We are now offering our Deltek Cobra 8 Orientation online video training free of charge. Get up to speed with the new features and capabilities in Deltek Cobra 8. This course is ideally for folks who are already familiar with Deltek Cobra 5 and wish to learn about this major newer version. This 40 minute […]
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 […]
IPMR Format Reports Explained
I’ll start with a little background and history to give you some perspective about the IPMR Format Report formats for earned value metrics. And this discussion focuses largely on the formal reports that are a contractual requirement for Department of Defense when you win projects that are above a certain value. In short, there are […]
Deltek Cobra – How to Help CAMs with Manual Forecasting
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 […]
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 […]
Deltek Cobra – Calendars and Reports
For those who are becoming familiar with Deltek Cobra, one of the more important concepts you should be highly aware of is the indelible relationship between the Deltek Cobra calendars, and the various format reports. While this article shows examples using Deltek Cobra version 8.2, the principals discussed here are true of every version of […]