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Primavera P6V8.2 key Features

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Primavera P6V8.2 is the world’s leading solution for prioritizing, planning, and executing projects, programs and portfolios. It is an integrated Project Portfolio Management (PPM) solution comprising role-specific functionality to match each team member’s needs and responsibilities.

P6 Web client

This tool eliminates the need to load software on to a PC.It is used to manage the EPPM database, functions such as adding users and user access etc. P6 Progress reporter is a time sheet application accessed through a web browser. P6 Team member is a progress update application accessed through a web browser and was extended to provide the ability to update progress via iphone application or email.

New Exclusive Mode You can now open one or more projects exclusively. This enables you to prevent others from updating a project while you run reports, schedule projects, level resources, or take other actions while ensuring the project data do change.

New Location Data

New global enterprise data for locations enable you to create a list of locations, including the street address and the longitude and latitude. If you do not know the longitude and latitude, you can find them if you have geolocation\service connected to P6. You can also find an address based on the longitude and latitude. You can assign locations to projects, resources and activities, and you can report on data by location in P6 Analytics. You can also group, sort, and filter by location in various views. You can also import new locations into P6 from a Microsoft Excel (.xls) file.

New Import/Export Support for Microsoft Project 2010

You can now export P6 projects as Microsoft Project XML 2010 files, as well as import Microsoft Project 2010 files.

Enhanced Scaling Options when Printing                                                          Three new scaling options are available when printing from the Activities, EPS, and Assignments pages.

New Dissolve Activities Support

When you delete an activity, a chain of logical activities might be broken. You can use the new Dissolve option to delete the activity but join the predecessors and successors and create the appropriate relationships between them. The dissolve option is available from the right click menu, Actions menu, and the toolbar of the Activities view when you select a single activity that has both predecessors and successors.

New Copy Issue Forms Support

When you copy projects, create templates, or create projects from templates, issue forms are also copied.

Additional Fields in Predecessor/Successor Tabs

Additional fields are now available in the Predecessor and Successor tabs of the
Activities page to help Project managers better analyze their project schedule. The
new fields are Driving, Critical, Total Float, Free Float, Early Start, Early Finish, Late Start and Late Finish.

Release 8.2 includes the following major features in the web:

  • All administration is now in the web (and not in the client)
  • Schedule checker that performs the  DCMA 14 -point schedule analysis.
  • One dialog for Baseline Management
  • Email links to specific Activity Views
  • Management of all job services now performed from the web
  • Custom toolbars
  • Multi-project resource assignments view (without needing to open projects)
  • Resource assignments Gantt view
  • Users can update their own Personal Calendars and have an ability to synch with other calendar tools
  • Integrated Project Risk Management
  • Web based reporting (BI Publisher is integrated into P6) – reports can be output in different formats, scheduled and distributed via different methods ( printers, file, email, content repository etc.)
  • Integration with Oracle Business Process Management (BPM) for workflows – replaces old workflow approach

Why Is Project Management Important in Today’s Business

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Most entrepreneurs are already aware of the dynamic nature of business environment. Every organization, big or small, has to take into account the time, resource allocation, scope and budget required for each project. Only when these factors are well accounted in Project Management, the business will boom and bring good results. So, to effectively meet the dynamic nature of projects, Project Management is a must in business.

In today’s competitive world, delivering quality service or a product is seen as imperative for business survival. If a business fails to show this tendency and repeatedly makes a same mistake again and again, it is certain that it needs a more strategic and flexible approach to survive. It is either through a proper Project Management process or through proper Project Management tool that an organization can become effective.

Also, now-a-days, most clients associated with projects, are very keen to know how their projects are being tackled and developed over time. In fact, some even want to monitor the projects, from the beginning to the end, giving feedback or reviewing each stage. In such cases, Project Management in business becomes more important and managing it through well featured Project Management software is a good option.

Finally, the struggle of many organizations to implement and apply Project Management in business has led to many success stories.

Through Project Management application in business, many organizations are now being able to focus more on project needs by categorizing them into various phases of development, such as project initiation, project planning, defining objectives, project execution and delivery to systematize the entire Project Management process.

Earlier, the most common goal was project completion, rather than fulfilment of needs. Very less emphasis was given on quality standards. But now with more advanced Project Management tools and techniques, things have changed. Many organizations want to have an organized and well structured schedule for entire Project Management process. This has helped businesses build robust clients and deliver quality results.

