Dr. Dan Patterson delivered a sneak peek presentation of the soon-to-be-released Acumen 360. The presentation was first look at how Acumen 360 is capable of optimizing projects with its revolutionary scenario generating, criteria building and project integrating capabilities.

1. an introduction to Fuse 360
Goal-Based Optimization
enterprise project
analysis
Dr Dan Patterson PMP l CEO & Founder Acumen

2. 2
Presentation Overview
! Company introduction
! Introduction to Fuse
! Current project analysis platform
! Fuse 3.0 and Fuse 360
! Goal-based optimization
! Product demo
! Q&A
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3. 3
acumen proven project analytics
Passion and dedication to
helping to improve the practice of World Renowned Risk
Assessment
CPM scheduling & analysis
Workshops
! 2o Year+ PPM legacy across
multiple industries
! Oracle, Deltek & MS partner Oracle Primavera Risk
Analysis training
! Based in Austin, Texas
! Global presence
Acumen Fuse & Fuse
360: Enterprise
Project Analysis
Software
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4. Fuse 3.0 and 360 4
next generation analytics
! Today, thousands of users benefiting from Fuse
! Schedule, logic, performance, risk, EV analysis
! Wildly successful metric library and editor
! DCMA, Logic density™, Redundancy Index™, Baseline
Compliance™, Logic Hotspots™
! Forensics
! Visualization: Fuse Ribbons™
! Launch of Fuse 3.0 and 360 on October 18
! From application to an analytics platform
! 360 is the first of many analytics modules
! Schedule cleanser, fix MPP, P6 files in Fuse
! New: Goal-based optimization
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5. 5
Fuse 360 Goal-Based Project Optimizer
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6. 6
analysis three modules in one tool
! Project Analysis
benefit:
! Validate schedule quality, cost
forecast accuracy, risk realism Project
! Track project performance Analysis
! Trace/ pinpoint flawed logic
! Conduct forensic analysis
about:
! Over 300 industry standard &
unique-to-Fuse metrics
! Same capabilities as core
Fuse product
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7. 7
analysis three modules in one tool
! Schedule Cleanser
benefit:
! Remove logic complexities
! Eliminate constraints Metric
! Saves days of manual Analysis
cleansing
about:
! Automatically generate fixed
MS Project & Primavera
Schedules Schedule
! Compare to original schedule Cleanser
& pinpoint impact of cleanse
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8. 8
analysis three modules in one tool
! Goal-based
optimization
benefit:
! Create optimized scenarios Forensic Metric
! Achieve schedule
Analysis Analysis
acceleration in seconds
! Optimization based on your
inout
! about:
! Define your own goals &
means of achieving them
Logic
! Visualize accelerations in
Analysis
timeline view
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9. 9
goal-based optimization
! Objective • e.g. reduce project duration
Set Goal
by 3 months
! create an accelerated
& optimized schedule
• e.g. focus on engineering
! to adopt intelligent Define activities
Criteria
principles & criteria
! how does it work? • Generate optimized
Run Scenario(s)
! Goals Simulation
! criteria sets • Use Fuse analytics to
understand impact of
! Simulation Analyze
optimization
Scenarios
! analysis
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10. 10
setting acceleration goal
! Choose a
! target date
! % acceleration
! Duration acceleration
! Best scenario
possible
! Optionally cleanse
schedule
! Apply a set of criteria
(grouped into a
script)
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building a criteria set
! Define series of steps
! Steps contain rules:
! Duration reduction
! Calendar adjustment
! Lag reduction
! Constraint elimination
! Set priority
! Earliest/latest
! Longest
! Easiest/least resistance
! Optional filters
! e.g. only apply to engineering
! Editable libraries
! Shared/merged
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12. 12
run the simulation
! Run the acceleration
simulation
! Fuse applies criteria
during each iteration
! More & more
aggressive “push”
during each iteration
until either:
! Goal is achieved
! Criteria are exhausted
! Manual or automatic
granularity
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13. 13
accept or reject scenario
! number of days accelerated
! goal achieved or not?
! acceleration efficiency
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14. schedule 14
acceleration efficiency™
Example 1 Example 2
! 2 day project acceleration ! 2 day project acceleration
! requires 2 days of reduction ! requires 2 days of reduction
! Acceleration Efficiency =2/2 100% ! Acceleration Efficiency=2/3 67%
2 day activity
reduction 2 day activity
reduction
1 day activity
reduction
2 day project 2 day project
acceleration acceleration
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15. 15
compare scenarios
Fuse Forensics Fuse Analysis
! Identify changes ! Compare schedules
! Pinpoint impact of changes ! Run Fuse metrics on scenarios
! Defend changes made ! Visualize scenario differences
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16. 16
integration schedule, cost, risk, ev
Asta Cobra
Open Prism
Plan G2
P3/P6 PRA
MS Excel/
Project XML
September 22, 2011

17. 17
demo
acumen fuse® software demonstration
September 22, 2011

18. www.projectacumen.com
1.512.291.6261
info@projectacumen.com
dpatterson@projectacumen.com
September 22,
2011