Christine KellySr Consultant/Project Manager| EsriNew York, Ny, United States
Does anyone have any advice or insight into pitfalls and issues when converting from using MS Project to using Primavera? Saving Changes...
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Don KimPROJECT-TO-PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT EXPERT| Seeking opportunitiesSacramento, CA, United States
If your talking about converting MS Project files to ones that can be used in Primavera, I'm sure there is some feature that allows you to upload a MS Project schedule to a Primavera one. I manage a similar product called Planview and it has this feature and it is trivial to use.
Now if your talking about taking a department or whole organization that is using siloed MS Project based planning to one that will be using a centralized Primavera PPM based planning, there would be so many issues and pitfalls to look into that it would require a book to discuss them in detail! If this is the case, I'd look into some of their white papers and ask others who are using Primavera what they did.
Good luck! Saving Changes...
Christine KellySr Consultant/Project Manager| EsriNew York, Ny, United States
Thanks, we are talking about converting an entire organization to Primavera. Will look into their white papers. Saving Changes...
Gary HarveyVP Technical Services| PinnacleVienna, Va, United States
#1 priority is to make sure that your end-users (today's MSP users) understand how to use the new tool.
My experience of having done this a few times is that some of your user population will adapt to Primavera quickly and appreciate the stronger scheduling discipline it is based around. Most of your users will need some coaxing and considerable training for them to adapt. You will have a few who will hate Primavera and fight it all the way.
Identify the influencers in your organization, involve them in making decisions about the deployment/migration and use them as champions. Set expectations with management that there will be some pushback but that it is worth it in the end. Saving Changes...
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