There are several phases to the Schedule Risk Analysis process, and it is good to become familiar with each step along the way. Let’s take a look at this in more detail. Acumen is considered a one stop shop for risk analysis. Not only can you examine the quality of your schedule, you also can […]
Sound Schedule Risk Analysis in Deltek Acumen
Schedule Risk Analysis in Deltek Acumen Risk is all about creating confidence levels and ranges into which the schedule is most likely to fall. But stakeholder’s must first trust the validity of the Schedule Risk Analysis (SRA) before accepting these confidence levels. Trust comes from a tenable SRA, and SRA integrity is founded on three […]
Baseline Compliance Metric Group in Acumen Fuse
The Baseline Compliance metric group in Acumen Fuse provides a wealth of data on the progress of an ongoing schedule in relation to its original plan. When reviewing the status of a project, the scheduler needs something to measure performance against. The baseline provides a static copy of the project before any work takes place […]
Virtual Deltek Insight 2021
Deltek is holding Virtual Deltek Insight 2021, on September 14 -15. Following the success of last years’ Virtual Insight, a full program will run from 10am until 4.35pm (Eastern) and from 3pm until 9.35pm British Standard Time. Virtual Deltek Insight 2021 has some great Keynote Speakers as well as multiple live breakout sessions. Access will […]
Deltek Acumen Scatter Charts
Deltek Acumen scatter charts are useful for identifying patterns or correlations between duration and cost in a risk adjusted schedule. Scatter plots use dots to present values for two different numeric variables. Each dot on the scatter chart is an individual data point. The scatter plot may have patterns that warn of issues that require […]
Deltek Acumen and Critical Schedule Drivers
Using the Critical Schedule Drivers feature in Deltek Acumen Risk Critical paths have a way of shifting on you after risk adjusting your schedule. Deltek Acumen Risk provides a way to review all the probable risk adjusted critical paths. Deltek Acumen performs a Monte Carlo analysis on the schedule to provide a risk adjusted analysis […]
Deltek Acumen Mitigation Steps Analysis
The risk mitigation steps analysis feature in Deltek Acumen Risk includes a series of schedule risk mitigation steps when running the analysis. It is not uncommon for projects to have a mitigation plan that is composed of not just one but several steps. It is important to note, at this juncture, that a mitigation step […]
Deltek Acumen Fuse – Inspecting Schedule Logic
A healthy project schedule is largely predicated on good schedule logic. Acumen Fuse has many logic analyses features for probing and inspecting the integrity of logic in your schedule. Here we take a deeper dive into Acumen Fuse’s logic inspection tools. Sound logic is important to ensure the reliability of schedule predictions. Acumen has several […]
Deltek Releases Acumen 8.7 – Here’s What’s In It
Deltek has released its latest updates to Acumen which are all available in Acumen 8.7. Let’s take a look at what’s in this release and the new features that you can anticipate. Deltek made improvements primarily to Acumen Risk and Acumen Fuse with a minor enhancement to 360. Acumen 8.7 supports P6 XML versions 19.12, […]
Deltek Acumen Risk Analysis Settings
Deltek’s Acumen Risk analysis settings offer many options for the scheduler. If you are new to all this, you might find the defaults are a good place to start, but it is good to become aware of each setting’s effect. The Monte Carlo analysis comes with its own set of idiosyncrasies that, perhaps, is from […]