{"id":32297,"date":"2015-10-01t17:51:58","date_gmt":"2015-10-01t21:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.deco-dalles.com\/?p=32297"},"modified":"2019-10-18t11:03:57","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18t15:03:57","slug":"p6-eppm-not-a-replacement-for-primavera-p6-professional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.deco-dalles.com\/p6-eppm-not-a-replacement-for-primavera-p6-professional\/","title":{"rendered":"p6 eppm is not a replacement for primavera p6 professional"},"content":{"rendered":"

everyone assumes p6 eppm is a web-based replacement for p6 professional. and perhaps that’s what they were told by marketing, but since p6 eppm’s release, it’s been pretty clear to some that p6 eppm cannot do what primavera p6 professional can do<\/a>.<\/p>\n

and vice versa – p6 eppm excels at some processes that p6 professional can’t dream of doing.<\/p>\n

p6 professional users who have experimented with replacing their beloved windows-based planning tool with p6 eppm have been sadly disappointed – and more often, very frustrated. many have reported reverting to p6 professional, abandoning attempts to squeeze value out of p6 eppm.<\/p>\n

the problem we have is not entirely the software. it’s more likely\u00a0what we’ve been told\u00a0about the software and what it will do.<\/p>\n

maybe you’ve heard that p6 eppm is a web-based version of p6 professional. maybe\u00a0we all just assumed.<\/p>\n

but let me take you on a deep-dive of how to best leverage both of these tools.<\/p>\n

primavera p6 eppm is not a replacement for primavera p6 professional<\/h2>\n

organizations from all industries that are serious about implemented project management software are coming at the problem from differing maturity levels.<\/p>\n

all companies are at different maturities levels<\/a> in their project management capabilities. yes, there are plenty of models about project management maturity out there, like pmi’s opm3 or pm solutions’ pmmm. so i’ve tried to keep it simple and mashed this graphic together to represent a simplified project management maturity model.<\/p>\n

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the idea is that you start in the bottom left and as your organization matures, you’ll find yourself in the top-right cheering on your excellence in porfolio management.<\/p>\n

does this model fit for every organization? it’s pretty clear that it doesn’t. many contract companies move from project to project and may never engage in\u00a0programme or portfolio management. others will implement pmos and standards like iso 21504<\/a>.<\/p>\n

where does primavera p6 professional fit in the project management maturity model?<\/h2>\n

primavera p6 professional has a lot going for it. let’s consider, for example, p6 professional’s capabilities:<\/p>\n