What this book covers

Chapter 1, Welcome to Oracle Primavera Contract Management v14, deals with the basics of a contract and the need for a management tool as well as the different modules included in PCM.

Chapter 2, Information Overload, deals with all the different types of information that needs to be managed on a project and how to classify and store the information.

Chapter 3, So Much to Manage, dives deeper into the types of information on a project and how to register that into PCM.

Chapter 4, The Almighty Spreadsheet, looks at the usage of the spreadsheet as a replacement for a comprehensive tool like PCM; the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Chapter 5, There Is a Better Way, looks at the reasons for needing a tool like PCM to manage and secure all this information.

Chapter 6, The Big Picture, looks at PCM specifically at a high level, the basics behind how it works and how to use it.

Chapter 7, System versus Silo, looks at the differences between the silo approach to management and the system approach and how PCM satisfies the needs of your organization.

Chapter 8, Follow the Money, looks into the details of managing the money side of your project. These are the nuts and bolts of the core of PCM.

Chapter 9, The Only Constant Is Change, looks at the detailed contract change process. You will learn some best practices of setting up the workflow for your organization.

Chapter 10, Time to Get Paid, looks at the payment process in PCM. Getting paid and paying your contractors is important to a successful organization.

Chapter 11, Reading your Crystal Ball, looks at the forecasting process you can use to look into the future on your project.

Chapter 12, Managing Drawings, looks into the management of the drawings or technical documents on your project. Learn how to understand who has which revision of which drawing.

Chapter 13, Processing Submittals, deals with how to properly manage your submittal log rather than just recording history.

Chapter 14, Out in the Field, looks at many of the other modules in PCM usually managed out in the field including RFIs, Meeting Minutes, Daily Reports, and others.

Chapter 15, P6 and PCM, looks at the integration points between these two pillars of the Primavera suite of tools.

Chapter 16, Where Do We Go from Here, teaches you how to get started and properly implement and train PCM to allow your organization to be above your competition.

Chapter 17, The New Contract Management Tool, was added after the announcement that Primavera Unifier is the new direction for contract management using the Skire platform purchased by Oracle in 2012.