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How to Implement Oracle

Project Management in 60 days

NorCal OAUG Training Day 2009

Timothy Cronin
Cronin Business Solutions
About Cronin Business Solutions…
Experts in the Oracle Projects suite…

Contact Information:

Timothy Cronin, President

Telephone: 954.243.3101
eMail: tcronin@croninINC.com
Web: www.croninINC.com

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Agenda…
This presentation will address the following topics…

• Oracle Project Management Overview

• 60 Day Plan to Implement Project Management

• Configuration Considerations

• Pitfalls, Common Mistakes and Lessons Learned

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 Overview

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The Projects Suite…

Oracle Projects Intelligence

Oracle Project Oracle Project Oracle Project Oracle Project

Management Portfolio Resource Contracts

Oracle Project Planning Management

Collaboration Oracle Project
Oracle Project Oracle Project Manufacturing
Billing Costing
Oracle Time
and Labor Global Project
Oracle Project
Foundation Repository

Personalized
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 Oracle Project Management…
Manage Manage HTML
Workplans Budgets Portal /
Forecasts Dashboard

Integrate with
Assign task View Gantt
MS Project
weighing Charts

• Create, manage and version workplans • Manage issues at a project or

• Track progress against plan task level
• Integrate with MS Project • View Gantt charts
• Create budgets / forecasts to completion • Create work plan dependencies
• Provide real time project overview via • Manage change orders
a HTML portal
Oracle Project
Management

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Oracle Project Collaboration…

Collaborative Secure
Workspace HTML Oracle Project
Collaboration

Visibility to tasks, Document

issues and Versioning
deliverables

• Provides a secure collaborative workspace

• Visibility to assigned tasks, issues and deliverables
• Single document repository with versioning capabilities
• Related to Oracle Project Management

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 The 60 Day Plan

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 The 60 Day Plan: High-level plan…

Patching Training

Roles and Responsibility

Upgrade Projects to FPM

Load Project Performance

Personalizations

MS Integration

Status Reporting

Team Member Page

.

Exception Reporting

Day 0 Day 5 Day 10 Day 15 Day 20 Day 25 Day 30 Day 35 Day 40 Day 45 Day 50 Day 55 Day 60
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 Patches and Packs

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Projects Suite Family/Maintenance Packs 11i…
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Version Version
11i 11.5.7
(11.5) Version M Rollup
Family Pack
Released H 11.5.10 2, 3, 4
Family Pack
L

Version Version Version

11.5.3 11.5.8 11.5.10
Family Pack Family Pack Family Pack
B J L.10

Version
Version Version
11.5.4
11.5.9 11.5.10
Family Pack
Family Pack Family Pack
D
K M

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Patches and Packs…
Apply the Family Pack M Patch – Rollup 4 to your instance
•Metalink note 302074.1 details the patches necessary to
upgrade to Family Pack M

•Patch 5644830: Oracle Projects Rollup Patch 4 for Oracle

Projects Family Pack M (11i.PJ_PF.M)

•Rollup 5 does not exist yet, however, there are a series of

additional patches that may be needed to support targeted
functionality

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 Responsibilities and
Role Based Security

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Responsibility Based Security…
The Oracle Projects Suite contains the following predefined
responsibilities:

• HTML Based • Forms Based

– Project Super User – Project Costing Super User
– Project Manager – Project Billing Super User
– Project Administrator – Projects Implementation Super
User
– Resource Manager
– Project Manager (Non-HTML)
– Staffing Manager
– Operations Manager
– Team Member

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Role Based Security…
Role Based Security is a key component of Oracle Project
Management’s security functionality

• Role based security controls access based on the role the

user plays on a project

• Access for a user can be different on each project

• Role based security overrides responsibility based security

for individual users

• Provides additional features for specific modules such as

Resource MGT and Contracts

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 Upgrading Projects

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Upgrading Projects…
The following steps are necessary to upgrade projects for
Project Management
Configuration Steps

