available in Activities page. Shows the history of changes made to the activity.

Team Member-Request updates via mail. The Notify feature enables project managers to send an e-mail to the E-mail Statusing Service address, set up by the P6 administrator,

leveling with priorities issues fixed.

P6 Enhancements:- New Exclusive Mode- provision given for opening multiple projects in exclusive mode. When you open a project in exclusive mode. only you can

Extended enterprise: XML Import/Export Enhancements:- Enables a user to import or export multiple projects simultaneously. When exporting multiple projects, the projects are combined into a single XML file.

edit it; other users will have only read access

Fixed actual units spreading incorrectly

Location Data:- enables you to create a list of locations, including the street address and the longitude and latitude. you can report on data by location in P6 Analytics. You can also group, sort, and filter by location in various views. You can also import new locations into P6 from a Microsoft Excel (.xls) file

Control Over Data During XML Import:- This feature is especially useful to project managers who import third-party schedules that contain unwanted data such as resources, codes, and UDFs.

Fixed Project Integrity removing EPS codes

Microsoft Project Integration:- When importing a Microsoft Project XML file, you can now update an existing project. You can control what types of global and project data to overwrite when Importing.

UN/CNFACT XML Data:- This XML schema is designed to exchange schedule and cost data in a software-neutral format. This is an important feature for customers who work with U.S. Department of Defense and other U.S. government agencies.

Fixed Claim Digger displaying wrong Activity ID

Import/Export Support for Microsoft Project 2010

Usability Enhancements (Web): Setting a Default Start Page:- It provides a setting to specify the default start page when a user logs in.

Fixed XLS import causing corrupted relationships

Scaling Options when Printing:- Three new scaling options are available when printing from the Activities, EPS, and Assignments pages.

Viewing the Hierarchy for Activity, Project, and Resource Codes:- Displays the full hierarchical chain for assigned project, activity, and resource codes in the Codes detail window.

Fixed Expected Finish causing 0 duration activities

Event Functionality:- Creating or updating User Defined Field (UDF) values now trigger events, by doing so the P6 Event Notification system sends the event message to a user configured message queue. subsequent actions can be triggered using events in the client application.

Sorting on Multiple Columns:- Enables a user to sort on multiple columns on the Activities, EPS, and Resources Assignments pages.

Fixed Finish Milestone constrained 1 minute late

Enhanced Trending:-

Project history now supports dates and durations.

Historical data now includes activity-level and WBS-level data.

Relationships Detail Window on Activities Page:- Offers a new Relationships detail window on the Activities page.

P6 Version 6.7 New Resource Creation From Users - Create Resource from Selected User action can be used on the Users page to create and assign a resource to an existing user in one step.

Improved Printing From the EPS and Activities Pages:- allows a user to print from the EPS or Activities page and Include only the Project or Activity Table with no Gantt chart.

Improved summary activity duration calculations

Enhanced Copy User Support – following information is now copied when copying existing users

Toolbars for Activities, EPS, and Assignments views

Global user preferences

Assigned user interface views

Improved Printing From the EPS and Activities Pages:- allows a user to print from the EPS or Activities page and include only the Project or Activity Table with no Gantt chart.

P6.7 Service pack 2 “Is Under” Filtering Support:- filtering is more refined, you can select a

Additional Baseline Fields:- additional baseline fields are available in the Customize Columns dialog box for display on

particular EPS where your filtering should work on.

the Activities page after a baseline is assigned to a project.

XER Import Configuration Layout problems Fixed.

Dissolve Activities Support:- When you delete an activity, a chain of logical activities might be broken. You can use the new Dissolve option to delete the activity but join the predecessors and successors and create the appropriate relationships between them

Find and Replace Option:- It enables a user to find and replace text in displayed columns on the EPS, Activities, and Resources Assignments pages, making it Easier to change items in the project plan.

disappearing/non-editable Notebook topics

New Column Search:- very handy during customizing columns

Discussion Feature:- It provides a new Discussion feature that enables team members and project managers to communicate about specific activities.

Multiple Float Paths Errors fixed

Cut/Copy/Paste WBS Support

VISUALIZER: Visualizer is a new feature that

supports graphical reporting by enabling users to create customizable Gantt charts and timescaled logic diagrams (TSLDs).

When creating a layout in Visualizer you can define options, such as filter, group, and sort criteria, to customize the Gantt chart or TSLD.

The layout below shows activities color-coded by activity code values with various shapes for endpoints.

Display baseline bars to compare schedules and stack fields in the

activity table to save horizontal space.

The screen below shows an example of a TSLD with multiple bars per

Activity and critical activities coded in red.

Fixes error when using two activity

issue forms are also copied when you

. Online Help: The Help menu in P6Professional

filters copy projects, create templates, or create projects from templates.

8.3 contains two options: Local Help and Online Help. The Online Help feature displays P6 Professional help content in basic HTML format, enabling people with disabilities to use the adaptive features of their browsers.

Additional Fields in Predecessor/Successor Tabs:- Driving, Critical, Total Float, Free Float, Early Start, Early Finish, Late Start, and Late Finish.

Primavera Unifier: project portfolio management application with cost control and contract management Capabilities, is now improved to simplify setup and enhance usability