Primer · project controls for P6 teams
Advanced schedule intelligence for P6 teams
Primer reads your P6 programmes, schedules them with an engine that matches P6, and puts cost, risk and contracts on the same links. One model, from a single activity to the whole portfolio.
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Primer Gantt of a demo P6 project with its bars across 2026 and 2027 and the critical path highlighted
- 92.7%of open activities match P6 across 110 real schedules
- 31,879activities in one programme, scheduled in about a minute
- Your tenantPrimer for Fabric runs in your own Microsoft Fabric today
- NEC4built in: target cost, Defined Cost, PWDD, pain and gain Coming soon
Tested on real schedules. Screenshots use Oracle's P6 demo data only.
The problem
Schedule, cost, risk and contracts live in different tools, and they never agree.
So teams spend days each month copying numbers between spreadsheets, and the board still gets three versions of the truth. Primer starts with the schedule you already trust and builds everything else on the same links.
One model
From one activity to the whole portfolio
An activity sits in a WBS, the WBS in a project, projects in programmes and programmes in the portfolio. Cost, risk and change hang off the same links, so a change on site flows through to the forecast, the contract and the board report.
How the platform fits togetherThe product
Everything project controls needs, in one place
Start with schedules. Add cost, risk, NEC4 contracts and governance when you are ready.
A large programme in the Primer Gantt with layouts, grouping and filters
Read, check, schedule and report P6 programmes, fast.
Learn morePortfolio roadmap with every demo project and its milestones
Every project on one roadmap, with funding and earned value across the portfolio.
Learn moreControl accounts mapped to P6 activities with budgets
Control accounts, budgets, commitments, actuals and earned value, linked to the schedule.
Learn moreNEC4 Option C assessment showing target, Defined Cost, Fee, PWDD and the Contractor's share
NEC4 contracts on screen: target cost, Defined Cost, PWDD, pain and gain.
Learn moreRisk register with scores before response, at target and after response
One risk register from a single activity up to the portfolio, with quantified risk.
Learn moreProvision 29 controls register with test results and attestations
Provision 29 controls evidence for the board, tested on project data.
Learn moreSubcontractor portal showing evidence requests and a review queue
A scoped portal where subcontractors send evidence, risks and applications.
Learn moreAn AI cost commentary card with the figures it cites
Report packs and AI answers that cite the data. Nothing saved without a person.
Learn moreAlso: Data and integrations, Security and deployment and Primer for Fabric.
Commercial and NEC4
NEC4 built in Coming soon
Target cost, Defined Cost, the Fee, Price for Work Done to Date and the Contractor's share, on screen for every contract. Early warnings and compensation events sit on the same links as the programme, so the money follows the dates.
- Options A, B, C and E
- Compensation events with the dividing date and time bars
- Applications, certificates and pay-less notices
Items marked Coming soon are built and arrive with the next release. Book a demo to see it early.
NEC4 Option C assessment showing target, Defined Cost, Fee, PWDD and the Contractor's share
For the board
Provision 29 evidence from the project data Coming soon
The UK Corporate Governance Code now asks boards to declare whether their material controls work. Primer tests the controls on your capital programme against the project data and keeps the evidence, the attestations and the deficiencies in one place.
See Governance and controls · Read our Provision 29 guide
Items marked Coming soon are built and arrive with the next release. Book a demo to see it early.
Provision 29 controls register with test results and attestations
Integrations
Works with the tools you already use
- Primavera P6 filesXER and P6 XML
- P6 EPPMthrough its APIComing soon
- P6 databasesOracle, SQL Server, SQLiteComing soon
- Microsoft Projectproject files
- Asta Powerprojectplanning filesComing soon
- Microsoft FabricPrimer for Fabric
- Power BIreports and export
- Excelcost and data loadsComing soon
Security
Your data stays yours
Kept apart
Each company's data is kept apart in the database, and every request is checked against it.
Every change recorded
A full audit trail of changes to data, users and connections, and separation of duties on every approval.
Coming soonYour choice of home
Hosted by us, or in your own Azure tenant. Primer for Fabric already runs in your own tenant.
Coming soonBook a demo
See Primer on a real programme
A 30 to 45 minute call with someone who has run project controls. We show Primer on Oracle's P6 demo data, and the parts that are coming soon too.
- Your questions answered by people who know P6
- The match to P6 shown live, on a real schedule
- Pricing for your team, with no pressure