Single-Point Adjustments in Deltek Cobra The term Single-Point Adjustments (SPA or S&P=A or S=P) is an oft used process on Cost-Plus type projects. Its purpose is to essentially erase cost and/or schedule variances to date and replan the remaining effort consistent with the remaining scope of work. Further, the remaining effort is planned with the
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Released today, Deltek Cobra 8.5 brings a host of new capabilities, enhancements and conveniences to the earned value community. We’ve been digging into this brand-new iteration and are excited to be giving you an overview of what’s new and improved in this latest version. OK, let’s jump right in and give you the highlights of
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Deltek are in the late stages of development for Cobra 8.5 and are aiming to release this new version sometime near the end of Q2 or early Q3, 2023. But don’t hold us to that date – there is apparently some dependency on other factors outside of Deltek’s control. We’ll get to that in a
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Top-Down Planning in Cobra is a useful feature which gives you the ability to adjust a budget or forecast cost class’s value at various levels of the project’s structure. This process allows the user to adjust a cost class to equal a specified value. While there are many scenarios where this utility would be useful,
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Frozen Forecast in Deltek Cobra One of the most frustrating challenges in operating an Earned Value Management System (EVMS), is holding constant an Estimate at Completion (EAC). The challenge is, that the nature of the EAC- Actual Costs (Actuals) plus Estimates to Complete (ETC) will, by nature, change each period due to the value of
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Cobra Preferences You Need To Know I’m often asked if it’s possible to change Deltek Cobra’s behavior in particular circumstances and these types of questions invariably lead me to the Project Preferences dialog, where a number of default settings control how Cobra responds to certain situations within the project. So, I thought you all might
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Helping CAMs with Manual Forecasting A universal problem in the world of project controls is getting good, reliable data back from those otherwise engaged in actually executing the project plan. This challenge can have a devastating impact on the accuracy of the schedule status and Earned Value Management (EVM) metrics when team members fail to
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This article looks at some strategies for loading estimated actual costs, sometimes referred to as accruals, into your Deltek Cobra project. The first question you might asks is “Estimated Actuals”? Isn’t that something of an oxymoron? How can one have an estimated actual cost, surely it’s one or the other, right? For those of you
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Deltek Cobra – Moving Money from UB to MR Deltek Cobra has some very comprehensive features for managing the various budget accounts associated with an Earned Value Management (EVM) program and the audit logging of these accounts. For normal project baseline initialization the process is well designed and reasonably straightforward to use. Sometimes however, there
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This article shows how to setup Deltek Cobra integration with Primavera P6. We will take you through the process, step-by-step and complete with screens shots, showing you exactly what you need to do. Overview In summary, the steps to setup Deltek Cobra integration with Primavera P6 are as follows: Install a recent version of Java
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