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Difference Between P3 and P6

P6 is an updated version of P3 that includes additional features like tracking multiple float paths and enhanced graphical reporting. P6 stores all project data in a single centralized database, allowing for greater flexibility, efficiency, and accessibility compared to P3 which stores each project separately. While P3 uses outdated 16-bit Btrieve database technology, P6 uses more modern database technologies like SQL Server and Oracle, offering advantages like easier management of projects across a program or enterprise from any location. P6 also continues development while P3 development has been discontinued.

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Difference Between P3 and P6

P6 is an updated version of P3 that includes additional features like tracking multiple float paths and enhanced graphical reporting. P6 stores all project data in a single centralized database, allowing for greater flexibility, efficiency, and accessibility compared to P3 which stores each project separately. While P3 uses outdated 16-bit Btrieve database technology, P6 uses more modern database technologies like SQL Server and Oracle, offering advantages like easier management of projects across a program or enterprise from any location. P6 also continues development while P3 development has been discontinued.

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Wed, 2008-05-07 11:10

Suresh Hi Guys, here is some good stuffs.


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Both P3 and P6 are project management tools that allow users to plan and control projects
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with a high degree of accuracy, keeping them on time and under budget. However, P6
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Posts: 75 the ability to track and unravel multiple float paths, enhanced graphical reporting with
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Kingdom, Petro-Chem features like multiple, formatable curtains, and the long awaited option to UNDO! New
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While P3 maintains each project as a separate group of files–each existing completely
independently of the others–P6 stores all projects in a single database, allowing greater
flexibility to view, manage, and analyze projects singularly, as part of a master project,
program, or enterprise. This single database design increases efficiency, consistency and
repeatability, saving organizations time and money.
Additionally, while P3 has used the extremely reliable Btrieve database engine since 1985,
its 16-bit technology is quickly becoming outdated. Due to technological limitations and
other factors, development of P3 has been discontinued. P6 is built using the platform of
the future. Project data is stored in a central project database that resides on a server
running Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Express, or Oracle. This type of relational database
management system offers many advantages over the file structure system used in P3. For
one, not all projects are managed separately—because data is stored in a central
database, rather than on the user’s PC, P6 enables managers to access project data
anywhere, at any time.

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