Freeze Forecast in Deltek Cobra is one of those scary sounding features that, until you spend a little time digging in to their purpose, you may not relish the idea of using. So what does it mean to freeze a forecast? I will get to that right after I go over some Deltek Cobra forecasting […]
Deltek Cobra Thresholds AND Versus OR
I’m often asked if there is a way to define an ‘AND’ or an ‘OR’ between the values and percentages in the Deltek Cobra thresholds. The short answer is Yes, there is a way. Here we’re going to take a look at how to do this and what it why you should or should not […]
Viewing Tabulated Activity Risk Events in Deltek Acumen
A recent question from a reader wanted to view a tabulated list of risk events associated with a respective activity in Deltek Acumen. The good news is Deltek Acumen does provide a way to list all risk events associated with an activity. Let’s take a look at this. In Deltek Acumen, schedulers can define risk […]
Saved by the Deltek Cobra Top Down Planning Tool
Using the Deltek Cobra Top Down Planning Tool Sometimes you work for years on various projects and never find a good situation to use a particular feature that you’ve been aware of, but more or less ignored all that time. On a recent engagement however, I found myself working on some Baseline Change Requests (BCRs) whereby […]
Deltek Cobra Zero-Out Data Feature
Deltek Cobra Zero-Out Data Feature! When it comes to backing out data in Deltek Cobra you have a few options. In this article, we will focus on one particularly neat feature that will help you remove values, and indeed resource assignments from a selected work package. The list of options, if you don’t already use […]
Deltek Cobra Columns And Their Definitions
Deltek Cobra has a vast array of interesting and useful columns to choose from in both the Projects pane and the Spreadsheet pane. The real trick is getting familiar with what Deltek Cobra columns have to offer. And then, creating useful views that will store your favorite configurations of table columns. Accessing the Cobra Columns […]
Deltek Releases Acumen 8.4
Deltek has just released Acumen 8.4. While this may look like only a ‘point release’, Deltek always offers much more than that and this software release is no different. Deltek Acumen 8.4 has some rather useful new capabilities along with a bunch of bug fixes and real performance improvements. Here’s a look at what’s in […]
Changing the Terminology Used in Deltek Cobra
Want to change the project terminology in Deltek Cobra? In the world of earned value, the term ‘Progress’ might more generally be associated with activities in the schedule and not immediately thought of as an alternative to the term Earned Value. So what’s up with all this progress language we are seeing in new versions […]
Deltek Cobra 8.2 Cumulative Update 12
Deltek has released Cumulative Update 12 for Deltek Cobra 8.2. Released on March 7th it contains a number of bug fixes, including some performance improvements where it matters which will be welcome news to all Deltek Cobra users. Let’s take a look at what’s in this release. New Enhancements The Validity Check tool gets a […]
Deltek Cobra Monthly Reporting Cycle
In this article, I will be looking at a typical monthly reporting cycle and showing you a high level checklist that applies to almost every integrated Earned Value Management System (EVMS) I’ve had the pleasure of working on. For those of you who might be new to Deltek Cobra and the monthly reporting cycle, I […]