Primavera Delivers P3e - Next Generation of Flagship Primavera Project Planner for Enterprise-wide Project Management.PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 29, 1999-- Primavera pri·ma·ve·ra 1 or pri·ma ve·ra n. 1. A tree (Cybistax donnellsmithii) of Mexico and Guatemala, having opposite, palmately compound leaves, yellow flowers, and close-grained, light-colored wood. 2. Systems, Inc., the leading developer of integrated, scalable, project management software solutions, today announced the availability of Primavera Project Planner(R) for the Enterprise (P3e(tm)) and two complementary products, Primavera Portfolio Analyst(tm) and Primavera Progress Reporter(tm). Together, the products offer enterprise-wide project management scalability, rich Web-based communication options and enhanced cross-program analysis. The three products are an integral and integrated addition to Primavera's Concentric Project Management line of software products, which also includes the company's Primavera Project Planner (P3(R) 2.0), SureTrak Project Manager(R) and Expedition(R) Contract Control software. Primavera's Concentric Project Management products address the specific project management requirements of project-driven industries such as construction, engineering, telecommunications, utilities and petrochemical processing, representing approximately $650 billion annually in U.S. construction project spending and $21 billion annually in U.S. research and development spending. "Because P3e is built to run with Oracle and SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. databases, we can help companies manage all of their projects and programs in the face of severe resource constraints and time pressures," stated Joel M. Koppelman, president of Primavera. "Scalable, enterprise-wide project management makes it possible to gain competitive advantage and handle geographically dispersed teams A Geographically Dispersed Team (GDT) – also known as a Virtual team – is a group of individuals who work across time, space, and organizational boundaries with links strengthened by webs of communication technology. ." P3e is Primavera's next-generation, multi-project planning, scheduling and control software, which provides comprehensive resource and cost management, performance measurement and what-if analysis. With P3e, project managers can ensure timely project completion within promised deadlines and defined scope, and program managers can weigh the impacts of new work and changes in priority on overall strategic business objectives. Project check-out/check-in ability allows project managers to disconnect from the enterprise database for remote and mobile use of project information. Primavera Portfolio Analyst provides executives and analysts with customized project portfolios made up of any combination of projects and programs for analysis and comparison. Portfolio Analyst enriches project portfolios with a full offering of resource, cost and schedule tables, charts and graphs, all with dynamic drill-down capabilities from summary levels to project details. Primavera Progress Reporter is the team members' Web-based view into their assignments across all projects. Progress Reporter lets team members update their work in real time with revised completion estimates and expected finish dates, enter timesheet hours against specific project work and provide additional feedback to project managers about assignment status. Further highlights of P3e include the following: -- Hierarchical project management: P3e enables all of a company's projects to be planned, analyzed and controlled within a single framework, or project hierarchy. P3e's use of work breakdown, organizational, cost account and resource breakdown structures In project management, the Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS) is a standardized list of personnel resources related by function and arranged in a hierarchical structure. ensures that project scope and deliverables are clearly accounted for during preliminary planning, and provides a framework for more detailed planning, budgeting and performance measurement. -- Rich project database: Project managers can enrich the project database with linked specifications or documents, a detailed breakdown of steps and notes by task, as well as date constraints, budgets and resource assignments. -- Risk and issues management: P3e proactively notifies project managers when any part of their project exceeds key thresholds, or variances, and logs the resulting issues in the project, while sending e-mail to the individuals responsible for resolving the issues. In addition, P3e enables project managers to identify and quantify project risks, assess the magnitude of their timing and impact and develop contingency plans for mitigating the risks. -- Project Website: P3e publishes project information - such as activity and resource assignment details and related document links, steps and notes, project issues, risks and reports - to a comprehensive, fully interactive project Website. Businesses can implement the new products for centralized control 1. In air defense, the control mode whereby a higher echelon makes direct target assignments to fire units. 2. In joint air operations, placing within one commander the responsibility and authority for planning, directing, and coordinating a military operation or group/category of of their projects, or add them to existing installations of other Primavera products. Customers can take advantage of the enterprise scalability and analysis capabilities in P3e by consolidating remotely managed project information from P3 2.0 and SureTrak to the enterprise project database. This new enterprise-wide solution will be further complemented by forthcoming enhanced versions of P3 2.0 and SureTrak for department- and team-level project control. P3e is a 32-bit application, built on a high performance, scalable client/server architecture An environment in which the application processing is divided between client workstations and servers. It implies the use of desktop computers interacting with servers in a network in contrast to processing everything in a large centralized mainframe. See client/server. , using either an Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. relational database relational database Database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular entity is provided by the set of its attribute values, stored as one row or record of the table, called a tuple. . The client system requires Windows 95/98/NT Refers to all 32-bit versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000. It implies Windows ME and Windows 2000. It specifically excludes Windows 3.x. See Windows. and 32 MB RAM. The server requires Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. or Unix with 64 to 128 MB RAM. Pricing for P3e begins at $4,000 per user, with a minimum 3-user license. P3e is currently available through Primavera's worldwide network of VARs or directly from Primavera. For more information, interested parties can contact Primavera Sales by calling 800/423-0245 or 610/667-8600, or by sending an email to info@primavera.com. About Primavera Systems Founded in 1983, Primavera Systems, Inc. is the leading provider of innovative project management software and services to help customers successfully manage their projects and resources. The company serves a broad range of industries, including engineering, construction, utilities, energy, technology, telecommunications, chemical processing, financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , manufacturing, aerospace and defense. Primavera's product line includes TeamPlay(tm), Primavera Project Planner (P3), SureTrak Project Manager, Webster for Primavera(R), RA(tm), Expedition, Expedition Express(tm), Primavera Enterprise Access Kit(tm) (PEAK), DataStore for Primavera(tm) and Monte Carlo Monte Carlo (môNtā` kärlō`), town (1982 pop. 13,150), principality of Monaco, on the Mediterranean Sea and the French Riviera. for Primavera(tm). The company is headquartered in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania Bala Cynwyd is a village in Lower Merion Township which is located in the Main Line in southeastern Pennsylvania, bordering the western edge of Philadelphia. It was originally two separate towns, Bala and Cynwyd, but is commonly treated as a single community. with offices in Chicago, New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. 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More information about Primavera and its products is available via the World Wide Web: http://www.primavera.com. Primavera Project Planner, P3, SureTrak Project Manager, SureTrak, Expedition and Webster for Primavera are registered trademarks; and Expedition Express, Primavera Enterprise Access Kit, DataStore for Primavera, RA, Monte Carlo for Primavera, TeamPlay, P3e, Primavera Portfolio Analyst and Primavera Progress Reporter are trademarks of Primavera Systems, Inc. All other company or product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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