Deltek are holding their annual User Conference at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center (1501 Gaylord Trail, Grapevine, TX, 76051, USA.) on Monday Nov 5 until Thursday Nov 8. Deltek Insight is a popular event with over 3,000 delegates expected to attend, ranging from executives, project and portfolio managers, finance /accounting leaders and development […]
Modeling Risk Event Mitigation Efforts in Deltek Acumen
Let’s say your project has the potential to incur a procurement delay that jeopardizes project completion. How can Deltek Acumen Risk help you consider a mitigation effort to reduce the impact of this procurement delay? Deltek Acumen Risk provides a Monte Carlo simulation that calculates probability
Deltek Releases Acumen 8.3
Good news! Deltek has just released Deltek Acumen 8.3 and here’s a sneak peak at what’s in it. There’s a combination of some very useful new features and enhancements as well as addressing a few known issues. Let’s take a look at the new features: Merge a Metric Template Library Into An Existing Workbook You […]
Deltek Acumen Fuse Diagnostics Custom Metric View
Deltek Acumen Fuse comes with a wealth of schedule diagnostics custom metrics and standard metric groups. But you can also create and customize your own metric groups suited to your schedule analysis requirements. Deltek Acumen Fuse provides an abundance of project analysis and diagnostics
The Deltek Acumen Risk Exposure Comparison Chart
The Risk Exposure Comparison Chart or the S Chart Analyzer is commonly used to compare the probability curves between different risk models. Deltek Acumen Risk’s schedule simulation software provides Monte Carlo probability distributions based on activity uncertainty
Deltek Acumen Risk and Adverse Weather Days
Bad weather is difficult to predict and can be a significant source of schedule uncertainty. Adverse weather is an important consideration in the planning of a project. Inclement weather is a common risk on outdoor projects. The temperature dropping below 32°F can put a stop to concrete
Prioritizing Schedule Risk Using GAO Guidelines
Many projects have risks that may be included in a Monte Carlo analysis. What is often needed, is a simple Schedule Risk Analysis (SRA) framework for prioritizing these risk events. Monte Carlo simulation software, including Deltek Acumen Risk, provides schedule
Using Delivery Risk Events in Deltek Acumen
Deltek Acumen is a helpful tool for analyzing schedule uncertainty related to activity duration estimates. It is also possible to additionally include the effect of specific risk events. Risk events may be weather related calendar events or other threats to the schedule. Procurement delays are a
How To Expand Levels in Deltek Acumen
This article looks at a simple and quick way to expand all levels of a project in the S1 // Projects and S3 // Risk tabs of Deltek Acumen. Since we started offering training for the Deltek Acumen suite, we have had a number of frustrated customers who were looking for a way to expand the WBS for their project to specified levels
Video – Understanding the Deltek Acumen Risk Exposure Chart
The following video is a live demonstration of a risk analysis process being performed in Deltek Acumen Risk. Once the analysis has been completed, you will see an explanation of the resulting Risk Exposure chart.