Oracle Primavera P6 review

Oracle markets Primavera P6 EPPM as the standard for planning and scheduling, and on features it earns its place. It plans, schedules and controls large programs and individual projects with CPM logic, gives secure multiuser access to schedules and lets planners open and schedule several projects at once. Resource management covers role and resource optimization, demand and capacity planning and what-if scenarios, and with Primavera Unifier the schedule feeds cost sheets, cash flow curves, change management and forecasts against a time-phased baseline. Oracle also offers a migration path to Oracle Primavera Cloud, which it says combines CPM contract scheduling and task management. The cost is complexity: P6 is built for trained schedulers, the cost features need Unifier, and Oracle does not publish a price, so budgeting means a sales conversation. For a single project manager on mid-size jobs, the tools above are faster to learn.

Who it is for

Owners, large general contractors and infrastructure programs that manage many large CPM schedules under one roof.

Price

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Key features

• CPM scheduling for large programs and individual projects
• Secure multiuser access and several schedules open at once
• Role and resource optimization with what-if scenario analysis
• Integrated cost and schedule management with Primavera Unifier
• Migration path to Oracle Primavera Cloud

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: The most complete enterprise CPM and portfolio toolset here
• Strength: Multiuser access for large planning teams
• Strength: Links schedule to cost, cash flow and change management through Unifier
• Weakness: No published price
• Weakness: Steep learning curve for occasional users
• Weakness: Cost integration needs another Oracle product

Key facts

• Product: Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM)
• Resource tools: Demand and capacity planning, what-if analysis, utilization graphs
• Cost link: Cost codes in Primavera Unifier tied to P6 work breakdown structures
• Pricing: By request from Oracle

Where it ranks

Oracle Primavera P6 is No. 6 in our Best Construction Scheduling Software verdict.