• Set Licensing Profile Options

• Upgrade Resource Lists to Planning Resource Lists
–UPG: Upgrade Resource List To Planning Resource List
• Enable Financial Plan, Workplan and Deliverable Structures
for specific projects
• Assign yourself as a key member with an appropriate Role
• Upgrade Budgets
–UPG: Upgrade Budget Types and Budget Versions
• Configure Workplan settings
• Configure Financial Plan settings
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Upgrading Projects…
Upgrade Resource Lists to Planning Resource Lists
Configuration Steps:
• This configuration allows existing resource lists to be used as Planning
Resource Lists and Resource Breakdown Structures

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Upgrading Projects…
Enable Structures

Configuration Steps:
• Setup with Workplan
• Navigate: Forms – Setup- Projects- Project Templates- Query Project -
Structures

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Upgrading Projects…
Assign Key Members to Projects
Configuration Steps:
• Family Pack M grants access based on roles assigned in the Key Members
form or the equitant HTML functionality
• Navigate: Forms – Setup- Projects- Project Templates- Query Project – Key
Members

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Upgrading Projects…
Upgrade Budgets
Configuration Steps:
• This concurrent process will migrate your budgets from forms to HTML

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Upgrading Projects…
Upgrade Budgets
Configuration Steps:
• This concurrent process will migrate your budgets from forms to HTML

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Upgrading Projects…
Configure Workplan Settings

Configuration Steps:
• Navigate to your workplan in Family Pack M (HTML) – Setup:
– Configure Settings
– Configure Progress
– Configure Workplan Structure Information

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Upgrading Projects…
Enable Financial Plan Settings

Configuration Steps:
• Setup the Financial Plan
• Navigate: Forms – Setup- Projects- Project Templates- Query Project –
Financial Plan - Settings

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 MS Excel Integration

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MS Excel Integration…
Oracle Project Management Provides standard MS
Excel Integration via ADI

Users can build budgets in Oracle Project Management

using MS Excel
–The integration is supported by standard functionality
–Ability to integrate:
• Actuals

• Quantity

• Raw Cost
• Burdened Cost

–The following patch is needed to support MS Excel Integration:

• Patch 5367017

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 MS Excel Integration…
Oracle Project Management standard MS Excel Integration
Configuration Steps:
• Financial Plan – Budget Version – Export to Excel

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 MS Excel Integration…
Oracle Project Management standard MS Excel Integration
Microsoft Excel Interface:
– Note the “Oracle” menu plug-in that is added to Excel

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 Project Performance
Reporting

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Project Performance Reporting…
Project Performance Reporting is the next generation
of PSI

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Project Performance Reporting…
Project Performance Reporting is the next generation
of PSI

Configuration Steps to Load Project Performance

Reporting…
–PRC: Load Project and Resource Base Summaries
–PRC: Load Project Performance Data
–PRC: Update Project and Resource Base Summaries
–PRC: Update Project Performance Data

• Refer to Metalink Note 364621.1 for a detailed Overview and FAQ

for Project Performance Reporting
• Ensure that you have adequate table space to perform the load
–Refer to Metalink Note 311745.1 for table space suggestions

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 Revenue and Billing
Summary

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Revenue and Billing Summary…
Project Performance Reporting will also load a
Revenue and Billing summary

Revenue and Billing Summary

– Navigate: Financial Tab – Billing

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 Personalizations

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Personalizations…
You can personalize views in Oracle Project
Management using standard functionality

Most Project Management pages can be personalized

using standard functionality
–Pages that can be personalized include:
• Workplan – Published
• Workplan – Working
• Deliverables
• Issues
• Change Requests
• Change Orders
• Financial Plan – Versions
• Percent Complete
• Tasks
• Task Summary
• Resource Summary
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Personalizations…
Oracle Project Management provides extensive
personalization functionality