Project Management is a discipline, which ensures effective communication, collaboration, sharing of progress reports, visibility to expected risk factors for stakeholders of projects. So, Project Management is seen as an essential element for any organization to gain focus on priorities, time constraints, budgets, measurement of performances and become more flexible over time to ensure that all risk factors and errors are rectified correctly.

How a car becomes a legacy?

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The word Porsche brings to mind a sleek sports car, not familiar just to car aficionados but to anyone who has flipped through a car magazine. But there is more to the name than just a fabulous car. The name carries with it a legacy of three generations of automotive designers… The design philosophy developed by the three men of the Porsche family gives all aspiring automotive engineers an inspiration to pursue this career field.

Mr. Ferdinand Porsche – Car Engineer of the Century!

Who he was!
Ferdinand Porsche turned engineer when he was just a teenager. He designed his community’s first residential electric lighting system for the Porsche household. This early start took him to great heights. He was best known for creating the first hybrid vehicle (gasoline-electric), the Volkswagen Beetle. Porsche designed the 1923 Benz Tropfenwagen, which was the first race car with mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout. In April 1931 Porsche founded his consulting firm, “Dr. req. h.c. F. Porsche GmbH, Konstruktionen und Beratungen für Motoren und Fahrzeugbau”, in Stuttgart which later became Porsche, one of the front runners of the automotive industry.

Features of the car he designed: The Volkswagen Beetle

The Beetle featured a rear-located, rear-wheel drive, air-cooled four-cylinder, boxer engine in a two-door bodywork featuring a flat front windscreen, accommodating four passengers and providing luggage storage under the front bonnet and behind the rear seat – and offering a coefficient of drag of 0.41. Front and rear suspension featured torsion bars along with front stabilizer bar – providing independent suspensions at all wheels. Features including its distinctive overall shape, endured.
Its engine, transmission, and cylinder heads were constructed of light alloy. An engine oil cooler (located in the engine fan’s shroud) ensured optimal engine operating temperature and long engine life, optimized by a thermostat that bypassed the oil cooler when the engine was cold.

Mr. Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche

Who he was!

Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, also known as Ferry Porsche continued the legacy of his father. Along with his father, he opened a bureau of Automobile Design in 1931. Following his father’s old aspiration, Ferdinand Anton Porsche designed the Porsche 356, based on the compact Volkswagen. While the 356’s body was an original design by Porsche employee Erwin Komenda, its mechanicals (including engine, suspension and chassis) were designed by Ferdinand Anton Porsche.
An automobile dealer from Zurich ordered the first shipment in the winter of 1947 and thus production of the automobile first began. Under Ferry Porsche’s supervision, the units were built completely by hand at an improvised workshop at Gmünd. The sales of the Porsche 356 are a testament to the contribution of Ferdinand Anton Porsche to the automotive industry. It was Ferry Porsche, who had turned his own father’s business from strictly an engineering and design company into a manufacturer as well.

Features of the car he designed: Porsche 356

The 356 had an air-cooled, rear-mounted, 4-cylinder engine producing 35 hp. Due to the location of its engine; the car was a little unstable but the balance favored potency and light weight.
It was a lightweight and nimble-handling rear-engine rear-wheel-drive 2-door sports car available in hardtop coupe and open configurations. Design innovations continued during the years of manufacture, contributing to its motorsports success and popularity.

Mr. Ferdinand Alexander Porsche

Who he was!

Ferdinand Alexander Porsche was born in Stuttgart on Dec. 11, 1935. F.A. Porsche was
initiated into the family business while still a boy, spending time in his grandfather’s
workshops and design facilities. He studied at the Hochschule fuer Gestaltung in Ulmand joined the company in 1958, taking over the design studio in 1962.

Toward the end of the 1950s, however, Ferry Porsche decided to create a replacement model for the company’s signature automobile, and several proposals from designers both within and outside the company were rejected as either too closely tied to the 356 or not tied closely enough to the distinct Porsche aesthetic. But in December 1959,       F. A. Porsche completed a full design model for the replacement prototype and in 1963 the new model, originally designated the 901, and was introduced at an auto show.

Features of the car he designed: Porsche 911

It has a distinctive design, rear-engine and with independent rear suspension, an evolution of the swing axle on the Porsche 356. This was the successor to the beloved Porsche 356. The Porsche 911 was first unveiled at the Frankfurt IAA Motor Show in 1963 as the 901. The 160-hp 911 S arrived in 1966 with forged alloy wheels from Fuchs. The Porsche 911 is slightly longer and narrower than the 356, more powerful, with a six-cylinder, rather than a four-cylinder, engine, the original 911 also had more legroom, more rear seat room and bigger doors for easier entrances and exit.

