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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Fuse  Schedule  Index™  

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