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 Exception Reporting

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Exception Reporting…
Oracle Project Management provides extensive Exception
Reporting features

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Exception Reporting…
Oracle Project Management provides extensive Exception
Reporting features

Exception Reporting Considerations:

• Define and assign Key Performance Areas and Scoring Rules
• Optional: Create Custom Performance Rules
• Assign Performance Rules to your project or Template
–Navigate to the Project Template or Project in HTML – Reporting
Tab – Setup – Performance Rules
• Run PRC: PRC: Generate Performance Scores and Notifications

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Exception Reporting…
Oracle Project Management provides extensive Exception
Reporting features

Exception Reporting Considerations:

• Define and assign Key Performance Areas and Scoring Rules
• Optional: Create Custom Performance Rules
• Assign Performance Rules to your project or Template
–Navigate to the Project Template or Project in HTML – Reporting
Tab – Setup – Performance Rules
• Run PRC: PRC: Generate Performance Scores and Notifications

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 Status Reporting

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Status Reporting…
Oracle Project Management provides robust status
reporting functionality

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Status Reporting…
Oracle Project Management provides robust status
reporting functionality

Status Reporting Configurations:

• Optional: Define Status Report Sections
• Create and Assign a Status Report to your Project Template or
Project
–Navigate: Query Project or Template in HTML – Reporting Tab –
Setup – Status Reports – Add Status Report – Define:
• Effective Dates
• Layout

• Reporting Cycle
• Approval Options
• Reminder Rules
• Navigate: Reporting Tab – Status Reports – Create Status Report

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 Team Member
Home Page

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Team Member Home Page…
The Team Member Home Page Provides a collaborative
space for your project

Manage your project with

the Team Member Home
Page
• View Owned Work
• Manage Issues
• Review Assigned Actions
• Update Progress
• Manage Deliverables
• Manage Change Documents

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Team Member Home Page…
The Team Member Home Page requires limited
configuration

If you have configured any of the following features, they will

be available on the Team Member Home Page:

Deliverables
Issues
Progress
Change Documents
Owned Work
Etc…

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 MS Project
Integration

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MSP Integration…
Oracle Project Management provides extensive
Microsoft Project Integration
Microsoft Project Integration
allows for extensive integration
with Oracle Project
Management
• Create Workplan Tasks
• Create Financial Plan Tasks
• Delete Tasks
• Manage Resources
• Manage Progress
• Interface actual Cost to Microsoft
• Integrate detailed schedule data
• Manage resource loaded plans
• Store plan versions
• Role Based Security
Please apply Patch 5367017 to support this feature
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MSP Integration…
Oracle Project Management provides extensive Microsoft
Project Integration

Configuration Considerations:
•Structures
–MSP Integration works differently depending on the Structure
assigned to the project
•Install MSP Integration
–Navigate: Project Super User – Setup – Microsoft Project
Integration Installation
•Complex Project Plans are exception prone
–Detailed resource loaded schedule integration needs expertise
with MSP and Oracle Project Management
•Recommended Integration Settings
–Use MSP to define large numbers of tasks and interface to either
the Workplan or the Financial Plan
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 Lessons Learned

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Lessons Learned, Pitfalls and Common Mistakes…
Our experience tells us:
•Rollout Project Management slowly
–This reduces risk and allows for a longer training period
•Ensure that there is adequate training
–We recommend UPK (User Productivity Kit)
•Obtain Executive Buy in for the effort
•Advertise the benefits of Oracle Project Management
–Collaborative Environment
–Project Performance Reporting
–Exception Reporting
–MSP Integration
•Develop Super Users
–A strong Super User community can reduce risk and improve
implementation success

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About Cronin Business Solutions…
Experts in the Oracle Projects suite…

Contact Information:

Timothy Cronin, President

Telephone: 954.243.3101
eMail: tcronin@croninINC.com
Web: www.croninINC.com

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