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New Features in P3 2.0

Interactive PERT (Primaveras Easy Relationship Tracing) View

Cosmic view

Trace logic view

Zoom capabilities

Over 15 preset activity box templates

Activity box content configuration

Activity box ends shape and color configuration

Relationship line color and style configuration

Activity grouping options

Activity insert, extract and dissolve options

WYSIWYG print preview and printing

Full keyboard navigation support

PERT is a powerful yet intuitive analysis tool which makes it easier to identify

potential bottlenecks and understand the impact of change on the flow of a projec

PERT enables you to build schedules, analyze problems and critical paths, and toeasily produce graphic reports.

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Resource Management

Unlimited resource calendars

Activity splitting, stretching, and crunching based on resource availability

Resource dates displayed on bars

Resource dates in Resources form

Resource bars

Ability to simultaneously level 500 resources (up from 125)

P3s resource calendars allow managers to more precisely assign and trackindividual, high-value resources down to the hour. You can enter resources

into projects as hierarchical structures with roll-up summary abilities and use

resource availability to calculate the duration of resource-driven activities.

P3s resource leveling options allow users to split, stretch and/or crunch

activities based on availability.

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Internet Support/Web Wizards

Web Publishing Wizard for publishing HTML reports on a Web page

Direct link to Primaveras Web home page and technical support page

Send Mail Wizard with independent E-mail progress sheet

(Primavera Post Office)

Hyperlinks to web pages in Activity Logs

P3's Web Wizard automatically builds and updates structured web pages from

P3 reports. It does much more than just export HTML reports from P3, it

actually builds a summary reporting mechanism which arranges different

reports into a multi-level structure which can be "drilled-down" into to find

more detailed information.

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Primavera Post Office

P3 offers extensive communication support allowing project managers andteam members to exchange project data through any MAPI or VIM compliant

mail system. The Primavera Post Office is a front-end applet which allows

team members to open Primavera-generated mail messages to be viewed and

updated in a simple, tabular format. This Web Wizard has been included for

more efficient e-mail creation by allowing e-mail addresses to be built-into its

activity coding dictionary, allowing the manager to simultaneously broadcast

unique messages to everyone on the project team.

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Activity Columns and Bar Enhancements

Totals and subtotals in activity table by group code with summarized column

data and bar Bar color/pattern (hatching) by activity code

Necking of bars for non-work time (out-of-sequence progress, holidays,

weekends)

Enhanced placement of activity log text on bars

Ability to add a blank column

Display resource dates in columns

Display activity type in columns

Show resource ID or resource description in the columns

Display milestones on summary bars Ability to show/hide critical color on individual bar types

Improved positioning of text on bars

Current percent complete on target bar

Option to show day of week in timescale

Ability to set ordinal start date for ordinal timescale

Ability to show manufacturing weeks and days in the timescale

Ability to show calendar dates along with ordinal dates in the timescale

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Filter and Organize Enhancements

Append to current set of activities/remove from current set of activities

Filter on activity type

Filter on longest path

Filter within a restricted access filter

Transfer individual filter specifications

Select activities by filter (for copying to clipboard, etc.)

Display resource profile for selected activities only

Jump to predecessor/successor not in current filter

Find activity outside of a filter

Organize by WBS Select levels of WBS to Organize by

Set color by WBS level

Option to display/hide empty WBS bands

Option to hide unassigned and uncategorized activities

Show group title/value bands in Bar area

Organize by activity type

Ability to jump between bands when organized

Reports

Rich text format (RTF) font support for custom report writer, matrix and

resource/cost loading reports

Increase resource limit from 500 to 1000 in tabular, control, and earned value

reports.

Enhancements to loading report

Display activity type and leveling type in custom report writer and matrix reports

Backup/Restore

Added support for ZIP format

Backup to floppy without overwriting the floppy's contents

Added support for mailing projects (subprojects)

Ability to exclude layout specifications

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Miscellaneous Enhancements

Additional activity types: independent, meeting, WBS

Add activity without the Activity form

Automatic activity numbering for new activities Dissolve and extract activities in Bar chart view

Autolink when adding activities in Bar chart view

Repeat group title band on next page for output when page-break by code

Additional date formats

Display work period number on pop-up calendar with jump to functionality

New project naming conventions: project groups and projects (previously called

master project and subprojects)

Windows Metafile support (Preview Picture)

Ability to edit the Project Overview dialog box from within an open project

Option to show a histogram on selected activities only

Set the maximum height of the resource/cost profile for output

Batch support of resource calendars, activity and leveling type, and ability to

define project overview information when adding a subproject (project) through

Batch.

Uninstall function

Additional set languages for use in P3 (27, up from 11)

Microsoft Office Compliant Interface (Logo applied for)

Bubble help available for all toolbar icons Windows 95 right-click support for Bar and PERT views

Database engine upgraded to Btrieve 6.15, allowing direct SQL queries from

Btrieve Technologies Scalable/SQL product