Oracle Primavera Features

Define multiple types of portfolios for projects, programs, and services.

Plan activities and tasks across various portfolios or programs.

Align different kinds of portfolios with business and financial goals.

Create the optimal mix of portfolios to achieve operational and financial goals.

Manage dependencies between projects from one or multiple portfolios.

Assign priorities for projects that are part of portfolios.

Include lean project management features and best practices.

Identify human and material resources and assign them to projects and portfolios.

Resources can be allocated and reallocated across multiple projects and portfolios.

Improve resource utilization across various projects and portfolios.

Consolidate project and portfolio data from separate sources.

Provide custom project and portfolio monitoring visualizations.

Monitor the performance of different types of portfolios.

Perform risk analysis at the portfolio or project level.

Capture costs at different stages of the project

Allocate costs to resources, tasks, or projects

Define standard costs for resources and activities

Provide templates to create budgets for project or portfolio of projects.

Define the scope of the project to determine and document project goals.

Create schedules for operations that need to be performed at each stage of the project.

Include workflows to assign tasks, monitor work in progress, and for approvals.

Monitor spend and expenses at every phase of the project and compare with budgets.

Maintain a repository of documents related to the product, such as technical specifications or contracts

Supports the integration of the project management solution with a third-party accounting management solution to streamline the construction project lifecycle.

Supports the integration of the project management solution with a third-party estimating and bid management solution to streamline the construction project lifecycle.

Supports the integration of the project management solution with a third-party workforce management solution to streamline the construction project lifecycle.

In addition to assigning tasks, enables the setting of milestones and deadlines to those tasks to track on a set basis.

Records, centralizes, and provides access and sharing settings to project information into a centralized depository.

Enables and/or facilitates communication on the jobsite and between the field and office admin.

Manages and dispatches work orders, allocates assets and resources, manages contractors, and schedule jobs

Enables and simplifies communication on the site and between the office and field.

Provides a mobile-ready application of the tool that does not require internet connection.

Captures data from the site and generates reports on project progress.

Tracks timesheets and attendance of site crew memberes

Enables the capturing and/or uploading of photographs or videos to document project progress

Assigns tasks, enables the scheduling of crew and resources, and manages and/or monitors progress on projects and jobsites.

Define cost and schedule baselines that can be used to track performance.

Automatically calculate Schedule Performance Index (SPI) and Cost Performance Index (CPI).

Include best practices to ensure compliance with industry and PMI standards.

Import project performance data from project management and financial software.

Track planned value or budget cost of work scheduled (BCWS).

Provide KPIs such as Actual cost of work or Budgeted Cost of Work.

Identify variances between estimated and actual costs and schedules.

Provide integration with project management software.

Integrate with Project, Portfolio & Program Management software.

Provide integration with accounting software and ERP systems.

Simulate the outcomes of various business case scenarios and mix of projects

Monitor the efficiency of strategic plans and how they are impacted by projects and portfolios

Create plans to implement activities to achieve strategic objectives

Define strategic objectives related to project and portfolio management

Provide a 360 view of all projects and portfolios and their corresponding strategies

Align project and portfolios with the strategic objectives of the company

Mitigate risks related to projects and portfolios that may impact strategic objectives

Deploy strategic planning to project and portfolio management activities

Help with continuous improvement and to adapt to strategy updates and market changes

Assign priorities to projects and portfolios based on strategic objectives

Allows for customizable user permissions to control schedule views and project information.

Tracks time-in/time-out for field workers and real-time updates against scheduled tasks.

Creates and edits calendars, with drag-and-drop functionality, customizable fields, and color coding.

Provides a visual timeline of project tasks, making it easy to track progress and dependencies.

Conducts "what if?" analysis for different scenarios that may impact scheduling timelines and tasks.

Generates customizable reports and insights on project status, resource utilization, and financials.

Enables users to compare contracted timeline with current project progress to avoid missed deadlines or overbudgeting.

Integrates with necessary solutions in construction tech stack, such as broader project management, ERP, estimating, and accounting systems.

Provides a dedicated mobile app and/or optimized mobile interface for field worker access to check schedules and tasks.

Supports in-app communications to centralize team efforts, provide real-time updates from the field, and negotiate any relevant updates to timelines.

Define strategic objectives related to project and portfolio management

Support the creation of roadmaps that visualize the timeline and interdependencies of various portfolio elements

Capture, evaluate, and prioritize demand from different parts of the organization, ensuring that resources are allocated to the most valuable initiatives.

Assist with dynamic portfolio-level resource planning and what-if scenario modeling

Create plans to implement activities to achieve strategic objectives

Simulate the outcomes of various business case scenarios and mix of projects

Assign priorities to projects and portfolios based on strategic objectives

Align project and portfolios with the strategic objectives of the company

Provide a 360 view of all projects and portfolios and their corresponding strategies

Monitor the efficiency of strategic plans and how they are impacted by projects and portfolios

Mitigate risks related to projects and portfolios that may impact strategic objectives

Deploy strategic planning to project and portfolio management activities

Facilitate the process of managing changes within the portfolio, including scope changes, resource adjustments, and schedule updates

Help with continuous improvement and to adapt to strategy updates and market changes

Provide pre-defined strategy models that can be customized and combined by users

Support multiple strategy frameworks such as Balanced scorecard and OKR

Track environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics related to portfolios, such as gas emissions or diversity and inclusion

Track the financial performance of portfolios in terms of cost savings, productivity improvements and increasd revenues

Enable forecasting future performance, resource requirements, and potential risks and opportunities

Optimize workflows and processes using machine learning and natural language processing (NLP)

Use artificial intelligence to provide intelligent strategy modelling and proactive risk assessment

Provide an intelligent chatbot or virtual assistant that can answer questions, provide support, and automate tasks related to portfolio management