Upgrading to Primavera Pertmaster v8.2®
Pertmaster 8.2 includes enhancements to importing, analysis and reporting functionality.
Importing:
- Better integration with Microsoft Project – supports importing MSP subprojects and additional MSP user fields.
Analysis enhancements:
- Relationship Diagramming method (RDM) – allows the restraints and relationships between activities to be defined. This is useful in delay and claims analysis.
- Weather modeling pre-installed (Risk Expert only) – previously available as a separate download, now included. Allows time/calendar dependent risks (e.g. hurricanes) to be included in the risk analysis model.
Reporting enhancements:
- Crystal Reports format Risk Register reports – common reports are now in the Crystal report format. This allows for easier customization of Risk Register reports.
- Schedule Check – now includes explanations of the schedule check warnings. The warnings can now be displayed in a separate Gantt view in Pertmaster
For more information on the enhancements, review the following Knowledgebase Solutions in the free Pertmaster section of POINT (Primavera Online Interaction).
- Download and Installation Instructions: prim65187
- New features and fixes: prim65075
Primavera Pertmaster v8®
Pertmaster v8 provides a new level of usability through enhanced user interfaces, a new look-and-feel and methodology-oriented views and worksheets.
Improved Usability
Enhanced usability with easier-to-use risk menus and new updated look and feel.
- Updated Gantt Chart: interactive embedded graphical risk indicators, in line activity details, tabbed views.
- Microsoft Office Toolbars: fully customizable toolbars that can be adapted to specific risk methodologies.
- Multiple views: commonly used views now grouped together into workspaces and sheets.
- New simplified resource and cost modeling: standard and advanced cost modes enable quick and easy modeling of costs/resources while retaining optional advanced features.
Extended Functionality
New risk management and schedule integration functionality for enhanced risk analysis.
- Unlimited User Field and Activity Code Support
- New risk histogram and tornado views with interactive drill down capabilities, multiple highlighters
- New risk scatter view with the interactive confidence crosshairs
- New probabilistic cashflow analysis with the ability to filter by cost type
Web-based Reporting
Improved reporting with the ability to easily customize through HTML style sheets.
- New Schedule Checker Report
- Distribution Analyzer Report
- Web-based customizable risk register reports
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