Throughout its lifetime, the 911 was modified by private teams and by the factory itself for racing, rallying and other forms of automotive competition. It was among the most successful competition cars of its time.

Become an automotive design engineer…

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Who can create a car?

Automotive design is a field that fascinates everyone. Automotive design might sound like a complex field and you may think that becoming a pro in automotive design could be very challenging. But with right training and understanding, anyone can excel in automotive design.

Automotive design engineering combines the functional design along with the appearances of motor vehicles. The principles of mechanical, electrical, electronic and safety engineering are incorporated in this field.

To demystify automotive design engineering, we invite you to take a look at this field from different angles.
The steps involved in the automotive design process
A final product as an example
Attaining your dreams with the right course

How a car is created?

Designing of a car begins with an idea but goes through many steps before it becomes a real car.

Following are the various steps involved in the process:

  • Establishment of vehicle specification
  • The multi-disciplinary team establishes parameters and decision points, ensuring the project runs to schedule
  • Discussion of first concept sketches
  • Designs are presented on theme boards and mood boards
  • Informal selection of concept sketches
  • The design team pick out their favorite sketches
  • Management review of concept sketches
  • CAD models are produced for marketing research purposes
  • 2D market research
  • Concepts are shown to members of the public for their comments
  • Presentation of reworked concepts
  • Reworked concepts are presented again, taking into account market research feedback
  • Approval for detailed engineering
  • Full-size clay models are produced. These are often made using CAD data and hand-finished
  • 3D market research
  • Full-size exterior and interior concept models are shown to members of the public. One concept is selected, informed by public opinion
  • Final approval of 3D model
  • The management team gives final approval to one model which is then fully resolved as a 3D clay model
  • Final feasibility development of chosen concept
  • The full-size clay model is scanned and a new 3D digital model produced. Other engineering disciplines are then responsible for the feasibility of the final design in terms of operation and manufacture
  • Final approval of the design

Job profiles of an electronic engineer

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  1. Design Engineer: Takes specifications, defines architecture, does circuit design, runs simulations, supervises layout, tapes out the chip to the foundry, evaluates the prototype once the chip comes back from the fab.
  2. Product Engineer: Gets involved in the project during the design phase, ensures manufacturability, develops characterization plan, assembly guidelines, develops quality and reliability plan, evaluates the chip with the design engineer, and evaluates the chip through characterization, reliability qualification and manufacturing yield point of view (statistical data analysis). He is responsible for production release and is therefore regarded as a team leader on the project. Post production, he is responsible for customer returns, failure analysis, and corrective actions including design changes.
  3. Test Engineer: Develops test plan for the chip based on specifications and data sheet, creates characterization and production program for the bench test or the ATE (Automatic Test Equipment), designs test board hardware, correlates ATE results with the bench results to validate silicon to compare with simulation results. He works closely with the product engineer to ensure smooth release to production and post release support.
  4. Applications Engineer: Defines new products from system point of view at the customer’s end, based on marketing input. His mission is to ensure the chip works in the system designed or used by the customers, and complies with appropriate standards (such as Ethernet, SONET, WiFi etc.). He is responsible for all customer technical support, firmware development, evaluation boards, data sheets and all product documentation such as application notes, trade shows, magazine articles, evaluation reports, software drives and so on.
  5. Process Engineer: This is a highly specialized function which involves new wafer process development, device modeling, and lots of research and development projects. There are no quick rewards on this job! If you are R&D oriented, highly trained in semiconductor device physics area, do not mind wearing bunny suits (the clean room uniforms used in all fabs), willing to experiment, this job is for you.
  6. Packaging Engineer: This is another highly specialized job function. He develops precision packaging technology; new package designs for the chips, does the characterization of new packages, and does electrical modeling of the new designs.
  7. CAD Engineer: This is an engineering function that supports the design engineering function. He is responsible for acquiring, maintaining or developing all CAD tools used by a design engineer. Most companies buy commercially available CAD tools for schematic capture, simulation, synthesis, test vector generation, layout, parametric extraction, power estimation, and timing closure; but in several cases, these tools need some type of customization. A CAD engineer needs to be highly skilled in the use of these tools is able to write software routines to automate as many functions as possible and have a clear understanding of the entire design flow.