What it does
Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) is Oracle's project-planning and scheduling product for managing projects, programs, and portfolios. Oracle describes tools for globally prioritizing and executing work, managing project schedules, coordinating resources and roles, and tracking progress across projects. It is intended for organizations with formal project controls rather than teams seeking a lightweight shared task list.
Primavera P6 EPPM is designed for planners and project controls teams working across large programs or portfolios. Oracle positions it for prioritizing, planning, managing, and executing projects, and its product page highlights CPM schedules, resource and role utilization, cost-and-schedule management, and project progress measurement. A planner can use the schedule and portfolio information to review delivery timing and resource needs across multiple projects.
For an illustrative capital program, the planning office could maintain project schedules, compare progress with plan, and use the portfolio view to identify where a proposed change may affect timing or resources. Oracle's page describes multiuser schedule access and the ability to open and schedule multiple projects simultaneously. The product page directs visitors to contact Oracle; public pricing and plan limits were not established in the material reviewed. See the Primavera P6 EPPM overview.
Strengths
- Primavera P6 EPPM is designed to plan and execute projects, programs, and portfolios.
- Oracle documents CPM scheduling and the ability to work with multiple project schedules.
- Project progress and resource information can support portfolio-level planning.
Best for
- Project controls teams scheduling large, interdependent programs
- Organizations comparing project progress, resource use, and portfolio plans