This presentation was given by Acumen CEO, Dr. Dan Patterson, and Kurt Voytell, Acumen customer and project manager at Constellation Energy. Created for the Oracle Primavera Special Interest Group webinar, it includes a comprehensive overview and a case study of the use of Fuse at Constellation Energy.

1. Dr.
Dan
Patterson
CEO-­‐
Acumen
Kurt
Voytell
Constellation
Energy/
Acumen
Customer

2. Introductions
• Dan
Patterson:
CEO
Acumen
• Over
20
years
in
PPM
• Risk
analysis
expertise
• Founder
of
Acumen
• Kurt
Voytell:
Constellation
Energy
• Fuse
user
since
January
2011

3. Acumen World
Renowned
Risk
Assessment
Project Confidence
Workshops
• Project
analytics
thought
leader
• Oracle
Partner
Oracle
Accredited
• Headquartered
in
Primavera
Risk
Austin,
TX
Analysis
Training
• Global
reseller
network
Acumen
Fuse®
Enterprise
Project
Analysis

4. What is Acumen Fuse?
Enterprise
Project
Analysis
Software
• Validate
schedule
quality,
cost
forecast
accuracy,
and
risk
realism
• Identify
logic
flaws
in
a
single
project
or
multiple
linked
projects
• Compare
project
plans
or
iterations
of
the
same
plan
• Track
project
performance
and
trending
• Evaluate
compliance
and
prepare
for
IBR
• Align
schedule
with
cost
&
risk
information
…
Leading
to
Better
quality
planning
and
execution

5. Metric Analysis
• Analyze
schedule,
cost,
risk,
performance
• “What
>
So
What
>
Now
What…”
• Objective
of
pinpointing
issues,
shortcomings
and
failed
tripwires
• Comparison
against
benchmarks/thresholds/baselines
• Trending
over
time
• Comparisons,
performance
improvements
• Advanced
metrics
• Beyond
standard
‘schedule
check’
e.g.
logic
densityTM
• Fuse
Metric
Library
• Over
225
metrics:
DCMA
14
Point,
GAO,
EV,
Risk,
Baseline
Compliance
• Metric
Editor
• Only
commercial
product
to
allow
you
to
create
your
own
criteria
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6. Acumen Fuse 2.1
• Metric
Analyzer
Faster
• Schedule
quality
• Cost/Performance/EV
Easier
•
• Baseline
Compliance
Logic
Analyzer
More
informative…
•
•
Missing
or
redundant
Multi
Project
• Forensic
Analyzer
• Variances
• Trending
• Integrated
baseline/snapshots
• Visualization
• Ribbons
• Dashboard
• API
Integration
with
Primavera
P3,
P6,
MSP,
Deltek,
Cobra,
Excel,
Ares,
Pertmaster,
UNCEFACT

7. Enhanced Fuse Analysis
2
x
faster
analysis;
snapshot
visualization;
custom
reports

8. Acumen
Fuse®
Visualization
&
Reporting

9. Visualize Metric Results
• Colored
analysis
Errors
flagged
results
allow
for
in
red
quickly
isolating
flaws
Metric
results
• View
results
in
shown
in
charts
to
graph
form
compare
quality
of
ribbons
and/or
phases

10. Dashboard
• Roll
up
analysis
results
to
a
single
view
• Configure
dashboard
to
show
any
metrics
• Copy
and
paste
for
easy
custom
reporting

11. Included Reports
• Verbose
• Score
and
• Uses
color
and
summary
of
compare
quality
size
to
help
analysis,
useful
of
multiple
pinpoint
and
for
PMs
and
projects
or
prioritize
Executives
ribbons
project
issues
Executive
Scorecards
Heat
Map
Briefing
• Metric
results
in
• List
of
spreadsheet
scheduling
form
flaws
in
spreadsheet
form
Ribbon
Analyst
Report
Report

12. Acumen
Fuse®
Demo

13. Fuse API

14. User Story
• Fuse
user
since
January
2011
• Advanced
schedule,
cost,
and
performance
analysis
• Developed
custom
reports
&
metrics

15. Austin
Office
Houston
Office
7320
N
Mopac
1001
Dairy
Ashford
Suite
301
Suite
100
Austin,
TX
78731
Houston,
Texas
77077
+1.512.291.6261
+1.713.595.6620
www.projectacumen.com