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Use of Unifier with Primavera

Presenter – Greg Maherson - Co-Author – Ahmed Arif and Ba Dang National Primavera & Unifier Practice ASG Group [email protected]

Background    

Greg Maherson, Ahmed Arif, Ba Dang – National Primavera/Unifier - ASG ASG Group – $150M IT services organisation Unifier – a very worthwhile new product from Oracle Primavera Explore the realities of using P6 and Unifier now/future     

Primavera P6 EPPM – strengths in scheduling, resources, risk and more Unifier – strengths in contracts, workflow, real estate, facilities and more There is a considerable amount of development going on with both What are the opportunities, challenges and realities – now/future Act now or wait? Exploration

Oracle Primavera Unifier The addition of Unifier presents some interesting opportunities for both new and existing of Primavera.  Improved integration (Cost, Schedule, Portfolio)  New applications – Real Estate, Capital Assets, Facilities  Workflow, audit functions, reporting and more Exploration

Oracle Primavera Unifier  Many organisations who want to use Unifier are already using Primavera P6  What are the implications of using both products  What are the benefits  What are the downsides  The future – speculation  What should I do

Oracle Primavera Unifier Unifier Application Sets

Capital Planning

Cost Control

Real Estate Management

Project Delivery Management

Facilities Management

 Need to consider what parts of Unifier to adopt, when and how they fit with P6  Quick overview of Unifier for those of you who have yet to see it

Oracle Primavera Unifier  What is Unifier ?        

Cloud based solution for managing projects and facilities Particular emphasis on contracts, workflow, assets, real estate Customers include many large organisations – Oil, Gas, Commercial Available cloud based or on premise Integrate Enterprise Systems , Finance, Asset Management, Supply Combine with Primavera P6 EPPM for a complete life cycle Long–range planning and delivery of programs and projects Considerable overlap with Primavera P6

Unifier + P6

Oracle Primavera Unifier What is Unifier Workflow ? Unifier offers a much improved and simplified workflow.    

Easy to set up, manage Oracle BPM/SOA in the future versions? A must have to control business processes Note that Workflow in P6 is still BPM

Oracle Primavera Unifier What is in Unifier Capital Planning?      

Top-down and bottom-up views – plans and projects (P6 overlap) Manage cash flow over the life of the project – (P6 overlap) Multiple scenarios, linked to projects (P6 overlap) New views of project/portfolios (P6 overlap) Document management, dashboards, and reports ( P6 overlap) Can be adopted now – but consider overlap with P6 EPPM

Oracle Primavera Unifier What is in Unifier Cost Control ? NEW      

Easy to use tools to view, management control costs, cash flow, and funds. Automation, flexibility, analyse complex cost control, cash flow, and funds analyses. Configurable cost management – define your business process/workflow One way integration from P6, cost and schedules in Unifier can be fully aligned One of the outstanding benefits of Unifier Strong case for early adoption – regardless of P6 interaction

Oracle Primavera Unifier What is Unifier Project Delivery Management?      

Workflow/phase gate controls – Simple, easy to use Integrates with P6, MS Project – Allows integration with non P6 schedules Who did what/when – audit logs – Necessary for modern systems Document management with version Control – overlap with P6 Communication and Collaboration Consider when to use. NOW if eg MS Project is your planning/scheduling tool

Oracle Primavera Unifier What is Unifier Facilities Management? NEW     

Significant new functionality What properties/where – leased, owned Metrics on costs, utilisation Consistently collect, analyse, and report on facilities A very strong case for early adoption if you are exposed to property

Oracle Primavera Unifier What is Unifier Real Estate Management? NEW      

Meets specific requirements of Landlords and tenants Manage site/property acquisitions, dispositions, lease renewals. Evaluate alternative sites Track/manage critical dates, Commission Manage repairs and maintenance Very strong case for early adoption if you have exposure to property

Oracle Primavera Unifier In-house or Cloud Deployment  Has been available as SaaS  Also consider in house or (e.g.) dedicated Amazon, Rackspace etc deployment Note OBIEE in the diagram Note no Webcenter in the diagram (yet)

Based on Unifier 9.11 Version

Oracle Primavera Unifier Primavera EPPM and Unifier Integration

Based on Unifier 9.11 Version

Unifier Public Cloud Deployment 99.95% Available target

95% Available target

Cust 1 - HA

Cust 2 – Non-HA

WWW

Elastic Load Balancer

S G 2

EBS EBS

EBS EBS Arch Logs EBS EBS

Security Groups act as Firewalls

S G 1

M1-xLarge Ec2 Primavera Node 1

Pre-Baked AMI’s for both Instances with auto configuration scripts

EBS EBS Backup

Backup Snapshots to S3

VPC

S G 1

M1-xLarge Ec2 Primavera Node 2

EBS EBS

Required for public DNS registration of managed server applications

Elastic Load Balancer

M1-xLarge Ec2 Primavera Node 1

EBS EBS Arch Logs

WWW access to Primavera Web App

WWW

Customer Network via VPN or Direct

Snapshots to S3

VPC Subnet 1

VPC Subnet 2

Primavera web app for mobile

Primavera / Unifier Web App

Oracle Primavera Unifier Multi-Tenant vs Single Tenant    

Current SaaS customers are within a Multi-Tenant environment Customers moving to a Single Tenant Environment Security Fixes and Enhancements related to Oracle Security compliance Single tenant offers more control over performance

Oracle Primavera Unifier Plans Unifier 9.12 ( Planned 2013)          

