A client working with a ten thousand activity schedule asked how to efficiently exclude groups of these activities from metric analysis in Acumen Fuse. Here we show you how. Acumen Fuse supports a thorough schedule health check using diagnostics from the 300+ metrics that come standard with Acumen or other metrics developed by the user. […]
Logic Density Using Deltek Acumen Fuse
We recently received a question asking if Logic Density calculations include milestone activities? Here we’re going to take a look at this and its computation. Logic Density is a metric that computes the average number of relationships per activity in the schedule. In theory this should be two or more, as a Logic Density value […]
The Intersection Analyzer in Deltek Acumen Fuse
Acumen Fuse’s Intersection Analyzer Acumen Fuse has many metrics to inspect the health of your project. The question is how can you focus in on a single metric and compartmentalize the performance? The Deltek Acumen Fuse ribbon analyzer provides metric group results for the whole life of the project; the phase analyzer separates these results […]
Deltek Acumen CPLI (Critical Path Length Index)
Deltek Acumen CPLI is part of a Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) 14 Point Assessment metric group. But be warned that Acumen’s metric analyzer calculates Assessment 13 Critical Path Length Index (CPLI) differently than the DCMA 14 Point Assessment. Let take a look at this. The DCMA Assessment 13 – CPLI provides a forward-looking metric […]
Deltek ProjectCon 2022
After holding virtual conferences for the last two years due to Covid, Deltek is back in person with a new name, Deltek ProjectCon 2022 (previously known as Deltek Insight) on November 15-18. The Venue for Deltek ProjectCon 2022 will be the Gaylord Opryland Convention Center. Gaylord Opryland Convention Center 2800, Opryland Drive Nashville, TN, 37214 […]
Acceleration in Acumen 360
Acumen 360 also has many features focused specifically on accelerating your schedule duration. Here we look at the tools for Acceleration in Acumen 360. Acceleration in Acumen 360 supports the schedule optimization process. Here the scheduler investigates what-if scenarios for shortening the duration of the project. The ideal for schedule shortening efforts is to have […]
Graphing Progress on the Gantt Chart in Deltek Acumen
Deltek Acumen Fuse provides some great Gantt chart features for graphing progress of a schedule. Let’s take a closer look. Acumen Fuse is a tool for examining the quality of schedules. Projects Acumen confirms as healthy in respect to quality metrics have a higher probability of achieving duration and cost targets. In addition to Acumen’s […]
Deltek Acumen 360
Deltek Acumen 360 provides a 360-degree view of all your scheduling possibilities. Here we examine the main features in Acumen 360 show how it works. Deltek Acumen 360 lets you generate schedule scenarios in real-time so that you can model duration slippages and savings in scenarios and immediately assess the impact. You can accelerate (or […]
Exclude Schedule Visibility Tasks from Metric Analyses in Acumen Fuse
How to Exclude Schedule Visibility Tasks from Metric Analysis Individually excluding numerous activities from metric analysis becomes cumbersome the more activities you have, especially on large projects. Fortunately, metrics in Acumen Fuse can be modified to exclude all activities assigned a respective activity code. A former student asked if Acumen Fuse can exclude Schedule Visibility […]
Deltek Acumen Fuse Phase Analyzer and Phase Boundaries
In Deltek Acumen Fuse, schedulers can section a project into uniform intervals for presenting the Acumen Fuse phase analyzer results. You may also specify a unique phase boundary for reporting on a specific date. Here we explore this further. The Acumen Fuse phase analyzer in Acumen analyzes a respective metric group for each phase of […]