Primavera Class - Part 1
Primavera Class - Part 1
Primavera Class - Part 1
• In 2009, Primavera, a privately held company, was bought by Oracle, a publicly held company.
What’s in the name??
The product that we all know as ‘P6’ is officially named as:
• Portfolio
• Program
• Project
Understanding the terms:
Organization is organized group of people for the shared
purpose of administering and managing business, social, political
and other activities. Numerous legal types of organization exist.
They include Military Forces, Charities, Educational Institutions,
Political Groups and Non-Governmental Entities.
Portfolio
Understanding the terms:
You are given a battery tester, a dozen batteries, only six of which
work, and a flashlight that is broken down into three components:
the core, the front casing and a light bulb.
o Turn on flashlight.
o Test batteries.
o Screw front casing onto core.
o Insert batteries.
o Identify two working batteries.
o Insert light bulb into front casing.
PROJECT STURCTURE IN P6
EP
OBS
S
Project Project
Once defined, the EPS does not change dramatically or frequently. It only
needs suitable modifications sometimes.
The EPS is available to all existing and future projects in the Enterprise.
Residential Single Storey
Buildings House
Commercial
L&T Buildings Buildings
Industrial
L&T Constructions Buildings
Road
L&T Infrastructure Constructions
Larsen & Toubro
L & T Ltd
Bridge
Heavy Equipments Construction
L&T Manufacturing
Electrical Equipments
Power Generation
L&T Technology
IT Services
Mutual Funds
L&T Finance
Micro Finance
Create an EPS based on the figure given below:
Create an EPS for the company ABC Ltd. with Construction as root and
the next level as Mechanical, Civil and Electrical. Pipe line and
Fabrication under Mechanical; Dams, Flyover and Airport construction
under Civil and Power under Electrical.
ORGANIZATION BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE [OBS]
The OBS defines how people within a company are organized and
what rights and access they have within projects. The OBS reflects
the chain of command within the company.
• The OBS can often mirror the EPS, but the two may also diverge.
• The OBS and EPS are interconnected such that the OBS can be
used to apply security roles and access all projects below specific ..
Program Manager Project
RB Manager - 1
Program Manager
Managing Director - IB
Constructions
Program Manager
General Manager - RC
Infrastructure
Larsen & Toubro
Chairman
Program Manager
General Manager -
Heavy Equipments BC
Managing Director -
Manufacturing
General Manager -
Electrical Equipments
General Manager -
Power Generation
Managing Director -
Technology
General Manager -
IT Services
General Manager -
Mutual Funds
Managing Director -
Finance
General Manager -
Micro Finance
Single Storey
Residential Buildings
House
(PGM – RB)
(P M – 1)
L&T Buildings Commercial Buildings
(G M – B) (PGM – CB)
Industrial Buildings
L&T Constructions (PGM – IB)
(M D – C)
Road Constructions
L&T Infrastructure (PGM – RC)
(G M – I)
L & T Ltd
(Chairman)
Power Generation
(G M – P)
L&T Technology
(M D – T) IT Services
(G M – IT)
Mutual Funds
(G M – MF)
L&T Finance
(M D – F) Micro Finance
(G M – M)
Create an OBS based on the figure given below:
Create an OBS for ABC Ltd with Executive Director as Roshan Galcha, Director of
Technical as Jose and Director of Operations as Prince, Program Managers as
Ramjith and Dilna under Director Technical and Joe and Felix under Director of
Operations, Project Managers are Gileesh and Amogh under Ramjith; Ramu and
Azhar under Dilna; Jaya and Sundar under Joe and Ashok and Raja under Felix.
Link the EPS and OBS based on the figure given below:
Give responsible managers for the created EPS structure of the company ABC Ltd
by taking from the OBS structure.
CALENDAR
Calendars enable to define available workdays and work-hours in a
day. We can also specify public holidays, recognized holidays and project-
specific work/non-workdays.