Modernising Project Delivery: Microsoft Fabric-Driven Integration with Oracle P6 eppm
Growth Held Back by Manual Project Controls
As UK water-sector contractors scale, many still rely on localised project controls, isolated schedules, and heavy use of spreadsheets. This creates fragmented data, inconsistent reporting, and limited visibility across programmes and regions.
Project Controls teams spend too much time manually exporting, reconciling, and formatting information just to meet internal and client reporting deadlines. Early warning of issues is often missed, baselines become misaligned, and delivery risk increases.
Most critically, manual processes can’t scale, leaving fast-growing organisations without the governance, accuracy, or insight needed to deliver large, complex programmes confidently and safely.
Linking Oracle P6 eppm to Microsoft Fabric
To overcome these challenges, RGA implemented a modern project controls architecture by integrating Oracle P6 EPPM with Microsoft Fabric using the P6 REST API and Webservices API. This replaced manual exports with automated data pipelines feeding a governed Fabric data warehouse, establishing a single, trusted source of truth for schedules, baselines, risks, and performance metrics.
We delivered a standardised project controls blueprint, aligning coding structures, milestones, and reporting across all regions. With consistent data definitions and automated refresh cycles, the business moved from disconnected local processes to a unified portfolio-wide controls environment.
This integration ensures that schedule, cost, and risk data flow seamlessly into Fabric for real-time reporting, forecasting, and early-warning analysis—providing the foundation for a scalable, future-ready project controls capability.
Real-Time Insight, Reduced Risk, and Scalable Project Delivery
Integrating Oracle P6 EPPM with Microsoft Fabric gives organisations clear, measurable improvements across project controls and programme delivery. With automated data flows and a consistent blueprint in place, teams gain real-time visibility of performance across every project and region.
Baseline control becomes reliable and auditable, reducing the risk of drift, disputes, and unplanned change. Early warning of issues, from slippage to resourcing conflicts, allows managers to intervene sooner and protect delivery timelines. Client and regulatory reporting is generated automatically, improving accuracy while reducing manual effort.
Most importantly, the business can now scale safely, with standardised processes, aligned cost and time baselines, and a trusted data warehouse enabling confident decision-making at portfolio level. This creates a resilient project controls ecosystem designed for long-term growth.
If you’d like to discuss how we can help address your project controls challenges, contact Rob Gauldie.