The price was certainly right for Ntnada Management Consultants, which received Primavera P5 at no cost from its clients to enhance and support Ntnada's construction project management consulting services. But Primavera P5's features and capabilities have become an invaluable part of the firm's approach to managing its group of multiple, diverse projects, said Mohamed Abdel-Mageed, co-owner of Calgary, Alberta-based Ntnada.

"The enterprise tool gives me a powerful way to look at the whole organization's portfolio of projects. This ability to view multiple projects was not there before P5," he said. "We could not have properly managed a mega-project and all its complexities without the P5 tool."

In an earlier version, Primavera removed some graphics capabilities, a decision the vendor reversed with the release of P5, said Abdel-Mageed. However, Primavera P5 would be improved with the addition of even more graphics components, he said.

Abdel-Mageed rated Primavera P5 construction project management software a 9 out of 10.