Oracle Primavera is the leading Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) solution for project-intensive industries. It offers best-in-class capabilities focused on mission critical PPM requirements of industries like engineering & construction, discrete and process manufacturing, public administration, financial services and others. Oracle Primavera enables enterprise agility, team productivity, portfolio predictability and overall project management efficiency. The result is the ability to drive down costs, minimize risk and deliver results to key stakeholders.
Primavera software was established in 1983 by Joel Koppleman and Dick Faris in Philedalphia, USA. Primavera have been the defacto project management software used by over 75,000 companies worldwide to successfully manage project, programmes and portfolios. To help expand its product capabilities, Primavera acquired Eagle Ray Software Systems in 1999, Evolve Technologies (a professional services automation vendor) in 2003, ProSight (an IT portfolio management software vendor) in 2006, and in the same year, Pertmaster (a project risk management software vendor).
Primavera core strength has been always project scheduling but with the evolution in project management practice over the years, Primavera have successfully transformed its core functionality from scheduling tool used by planners to full a blown project portfolio management solution used by the entire project team and executives.
In 2008, Oracle announced it was acquiring Primavera, turning it into the Primavera Global Business Unit (PGBU). With the acquisition by Oracle Primavera software have gone through in many enhancements and currently Oracle Primavera is the leader in Project Portfolio Management market segment.
In Malaysia major iconic projects like KLCC, KLIA, Putrajaya, Cyberjaya, LRT was successfully delivered using Primavera solution. Apart from construction industry, Primavera have been deployed in oil & gas industry in Malaysia by Petronas as preferred solution to manage capital projects and maintenance/shutdown projects.
In a recent survey and analysis conducted by Economist Intelligence Unit sponsored by Oracle on 213 senior executives and project managers worldwide and in-depth interviews with nine executives and project management experts in various industry vertical the following is the outcome of the survey.

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- Evaluate and select optimal project schedule scenarios, including performing “what-if” analysis.
- Create role-based capacity plans based on project resource demands
- Optimize roles and resources to maximize ROI.
- Easily communicate project plan changes.
- Robust tools make it easy to plan and manage multiple projects at the same time—and ensure optimal use of resources.
- Evaluate and select optimal project schedule scenarios, including performing “what-if” analysis.
- Create role-based capacity plans based on project resource demands.
- Optimize roles and resources to maximize ROI.
- Easily communicate project plan changes.


- Collaboratively define tasks, determine due dates and commit to completion plans
- Easily visualize and revise plans using a color-coded digital planning board
- Coordinate Lean tasks using mobile devices, web interface, and collaborative meetings
- Automatically generate and capture key performance metrics, including planned percent complete (PPC)
- Identify trends that limit team productivity
- Integrate with the master schedule to improve visibility for all stakeholders, enhance project data management, and make better decisions.

- Analyse project portfolio activity, status, and success metrics
- Easily compare key project information and KPIs with robust dashboards
- Share performance improvement results with across stakeholders
- Gain faster agreement on project budgets with real-time collaboration
- Gain full visibility to evaluate portfolio health and performance throughout the project lifecycle.
- Analyse project portfolio activity, status, and success metrics
- Easily compare key project information and KPIs with robust dashboards
- Share performance improvement results with across stakeholders
- Gain faster agreement on project budgets with real-time collaboration

- Track potential risks and opportunities at both project and activity levels
- Manage response plans to determine the best courses of action
- View and analyse risk scores, probabilities, and thresholds for each individual risk or response item
- Incorporate schedule and risk data to produce histogram curves showing expected time and cost outcomes, and the probability of achieving each one
- Include schedule uncertainty to provide greater visibility into potential outcomes
- Analyse mean impact diagrams to determine risks and activities that have the greatest impact on a project’s schedule