CAPPS - Capital Projects Progressing System for P6

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Make Primavera P6 status updates easier and faster to do

Project managers can update P6 tasks on their own
P6 schedulers can accept or reject updates into P6 quickly
P6 forecasting is more accurate - saving time and money
Update P6 activities, resource assignments, expenses and steps

Overall Look and Feel

CAPPS v14 has a whole new look with a cleaner and smoother tabular grid, allowing users with the proper permissions to switch between submitter and approver mode effortlessly. Flip between tabs to access different data such as tasks, resources, expenses, steps, and more.
Personalize Your View

Personalize your view with comprehensive filters to show you only the most relevant information, freeing up screen space and cutting down on time spent sorting through unnecessary data.
Quickly Progress Tasks

The new crosstab view allows you to quickly progress tasks with just a few clicks; perfect for project managers that need to get through many tasks in a short time without needing to worry about extraneous information. This screen is also ideal for mobile updates!
See Critical Tasks

You can toggle through our new heatmaps to see critical tasks coming up, as well as upcoming tasks that are due or overdue.
Status of Submissions

As tasks are submitted for update, you can see the status of the submissions change as well.
Allows a Non-P6 Project Collaborator to Give Their Inputs

Some tasks are long and broken into steps. The steps crosstab allows a non-P6 project collaborator to give their inputs very quickly and efficiently. They can filter to reduce the steps visible and easily update on their phone, tablet, or laptop for submission.
New Gantt Chart Tab

CAPPS has added a Gantt Chart tab allowing users to gain a holistic view of their activities along a timeline. Use this chart to keep on top of your deliverables and spot slippage as it happens, so that you never get caught off guard.
Easily Approve P6 Activities

Approval of activities has never been easier. Approve, reject, or mark for review - it can all be done from one screen, moving the details that you’ve input into CAPPS directly into Primavera P6 with just a few clicks.
New Visualization Section

All this data can be summarized in our new visualization section. Enjoy automatic drill down data, greenups, and visualizations right at your team’s fingertips.
New Visualization Section

All this data can be summarized in our new visualization section. Enjoy automatic drill down data, greenups, and visualizations right at your team’s fingertips.
New Visualization Section

All this data can be summarized in our new visualization section. Enjoy automatic drill down data, greenups, and visualizations right at your team’s fingertips.

Overview

Problem

Keeping your projects, programs and portfolios up-to-date in Oracle Primavera P6 EPPM can be very time consuming with so many project teams and collaborators. Getting regular status updates into P6 schedules can take weeks and are often out of date by the time you get your monthly P6 reporting completed.

Solution

CAPPS is a Primavera P6 add-on tool that lets you get updates into P6 EPPM quickly, efficiently and, best of all, more regularly. This software gives your project managers and team leaders secure access to updating their P6 activities in an easy to use tabular format without the worry of messing up the P6 schedule. P6 resource assignments, P6 expenses, P6 steps and change requests can be updated securely via CAPPS for better project progress reporting. P6 schedulers can review and approve updates in CAPPS or inside P6 and reject updates on an as-needed basis, making updating a breeze. Scope deviations can also be flagged and managed via CAPPS.

ROI

Improved Forecast Accuracy - P6 forecasting is more frequent and will be more accurate and useful
Increased Task Responsibility - P6 is updated by the people closest to the task - gaining more visibility and transparency into issues as they arise
Better Collaboration - P6 schedules become more collaborative when updating is made easier - not just a picture on a wall

News

CAPPS - v14 Release

Introducing CAPPS Version 14.0.

This new version introduces crosstab views, a Gantt chart tab, and Project Data Dashboards. Crosstab views are perfect for project managers, offering quick and easy activity and step progression that can even be done from your phone or mobile device. The Gantt chart allows for a complete view of your activities along a timeline, right from inside CAPPS. Finally, check out our new project data dashboards, built specifically for project managers.