Primavera P6 Release 8

You asked specifically about Release 8, so I must assume that you are only interested in the web version of P6 because the client/server version has not been released as yet.

It was the client / server version I was shown. Seems to be very system resouce hungry requiring 64 bit and 8MB ram to run what looks  to be slower than P6.7. I also believe that standalone installations won't be possible except on extremly poweful laptops?

I am told that a lot of people in the industry are very unhappy with the release?

The client software will run in 32bit or 64bit.

I'm interested in the responses to your post. I'm a consultant and been using P6 for many years. Release 8 has many changes - mostly focused on the web capabilities.

With Release 8.1 Primavera has split P6 into 2 product lines :

- Enterprise Portolfio Project Management (EPPM) which includes the web modules and is clearly aimed at large organizations doing more than just project scheduling.

- Professional Project Management (PPM) which is the client/server model with project scheduling as its main application and no web modules.

These 2 product lines have separate databases and data can only be moved back and forth through import/export.

It looks as though Primavera is going to support its "traditional" project scheduling customers through the PPM product line.

Has anyone upgraded to P6 PPM 8.1 yet and got any feedback?

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