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Dr. Dan Patterson PMP, Acumen CEO Improving Schedule
Quality with Acumen Fuse
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Agenda
! Overview of Acumen Fuse ! Schedule diagnostics ! Advanced logic analysis ! Project forensics ! Q&A
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// Acumen
! Project Management Software ! Focus on analytics
! Core Concepts ◦ Project success requires a sound plan ◦ Forecasting requires risk consideration
! Recognition ◦ 2012 Planning Innovation of the Year
◦ 2012 Inc.500 Award
Proven Project Analytics
Product Offerings
Risk Workshops
Acumen Platform
Software Training
Realistic Scheduling
Critiqued
The Base
Risk-Adjusted
Optimized
Team-Aligned // S5
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Build Schedule Basis
Acumen Fuse®: Project Diagnostics
Acumen Risk™: Risk Analysis & Register
Acumen 360™: Project Optimization
Team Validation and Buy In
S1 // Schedule Basis
S2 // Critiqued
S3 // Risk-Adjusted
S4 // Optimized
S5 // Team Approved
Acumen Fuse Diagnostics ! Improved Schedule Quality
Acumen 360 Scenario Generation ! Acceleration/Deceleration
Acumen Risk Risk Analysis ! Simplified Cost/Schedule
Acumen Software Summary
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Better Planning = Project Success
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Proven Correlation
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! Benefit: ◦ Insight into shortcomings ◦ Improved project quality ◦ Reliable project plans
! Audience: ◦ Schedulers / Planners ◦ Project Controls ◦ Forensic Analyzers
! Features:
◦ Industry standard metrics ◦ Forensic analysis ◦ Dashboards & reports ◦ Industry Benchmarking
Acumen Fuse® Project Diagnostics
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Acumen Fuse® pinpoints, and more importantly, resolves project shortcomings in a matter of minutes.
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Types of Project Metrics
Schedule
• Logic • Float • Dura>on
Cost
• Overrun • Capacity • Burn rates
Performance
• Status • Completed • Delayed
Characteris>cs
• Level of detail • Constrained • Riding Data Date
Earned Value
• CPI/SPI • Trending • Earned schedule
Risk
• Exposure • Hot spots • Hidden paths
Fuse Metric Libraries
• Project management best practices • Industry/corporate standards: PMI, AACE, NDIA
• Fuse-specific: Logic Density™, Hotspot, Redundancy
• Compliance: DCMA 14 Point, DoD
• Create your own!
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Customizable Metrics Fuse Metric Editor
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Acumen-Specific Metrics
Logic Density™ • Measure of complexity/completeness
Logic Hotspot™ • Timely start?
Float Ra>o™ • Degree of flexibility per day of work
Redundancy Index™ • Non-‐needed logic
Advanced Project Insight
Finish Compliance™ • Accurate measure of performance
Insufficient Detail™ • Ac>vity V project dura>on
Milestone Ra>o™ • Detail V repor>ng
Broad Risk Range • Check for erroneous risk input
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Baseline Compliance Index™ Performance Analysis
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Finish Compliance Index™
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Execution Performance
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! Circular logic ! Logic Density™ ! Redundancy Index™ ! Logic Sensitivity™ ! Out of sequence ! Dangling activities
Advanced Logic Analysis
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Logic Sensitivity™
! Validation of logic ! Delay analysis
The Nudge Test
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! Pinpoint changes ! Contractor updates ! Determine trends ! Calendar manipulation ! New Window
Analysis™
Project Forensics
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! Review & address issues directly in Fuse
! Push updates directly back to P6 and MS Project
! Analyze impact of cleanse using Fuse metrics!
Schedule Cleansing
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Acumen Fuse™ Demonstration
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