Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management Reviews

Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management is used for projects.

The most valuable feature of Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management is accuracy.

The reporting could improve project management. We need multiple source reports. If someone is new to the support it has a steep learning curve.

I have been using Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management for approximately 20 years.

Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management is highly stable.

Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management is scalable.

The solution can scale from small to large companies.

The support from the vendor is good. They have good knowledge.

The implementation of the solution is Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management is complex. It takes many people to complete and there are many factors that make the deployment complex.

It is important to do preparation and testing.

The solution needs three to six months to deploy. The majority of the time is learning new processes and doing things correctly.

We have approximately 13 people in the deployment process. There need to be people from many teams, such as engineering.

Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management is an expensive solution. There is an upfront cost to purchase the solution and then there are annual fees to use the solution.

There is ongoing maintenance required to use the solution, such as continual training, and updates.

I rate Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management a seven out of ten.

We use the solution for portfolio management, including engineering document management for mega projects.

The solution helps our organization to manage large engineering projects. We receive the project plan from contractors residing in different countries. They do all the project and portfolio management activities using Primavera and send us the files. We download the files in our system and start with the work.

The solution's most valuable feature is the ease of use. We can handle the engineering project management, including the costings, source linking, and tracking of the tasks very efficiently.

They should work on integrating the solution with ERP. Presently, we have all the project planning, including call center data, WPS agreement, etc., in ERP, and we cannot connect it with Primavera. It will be great if they provide integration between these two solutions.

We have been using the solution for five years.

I rate the solution's stability as a nine.

I rate the solution's scalability as a nine. Our organization has 40 users of the solution and plans to increase it further.

The solution's tech support is good.

We used Microsoft Project Server earlier. We switched to Primavera as it has more power to handle mega engineering projects.

The solution's initial setup is simple and requires one person to deploy it.

The solution's ROI is worth it.

The solution's pricing is on the higher end compared to Microsoft Project Server. We are fine with the cost as the solution specializes in engineering project management.

The solution is the right tool for engineering project management. I rate it as an eight.

Formerly called “Expedition" and a Browser based multi-user database supporting Document Control,Contract Management,Change Control and Cost Control features good for those who have to maintain multi projects, contracts and reporting. Primavera has built-in integration between modules, basic integration with P6 schedules. The latest Version 14 provides –Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher –Webservices API support.

Many companies have specific requirements/forms and most will require custom fields. PCM does not provide any flexibility in positioning fields. Also, Custom fields cannot be inter-related or calculated. Daily Report creators require full use access to PCM. Daily Report users require full use access to PCM i.e. PCM has very limited security to keep some information confidential (when outside parties use your PCM to create their daily reports). PCM can be cumbersome to use on a tablet.