P6 Integration – Very important PCM Integration – Not significant for our customers Oracle Branding Content Repository (CMIS, UCM and Sharepoint) – Unifier and P6 to use same Red Stack Uptake Spatial and Oracle Maps – replacing non Oracle with Oracle AutoVue integration – Unifier and P6 to use same Unified Workflow, – speculation – Unifier workflow – extends to P6 Unifier Mobile - new functionality Unified Reporting – Use Unifier simple interface to link into BI Publisher

Oracle Primavera Unifier Plans Red Stack (Planned 2013) – alignment with P6          

Oracle HTTP Server 11gR2 as the HTTP Server Oracle Weblogic 11g as the Application Server Oracle JRockit 6 as the Java Virtual Machine Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g/12c for system monitoring Oracle Identity Manager 11g/R2 for Management Oracle Access Manager for Authentication Oracle Enterprise Linux Oracle Virtual Machine Oracle Webcenter Content Oracle UPK

Oracle Primavera Unifier P6 Integration + Unifier (Planned 2013)  Note the direction of integration flows  Future integrations bi-directional (Speculation)

Oracle Primavera Unifier Common Integration Platform (Planned 2013)  Primavera Gateway for P6 and Unifier  Integration to ERP, Supply , Asset systems  Oracle BI can retrieve data from different sources

Oracle Primavera Unifier Unified UI and Mobile (P6 + OPPM + Unifier)    

Composite solution:P6, Unifier,& new functionality Platform agnostic - Android, iPad, iPhone Continue to offer Team Member Apps You should see more of this at Collaborate 13

Oracle Primavera Unifier Oracle BI Integration (ERP+ Unifier+ P6)  BI Publisher is a “must have” for P6/Unifier s – reporting excellence  Draw data from where it is located – present “one truth” to s

Oracle Primavera Unifier

As a current Primavera P6 – what does Unifier mean for me?

Oracle Primavera Unifier Unifier presents some interesting opportunities for both new and existing of Primavera.    

Explore opportunities now available with Unifer and Primavera Existing P6 s – which product/which function delivers the result? Existing P6 s – is the pain of adopting Unifier worth the cost? New P6 s – build your systems to allow for Unifier now/future

Explore

Oracle Primavera Unifier Existing P6 s – which product/which function?  Using Contract Manager – can also use Unifier  Portfolio Management – can also use Unifier  BPM – still required in P6 – but Unifier Workflow much easier

Where we are, where we need to go – match with Unifier roap

Which Direction?

Oracle Primavera Unifier New P6 s – architect for maximum benefit     

Consider integration points – what links with what Consider shared repositories – minimise duplication Same versions of database, tools Already seeing integration of mobile apps (Unifier, P6) Will P6 become part of Unifier ? Speculation – likely – but when?

Systems Architecture

Oracle Primavera Unifier Existing P6 s – opportunities with Unifier  New applications are easiest to take on now  Contract Management - use Unifier if you don’t have PCM  Portfolio Management – P6 or Unifier – arguments for both

Applications

Oracle Primavera Unifier If you are using Primavera P6 now – then consider       

latest P6 Use a document repository Implement BI Publisher Review your processes Review your security Review your data Review your integrations

Oracle Primavera Unifier the latest Primavera P6    

Oracle is doing a lot of development – Unifier and P6 Upgrading to the latest P6 (8.3) – lowest risk with Unifier Weblogic – provides maximum flexibility Integration tools – lowest risk with Unifier/other products

Latest Release

Oracle Primavera Unifier Use a document repository     

Documents a key part of Projects and Contracts P6 can use Webcenter/UCM, Sharepoint Speculation that Unifier will use Webcenter/UCM If P6 and Unifier use Webcenter/UCM but different repositories at least you will be able to connect them in Webcenter/UCM

Oracle Primavera Unifier Implement BI Publisher    

BI Publisher is the integrated reporting tool Used by both Unifier and Primavera Provides a common reporting tool Able to access both Primavera and Unifier data

Oracle Primavera Unifier Review your processes    

Unifier is a great platform for workflow Are your P6 s using BPM ? Good practice to document/formalise important processes Provides a solid base for future integration with Unifier

Decision Process

Oracle Primavera Unifier Review your security  Right now Unifier and P6 each have their own security  Review current P6 security (s, access, projects)  Align P6 security with Unifier security

Security

Oracle Primavera Unifier Review your data    

#1 Problem of many Primavera P6 using organisations Review/cleanse P6 data Review – codes, calendars, projects , templates, resources,costs etc Align P6 data with Unifier data

Cleanse Data

Oracle Primavera Unifier Review your integrations  Both Primavera P6 and Unifier will potentially be integrated with other products and applications - and with each other  Review current integrations with e.g. ERP, HR, Supply, Assets, Procurement, Payroll to ensure maximum future flexibility  Align P6 integrations with Unifier integrations

Review

Oracle Primavera Unifier  Do my best to answer now – but also happy to take questions via email

Greg Maherson - National Primavera & Unifier Practice Manager [email protected]

Oracle Primavera Unifier Link / Resources / Ref  BI Publisher at oracle.com http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi-publisher/overview/index.html  Primavera EPPM at oracle.com http://www.oracle.com/au/products/applications/primavera/overview/index.html  Unifier at oracle.com http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E38376_01/index.htm  Pre-Built Integration for PPM at oracle.com http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/primavera/042381.htm?ssSourceSiteId =ocomau