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Oracle Primavera P6 Version 8: Project and Portfolio Management

You're reading from   Oracle Primavera P6 Version 8: Project and Portfolio Management For project managers and consultants, this book will help you master the main elements of Primavera P6, together with the new features in Version 8. Lots of screenshots and clear explanations make for an easy ride.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2012
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849684682
Length 348 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Oracle Primavera P6 Version 8: Project and Portfolio Management
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Getting Started with Oracle Primavera P6 FREE CHAPTER 2. Getting Around: Understanding and Customizing the P6 Interface 3. Organizing your Projects with EPS, OBS, and WBS 4. Creating a New Project and Work Breakdown Structure 5. Adding Activities and Relationships 6. Resources 7. Scheduling and Constraints 8. Issues and Risks 9. Baselines and Statusing 10. Project Templates 11. Portfolios 12. Portfolio Analysis 13. Measuring and Scoring Projects 14. Capacity Planning and ROI 15. Dashboards 16. Resource Management Integrations Reporting Index

Creating a new project template


As mentioned, you can either create a template from an existing project, or create a template from scratch. Let's walk through the steps of creating a new template for the first time. From the main menu, choose the Projects tab and click on the Add Project Template icon:

The following screen appears, showing you the main properties to set on the new template:

A template has a number of project properties which you must fill in. These are marked by red asterisks. The other fields are optional, and are explained as follows:

  • Template ID: A short, unique name for the template.

  • Template Name: A more descriptive name for the template.

  • Description: This should describe how the template will be used, and/or where it came from.

  • EPS: The default Enterprise Project Structure (EPS) node for the template. Some companies have one special node for holding all the templates, while others will place the templates under specific EPS nodes, which represent projects with common...

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