Primavera Integrations with special emphasis on the Cloud

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Primavera Integrations with Special Emphasis on the Cloud

Session ID#: 200560

Prepared by:

Pete Angstadt

President

Leverage Solutions Consulting, Inc.

About Pete Angstadt

• Joined Primavera in 1992

• Designer and Lead Developer of P3 Email Integration

• Lead Developer on P3 to P3e Converter - 1999

• Lead Architect of P6 Java API - 2003

• Lead Architect of P6 Web Services - 2008

• Oversaw entire P6 R8 Release – 2010

• Joined Presales Applied Technology Team – 2011

• Left Oracle – February 2015

• Founded Leverage Solutions Consulting, Inc.

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Agenda

■ Cloud Computing Introduction

■ Primavera Applications and the Cloud

■ Integrations and Extensions and the Cloud

■ Q&A

Cloud Computing Introduction

What is Cloud Computing?

■ A computing model where services (servers, storage, and applications) are delivered by a service provider via the Internet

■ Some benefits:

▪ Easy to Deploy

▪ Easy to Access

▪ Easy to Administer and Support

▪ Easy to Afford and Finance

Cloud Computing Models

■ Public Cloud

■ Private Cloud

■ Hybrid Cloud

■ Primavera SaaS offerings are hosted by:

Oracle Cloud for Industries (Not Oracle Public Cloud)

■ Non-SaaS Primavera offerings are hosted by:

Oracle Managed Cloud Services or a third party

Cloud ≠ SaaS

(SaaS is only one of the available Cloud

Computing Models)

On Premise vs Cloud Service Models

On Premise IaaS PaaS SaaS

Applications Applications Applications Applications

Data Data Data Data

Middleware Middleware Middleware Middleware

O/S O/S O/S O/S

Virtualization Virtualization Virtualization Virtualization

Servers Servers Servers Servers

Storage Storage Storage Storage

Networking Networking Networking Networking

Biggest Need:

Security

Security Begins with Product Development

■ Oracle Software Security Assurance

http://www.oracle.com/us/support/assurance/overview/index.html

Encompasses every phase of the product development

lifecycle, including:

▪ Design

▪ Build

▪ Testing

▪ Maintenance

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Biggest Need: Security (cont’d)

Moving to the Cloud

is not the same

as making an on-premise

deployment internet-facing!

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Biggest Need: Security (cont’d)

■ Some security measures to take in the Cloud:

▪ Isolate servers from networks and machines

▪ Install only necessary components

▪ Apply latest updates and security patches

▪ Run only services that are needed (e.g., directory services)

▪ Limit OS user accounts and use strict access control

▪ Protect passwords and enforce password policies

▪ Enable security auditing

▪ Ensure only non-privileged user installs and runs app server

▪ Disable or don’t install anything that is not needed

▪ …

Primavera SaaS Limitations

• All integration is via Web Services

• Database is not directly accessible

• Applications in Cloud may not call out

of hosted environment

Limitations are for good reasons!

SOAP or REST?

XML or JSON?

Q. So does it really matter:

SOAP or REST?

XML or JSON?

A. Not Really

Primavera Applications

and the Cloud

Primavera Applications

■ Designed for the Cloud

▪ Prime

▪ Instantis

▪ Unifier

■ Non-SaaS, but still can be Cloud-hosted

▪ Contract Management

▪ OPPM

■ SaaS and Cloud-ready, but some special considerations

▪ P6 EPPM

▪ Primavera Analytics

Prime

■ Designed for the Cloud, with SaaS available in the future.

