In Deltek Cobra there are three options for weighting the spread of hours when resources are assigned to work packages or control accounts. These are: ‘Linear weight’, ‘Weight Using Hours’ and ‘Weight using working days’. The question is what effect do these settings have when making a resource assignment and indeed what calculations is Cobra performing for each of them?
Deltek Cobra Feature Enhancement Wish List
This article looks at a couple of shortcomings in the Deltek Cobra interface that, if solved, would make a lot of users very happy indeed. They may seem a little trivial on the surface, but evidently I’m not alone in my frustration. So for what it’s worth, here’s
How Do You Do Cross Project Reporting In Deltek Cobra?
Deltek Cobra has the ability to define a “Master Project” that acts essentially like a container to which you can allocate multiple projects. This feature gives you the ability to report across projects, as well as perform other functions, which can be
Deltek Cobra 5.n Project Integration Warning: “Could not find a base result for .”
Deltek Cobra warning encountered when integrating Microsoft Project [Warning] Could not find a base result for . Cost data not loaded for this resource. This warning will be encountered when integrating Microsoft Project (2007/2010/2013) XML files to a Deltek Cobra 5.n project when there is a period character suffix in the Microsoft Project resource name. […]
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How To Use The Significant Flag In Deltek Cobra
In the latest requirements for the Integrated Program Management Report (IPMR) Format 3, the Baseline Report, the government has added the ability to distinguish between significant and non-significant changes as a criteria for what changes get specifically broken out in
How Does Cobra Handle The Latest IPMR Format 2 Requirements?
The latest guidance for the Integrated Program Management Report (IPMR) adds some reporting criteria to the Format 2 report. In the older Contract Performance Report (CPR) format, the Format 2 had to be run by the OBS element. This sometimes caused confusion on how to handle materials and
Labeling of Codes on Codes Does Not Work In Deltek Cobra…at First!
Deltek Cobra allows you to assign codes on codes, a powerful feature that gives you incredible flexibility for reporting. These kinds of fields are especially important when implementing the tool in an enterprise environment because you can give individual projects flexibility in how they want to
Options for Earning Value in Deltek Cobra
While most of us use the default Earn Value by: Budget option for calculating earned value in Cobra, it is useful to have a good grasp of how the other options function. One option may be more appropriate in certain situations than another, so it’s good to have some general understanding of
Deltek Cobra Roadmap – What’s Next?
News of where you should expect to see Deltek Cobra go in the years ahead was presented at Deltek’s Insight conference in sunny Orlando this week. In the coming years highlighted on the Cobra Roadmap, it looks like Deltek will focus more