What Schedulers Must Know About Primavera P6 vs OPC (Oracle Primavera Cloud)

About this episode

This episode explores the differences between Oracle Primavera P6 and Oracle Primavera Cloud, featuring insights from product management experts at Oracle.

In this episode we dive into scheduling software Oracle Primavera P6 and Oracle Primavera Cloud. The Challenge Nearly every major construction project in the world has touched Primavera P6 at some point. It is the godfather of scheduling software. But Oracle has been quietly building something entirely different -- Oracle Primavera Cloud -- and it is not just P6 with a web browser. That distinction matters, and most schedulers don't fully understand it yet. We sat down with Chad Wattendorf, Director of Product Management for P6 and OPC at Oracle, and Garrett Harley, Director of Product Marketing for Oracle Primavera Cloud and P6, to get straight answers on what's changing, what's staying, and what every planner needs to know right now. Continue Learning Check out our book The Critical Path Career: How to Advance in Construction Planning and Scheduling Subscribe to the Beyond Deadlines Email Newsletter Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Beyond Deadlines⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linkedin Newsletter ⁠⁠Check Out Our YouTube Channel⁠⁠ . Connect Follow ⁠⁠⁠Micah⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Greg⁠⁠⁠ , and ⁠⁠Beyond Deadlines⁠⁠ on LinkedIn. Beyond Deadline It's time to raise your career to new heights with Beyond Deadlines , the ultimate…

People in this episode

Hosts: Micah Piippo, Greg Lawton

Guests: Chad Wattendorf, Garrett Harley

Topics covered

• scheduling software
• construction project management
• Oracle Primavera P6
• Oracle Primavera Cloud
• product management
• planning and scheduling

Keywords

• Primavera P6
• Primavera Cloud
• scheduling software
• construction planning
• project management
• Oracle
• Chad Wattendorf
• Garrett Harley

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Oracle

Products: Oracle Primavera P6, Oracle Primavera Cloud

Books & works: The Critical Path Career: How to Advance in Construction Planning and Scheduling

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