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# [Primavera P6 Implementation](https://www.pinnaclemanagement.com/blog/primavera-p6-implementation)

 Written by [Pinnacle Management Systems, Inc.](https://www.pinnaclemanagement.com/blog/author/pinnacle-management-systems-inc) | Thursday, May 28, 2009

Primavera P6 can be implemented as a single-project scheduling tool or a complete [Enterprise Project Management](https://www.pinnaclemanagement.com/enterprise-project-management/172) application serving hundreds or thousands of projects and users. Pinnacle’s largest implementation supported 7,000 users on 4 continents.

For a *project-scheduling focused implementation* some of the questions you need to consider are:

- What type(s) of resource management are required? Do you need to use resource calendars or resource shifts?
- Projects share a resource pool so how will the resource pool be organized?
- Will templates be used for building project plans? Will Methodology Manager be used?
- How will baselines and change control be implemented?
- How will rolling wave schedules be implemented?
- Do you need consistency in the project WBS’s that are used?
- Is there any standard coding of projects, activities, or resources that is needed?

For implementations with a *broader focus*, the following questions will come into play:

- Primavera’s scheduling engine is very sophisticated. Are your users ready to deal with the potential complexity? What type of training and support aids are needed?
- Will the Primavera timesheet application be used to status activities? What will the approval workflow be?
- How are projects organized into the Enterprise Project Structure? You may want to consider organizing projects into portfolios.
- Will you represent all work in the organization in P6? i.e. non-project work as well as project work? If so, how will non-project work be represented in the project scheduling application?
- How do user-roles map to the functionality of P6?
- If Primavera Web is going to be used what dashboards are going to be displayed for each user-role?

Pinnacle’s implementation approach has been refined over many years on large and small engagements. Our approach emphasizes user-participation, is adaptable, and will guide you through the pros and cons of alternatives to each of the questions above.  The goal of our implementation approach is successful [adoption](https://www.pinnaclemanagement.com/adoption-enterprise-project-management/160) of the new system.

Deploying software applications usually involves the following phases:

- **Requirements/Architecture** – agree the basic requirements and technical approach. Includes role definitions, user-scenario development and technical architecture.
- **Prototyping/Configuration** – building prototypes to support decision making
- **Development** – build any custom migration, integration or reporting that is required
- **End to End Testing** – test the applications from end to end
- **Deployment, Documentation and [Training](https://www.pinnaclemanagement.com/training)**– iteratively deploy functionality to the users

Learn more about our [Oracle Primavera](https://www.pinnaclemanagement.com/technology/oracle-primavera) services.

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