New Features in P3 2.

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Interactive PERT (Primaveras Easy Relationship Tracing) View Cosmic view Trace logic view Zoom capabilities Over 15 preset activity box templates Activity box content configuration Activity box ends shape and color configuration Relationship line color and style configuration Activity grouping options Activity insert, extract and dissolve options WYSIWYG print preview and printing Full keyboard navigation support

PERT is a powerful yet intuitive analysis tool which makes it easier to identify potential bottlenecks and understand the impact of change on the flow of a project. PERT enables you to build schedules, analyze problems and critical paths, and to easily produce graphic reports.

Resource Management

Unlimited resource calendars Activity splitting, stretching, and crunching based on resource availability Resource dates displayed on bars Resource dates in Resources form Resource bars Ability to simultaneously level 500 resources (up from 125)

P3s resource calendars allow managers to more precisely assign and track individual, high-value resources down to the hour. You can enter resources into projects as hierarchical structures with roll-up summary abilities and use resource availability to calculate the duration of resource-driven activities. P3s resource leveling options allow users to split, stretch and/or crunch activities based on availability.

Internet Support/Web Wizards Web Publishing Wizard for publishing HTML reports on a Web page Direct link to Primaveras Web home page and technical support page Send Mail Wizard with independent E-mail progress sheet (Primavera Post Office) Hyperlinks to web pages in Activity Logs

P3's Web Wizard automatically builds and updates structured web pages from P3 reports. It does much more than just export HTML reports from P3, it actually builds a summary reporting mechanism which arranges different reports into a multi-level structure which can be "drilled-down" into to find more detailed information.

Primavera Post Office

P3 offers extensive communication support allowing project managers and team members to exchange project data through any MAPI or VIM compliant mail system. The Primavera Post Office is a front-end applet which allows team members to open Primavera-generated mail messages to be viewed and updated in a simple, tabular format. This Web Wizard has been included for more efficient e-mail creation by allowing e-mail addresses to be built-into its activity coding dictionary, allowing the manager to simultaneously broadcast unique messages to everyone on the project team.

Activity Columns and Bar Enhancements Totals and subtotals in activity table by group code with summarized column data and bar Bar color/pattern (hatching) by activity code Necking of bars for non-work time (out-of-sequence progress, holidays, weekends) Enhanced placement of activity log text on bars Ability to add a blank column Display resource dates in columns Display activity type in columns Show resource ID or resource description in the columns Display milestones on summary bars Ability to show/hide critical color on individual bar types Improved positioning of text on bars Current percent complete on target bar Option to show day of week in timescale Ability to set ordinal start date for ordinal timescale Ability to show manufacturing weeks and days in the timescale Ability to show calendar dates along with ordinal dates in the timescale

Filter and Organize Enhancements Append to current set of activities/remove from current set of activities Filter on activity type Filter on longest path Filter within a restricted access filter Transfer individual filter specifications Select activities by filter (for copying to clipboard, etc.) Display resource profile for selected activities only Jump to predecessor/successor not in current filter Find activity outside of a filter Organize by WBS Select levels of WBS to Organize by Set color by WBS level Option to display/hide empty WBS bands Option to hide unassigned and uncategorized activities Show group title/value bands in Bar area Organize by activity type Ability to jump between bands when organized Reports Rich text format (RTF) font support for custom report writer, matrix and resource/cost loading reports Increase resource limit from 500 to 1000 in tabular, control, and earned value reports. Enhancements to loading report Display activity type and leveling type in custom report writer and matrix reports Backup/Restore Added support for ZIP format Backup to floppy without overwriting the floppy's contents Added support for mailing projects (subprojects) Ability to exclude layout specifications

Miscellaneous Enhancements Additional activity types: independent, meeting, WBS Add activity without the Activity form Automatic activity numbering for new activities Dissolve and extract activities in Bar chart view Autolink when adding activities in Bar chart view Repeat group title band on next page for output when page-break by code Additional date formats Display work period number on pop-up calendar with jump to functionality New project naming conventions: project groups and projects (previously called master project and subprojects) Windows Metafile support (Preview Picture) Ability to edit the Project Overview dialog box from within an open project Option to show a histogram on selected activities only Set the maximum height of the resource/cost profile for output Batch support of resource calendars, activity and leveling type, and ability to define project overview information when adding a subproject (project) through Batch. Uninstall function Additional set languages for use in P3 (27, up from 11) Microsoft Office Compliant Interface (Logo applied for) Bubble help available for all toolbar icons Windows 95 right-click support for Bar and PERT views Database engine upgraded to Btrieve 6.15, allowing direct SQL queries from Btrieve Technologies Scalable/SQL product