■ Capital Plan Management available now

■ Integration impacts in the Cloud

▪ REST Web Services available

▪ Gateway integration with P6 SaaS

▪ No direct DB access

■ Impact migrating from on premise to cloud: MINIMAL

Instantis EnterpriseTrack



▪ REST Web Services available

▪ No direct DB access, but you weren’t doing that anyway


Unifier



▪ SOAP Web Services available

▪ Gateway integration with P6 SaaS



Contract Management

■ Not offered as SaaS, but can be hosted in the Cloud

■ Integration in the Cloud


▪ XML API available


▪ Note: P6 integrates at the DB level by default

■ Impact migrating from on premise to cloud: IT DEPENDS

OPPM

■ Not offered as SaaS, but can be hosted in the Cloud



▪ SOAP RPC availability will depend on the provider

▪ No COM interface

▪ No direct DB access. This also includes:

— No reporting views

— No staging tables


P6 EPPM

■ P6 EPPM Web

■ P6 Team Member Web / iPhone / Android, Progress Reporter

■ P6 Email Statusing

■ P6 EPPM Web Services

■ P6 Professional

■ P6 Visualizer

■ P6 SDK

■ P6 Java API

■ Primavera Analytics

■ Primavera Risk Analysis

■ Plus many supporting applications:

OBIEE, BPM, AutoVue, OAM, OIM, OID, etc.

P6 EPPM – Cloud Connect

■ Enables desktop applications to work with P6 SaaS:

▪ P6 Professional

▪ Visualizer

■ No SDK support, and no plans to support this

▪ SDK applications should be migrated to Web Services

P6 EPPM – Java API

■ Java API is not supported with P6 SaaS

■ Java API applications need to be migrated to Web Services

P6 EPPM – Eventing Framework

■ P6 Eventing Framework supported on-premise with:

▪ P6 Web, P6 Web Services and P6 Java API

▪ Not P6 Professional

■ Not supported at all with P6 SaaS at this time

▪ Similar problem with DB-level events via Advanced Queuing

■ Workaround – use a different integration pattern

▪ E.g., “polling”

Primavera Analytics

■ Available for P6 and Unifier


▪ Analytics SaaS uses P6 and Unifier data in the Cloud



■ Impact migrating from on premise to cloud: USUALLY MINIMAL

P6 EPPM – Risk Analysis

■ Risk Analysis is a desktop application

■ Integration via P6 Web Services supported since P6 8.0

■ Impact migrating P6 from on premise to cloud: MINIMAL

P6 EPPM

■ P6 SaaS available now



▪ No SDK (migrate to Web Services)

▪ No Java API (migrate to Web Services)

▪ No Eventing Framework (use other pattern, or wait for support)



Integrations and Extensions

and the Cloud

Point-to-Point

■ Direct integration


▪ Applications in Cloud may not

call out of hosted environment

▪ Communicate via Primavera’s

Web Services

■ OCI will not host third party integrations. Instead use:

▪ On premise

▪ Hosted via IaaS or PaaS

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P6 EPPMProvider

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InstantisProvider

SAPProvider

EBSProvider

VCPProvider

PartnerProviders

Graphical User Interface

■ Gateway available in Cloud for integrating Primavera apps

▪ E.g., P6 EPPM with Unifier

■ Use on-premise or IaaS-hosted Gateway for other integrations

AuditingScheduling

Comparing

Hub and Spoke

■ Uses process hub


▪ Applications in Cloud may not

call out of hosted environment


Web Services

■ OCI will not host third party integration. Have the hub:

▪ On premise

▪ Hosted via IaaS

Primavera

Other

App

Other

App

Other

App

Process

Hub

Other

App

Other

App

ESB-Based (SOA or Otherwise)

■ Uses enterprise service bus


▪ Applications in Cloud may not call

out of hosted environment


Web Services

■ OCI will not host third party integration. Have the ESB:

▪ On premise

▪ Hosted via IaaS

Primavera

Other

App

Other

App

Oracle Business Process Management

■ Available with P6 SaaS offering

■ Develop business processes for P6 EPPM

■ If integrating applications outside of the hosted environment,

▪ BPM must then be running elsewhere

▪ P6 would be accessed via Web Services

▪ P6 Workflow portlet would not function in this case with P6 SaaS

■ Impact migrating from on premise to cloud: USUALLY MINIMAL

What about Extensions?

■ “Extension” is used to describe a process whose sole purpose is to extend the functionality of another application

■ Extension in the Cloud

▪ Communicate via Primavera’s Web Services

■ OCI will not host extensions, except via BPM.

▪ As an alternative, the extension can be

— On premise

— Hosted via IaaS or PaaS

Primavera

Extension

Contact Us

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Pete Angstadt, President

[email protected]

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