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I still prefer to run Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote primarily in a Windows 10 environment on my Surface Pro, but I could run them all on the web in a browser. As an example, I use Office 365 on various devices based on an annual subscription. The current trend in the market is for subscriptions to Cloud based software. So as software sales declined, hosting sales increased and along with it, we recognized a market for subscription-based (Cloud) utilities to work with Primavera and other project controls tools. In 2006 we developed our hosting and managed services approach to help our clients run Primavera software in the cloud. In 2005, we felt that in 10 years selling software (then over 60% of our business) would no longer be the case (in 2015 software sales were less than 5% of our business). Oracle has done well in anticipating and adapting to the changes in the market and here we are today, heading headlong into the “Cloud Environment”. For technology providers to be successful they need to look to the future and adjust their research. One rule I learned is that nothing lasts forever.
I feel very fortunate to have witnessed since 1979, the growth of computer technology to manage projects. Believe it or not, there are still P3 users out there, in caves in Arid-zona I think. How long will that take? I think it could be at least 5 years. Just as we gave up P3 to move to P6 (Pro) we will eventually move to P6 in a web or Cloud (see Market Trends…) environment.
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So, the Windows based P6 Pro (or any Windows based software tool) will eventually come to an end. The days of using a Windows-based tool stand alone on a laptop, are numbered because of trends in the overall technology provider and user market. We have seen some remarkable changes in web technology over the past ten years and as speed and reliability improve every year, software developers will invest in web-based tools. This has been a frustrating ride for many P6 Pro users who have had to deal with the evolution of web technology from Java to connectivity to wireless speed (or lack thereof…). Most Windows software developers who could see the future are not working with Windows developed add-on apps which eventually become primary applications in a web browser environment. As project stakeholders, beyond just the schedulers, demanded more participation and functionality it became clear early on that the Windows-based environment was not the best platform for the future. While many of us expected that the Windows-based tool known today as P6 Pro would continue to evolve, it did not, primarily because of changes in technology and the market.
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I can remember starting out P3e, P3ec, P5 and P6 training classes, which were largely full of P3 expats, by making the statement “it’s no longer about you…, it’s about managing the project, not just the schedule”. What drove the functionality of the P6 application was the demand for participation by the whole project management team, not just the schedulers. This led to a variety of other tools in a variety of environments (such as Primavision – originally the name of the P3 component to produce graphics but also used as the name of the original web version of P3e). Pressure grew from other project stakeholders (besides schedulers) to be able to participate in the process and to have status and forecasts more often – as often as decisions need to be made. As P3 became the market leader in the late ‘80’s – early ‘90’s more people became exposed to the output. In the case of Primavera P6, it was CPM scheduling. The tools we use today have their roots in solving a very specific business problem.
I have a much different opinion based on three very important points. In our opinion, this is far from the case and we explain why in this article.Īs a scheduler, I can understand the authors’ frustrations and perspective based on how the Primavera product has evolved from the original P3 in “DOS” days, through the purchase of Eagle Ray (P3e in Windows) in 1999 to the Oracle acquisition in 2008 and the evolution of P6 EPPM (P6 Web) through the present day. In a recent web article in a project controls journal the author put forth a perspective that Primavera P6 is becoming extinct and cited our (DRMcNatty) support for other tools as one indication of this.
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