About a year ago we wrote about the new DCMA surveillance approach based on metric based analysis to determine the need and areas of focus for surveillance audits. In an attempt to bring more efficiency to the surveillance process, DCMA defined a series of metrics in relation to all ANSI 32 criteria. The goal is […]
Deltek Cobra Report Definitions
Unlock the Secrets of Report Output Control in Deltek Cobra I’m often asked how to change the default behavior of Deltek Cobra reports. In this video I’m going to show you how to perform two of the most commonly requested changes from default report behavior in Deltek Cobra. The first is how to run an […]
Webinar: Top 10 Tips from The Cobra Guy
Date: Thursday, November 10, 2016 Time: 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time Duration: 1 hour Top 10 Tips from the Cobra Guy The Cobra Guy is on a mission is to share tips, tricks and helpful information about Deltek Cobra through our Ten Six blog. And now, we’re taking it live during an upcoming joint webinar […]
How Can You Exclude Activities From Acumen Fuse?
When you are assessing your schedule’s quality, there are typically activities that you want to exclude from the analysis so they don’t cloud the results. You might have some activities that represent work your customer is going to do for example. You wouldn’t assign resources to this work (skews Normal Tasks with No Resource metric). […]
How Do You Manage Data In Deltek Acumen?
Deltek Acumen’s file structure is built around three levels of files. Each subsequent level rolls up to the parent level. By maintaining that structure you are able to quickly work with, assess and share data. The top level is called the Workbook. This is the heart of Acumen’s data maintenance and works just like a […]
Deltek Cobra and Variance Fields
Setting up variance fields in Deltek Cobra to track, analyze, and report variances is done at the beginning of the project set up. Deltek Cobra will allow you to define the negotiated variance thresholds, identify trends, run format 5 reports and even maintain the prior month’s variance analysis within Cobra for future reporting. Setting up […]
How to Setup Deltek Cobra to Recognize the “AND” in Thresholds
Using “AND” Thresholds instead of “OR” in Deltek Cobra When setting up a contract in Deltek Cobra, it is important to hammer out the reporting thresholds for variance reports. Most of the time the customer will provide this, but sometimes it is left open to be negotiated. Key with threshold definition is the inclusion of […]
3 Things To Do To Get More Out Of Deltek Cobra Reporting
Do you want to get more out of the Deltek Cobra reporting capabilities? Deltek Cobra is a mature, incredibly capable Earned Value engine. As such, it has a ton of capabilities and other tools you could be using right now. How much are you really taking advantage of? This is true of the Microsoft Office […]
How To Run Deltek Cobra 8 and Cobra 5 On The Same PC
When a new release of Deltek Cobra comes out, it can be challenging to just simply try it out without a test machine. As with any version of software, bugs can be an issue. So far in my early use of Deltek Cobra 8.0, I have not run into any bugs, however, it’s always a […]
How to Update Budget/Forecast Details in Cobra 8’s Project Details Screen
One of the new capabilities Deltek Cobra 8 offers its users, is the easier interface and updating capabilities in the Project Details screen. Here we will walk you through cutting and pasting the time phased forecast details to excel and back into Deltek Cobra 8 for updating budget and forecast. Under the projects Navigation pane […]