ORLANDO, Fla., May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- COLLABORATE 2009 --
News Facts
-- To help organizations gain greater insight into project performance,
Oracle today introduced Oracle(R) Project Analytics, a new component of
the Oracle Business Intelligence (BI) Applications, which monitors key
project performance metrics and enables users to control project costs
and improve project performance and profitability.
-- Oracle Project Analytics is one of two applications newly introduced
with the general availability of Oracle BI Applications Release 7.9.6,
also announced today (read related press release).
-- A component of Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle BI Applications are
comprehensive, pre-built solutions that enable customers to achieve fast
time to value by reducing deployment time and help lower overall total
cost of ownership.
Project Analytics Offers Relevant and Actionable Insight to Improve Performance
-- Oracle Project Analytics delivers role-based intelligence to Project
Executives, Project and Program Managers, and Project Accountants,
helping them to:
-- Track project/program performance and control project costs;
-- Take action to improve project portfolio performance; and,
-- Deliver comprehensive insight into project revenue, billing, and
profitability.
-- The application, integrated with the Projects capabilities in the Oracle
E-Business Suite and Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise, also supports all
types of projects (Contract, Capital, and Indirect) for both the private
and public sector.
-- To help organizations jump start their project analysis efforts, Oracle
Project Analytics features several pre-packaged dashboards including:
-- Project Executive - provides an organizational view coupled with the
visibility and control needed to monitor organizational performance
and the health of projects across the board to improve profitability
and operate more efficiently;
-- Project Management - provides a complete view of project performance
from high-level summary of accumulated and trending information for
single or group projects down to cost, revenue, and budget
transaction details;
-- Public Sector - designed for public sector and other organizations
not reliant on profitability and margin tracking. Fully integrated
with the Oracle Financial Analytics module which provides public
sector agencies with fact-based and timely insight into their
operational budgets and funds management.
-- Oracle Project Analytics will help empower organizations to:
-- Make timely, more informed decisions across the Project
organization;
-- Identify at-risk projects and initiate corrective measures;
-- Further maximize cash flow with increased insight into payable,
commitments, and billings; and
-- Control budgets and costs before they impact project profitability.
ERP, CRM and Industry Specific Intelligence Solutions for Oracle and non-Oracle Applications
-- Oracle Project Analytics is certified today with:
-- Oracle E-Business Suite (versions 11i10 and R12);
-- PeopleSoft Enterprise (versions 8.9 and 9.0); and,
-- Legacy systems through Universal Adapters.
-- Oracle BI Applications are also available for Financials, Procurement
and Spend, Supply Chain and Order Management, Human Resources, Sales,
Service, Marketing, Loyalty, Price, and a range of specialized industry
analytics.
-- Built on Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition Plus,
Oracle BI Applications take advantage of the software's hot-pluggable
design enabling organizations to extend BI capabilities to existing
Oracle and non-Oracle data sources and applications.
Supporting Quotes
"Project-based organizations are doubling their efforts to control budgets and costs, maximize cash flow, and improve project profitability," said Paul Rodwick, vice president of product management, Oracle Business Intelligence. "Oracle Project Analytics enables organizations to measure and track key project performance metrics throughout a project lifecycle. The integration of Oracle Project Analytics with other Oracle BI Applications such as Oracle Financials Analytics and Oracle Procurement and Spend Analytics helps to ensure that customers have a holistic view of all of the related information required to make timely, fact-based decisions."
"Our customers and prospect customers are very excited for the latest release of Oracle's BI Applications," said Amy Mayer, President, BI Consulting Group. "Project Analytics is certainly drawing a lot of attention with our customers that manage projects as part of their business. They're seeking greater insight into project costs compared to budgets, project revenues, billings and collections to help them improve project performance."
"We have a number of customers who are interested in the new Project Analytics of Oracle BI Applications," said Sid Goel, Partner and BI Architect with KPI Partners, Inc. "This new application will enable customers to have better control of project budgets, performance, profitability, and to identify projects that are at risk in order to take fast corrective action. Additionally, KPI has written a comprehensive white paper on Project Analytics that will complement the adoption of this new application."
Supporting Resources
About Oracle Enterprise Performance Management and Business Intelligence
Oracle BI Applications Data Sheets
Podcast: Pervasive Business Intelligence
Download free, evaluation version of Oracle BI Applications. Terms, conditions and restrictions apply.
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