This webinar highlights four specific use cases of the Fuse project analytics platform from major EPC contracting companies. Representatives from CH2M HILL, Fluor, The Shaw Group, and KBR discuss how they have used Fuse's analytics capabilities to improve schedule quality, identify areas for improvement, save time in reporting, standardize best practices, and assess schedule adherence. The webinar also provides a briefing on new features in the upcoming Fuse 3.1 release, including an enhanced Schedule Quality Index and P6 integration capabilities. A question and answer session is included at the end.

1. // Fuse Customer Perspective
EPC Contractors

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3. // Overview & Objectives
◦ High Fuse adoption rate since product
inception
◦ Proven value in:
◦ EPC/owner partnerships
◦ Bidding competiveness
◦ General insight & best practice maturity
improvement
◦ Webinar highlights four specific use cases
◦ Firsthand customer perspective!
◦ Four user stories
◦ Fuse 3.1 briefing
◦ Q&A (submit Q’s through Questions box)
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4. Realistic Scheduling
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Proven Project Analytics S1
The Base
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Critiqued
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// Risk-
◦ Project Management Software S3 Adjusted
Company //
Optimized
S4
// Team-
◦ Insight into challenges & use of S5 Aligned
analytics to overcome them
Product Offerings
◦ Core Concepts: Acumen Fuse®
1. Project success requires a Risk Workshops
sound plan
Software Training
2. Forecast accuracy requires risk
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consideration

5. // Acumen Fuse Platform
Enterprise Project Analysis
Metric
Analyzer
◦ Fuse: analytics platform
Logic
◦ Improves schedule quality Analyzer
◦ Insight into performance Forensic
Analyzer
◦ Fuse 360: goal-based acceleration
Schedule
Cleanser
◦ Schedule Acceleration
Schedule
◦ Decision-support Accelerator
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6. Project Controls Manager
// Duane Compton, CH2M HILL

7. Fuse Forensic Analyzer & Fuse
// Index™
CH2M HILL
◦ Ensuring data integrity during file
conversion
◦ MS Project  Primavera
◦ Identify missing or changed fields
◦ Using the Fuse Index™ to prioritize
improvements and score planning quality
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8. Chief Planner
// Joe Moore, Fluor

9. // Schedule Quality Improvement
Fluor
◦ Custom Fluor metrics to identify areas of
concern
◦ Generating reports for schedule
improvement
◦ Correcting found problems
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10. Global Chief of Scheduling
// Gabriel Saenz, The Shaw Group

11. // Time Savings
The Shaw Group
◦ Custom reports
◦ Insight into planning quality not
provided by previous solutions
◦ Reports created in minutes
◦ Previously took 2-3 days
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12. PLANNED EARLY STARTS
60
50 FCST ES
BASE ES
ACTIVITY COUNT
40 ACTUAL STARTS
30
20
10
0

13. PLANNED FINISH
70
UPDATE PLAN FINISH
60
BASE PLAN FINISH
ACTUAL FINISH
50
ACTIVITY COUNT
40
30
20
10
0

14. EARLY START TREND
500
CUM ACTUAL START
CUM PLAN STARTS
400
ACTIVITY COUNT
300
200
100
0
30-May 6-Jun 13-Jun 20-Jun 27-Jun 4-Jul 11-Jul 18-Jul 25-Jul 1-Aug 8-Aug 15-Aug
EARLY FINISH TREND
500 CUM ACTUAL FINISH
CUM PLAN FINISH
ACTIVITY COUNT
400
300
200
100
0
30-May 6-Jun 13-Jun 20-Jun 27-Jun 4-Jul 11-Jul 18-Jul 25-Jul 1-Aug 8-Aug 15-Aug

15. AVERAGE FLOAT
150
130 UPDATE FLOAT
110
PLAN FLOAT
AVER FLOAT (days)
90
70
50
30
10
-10
-30
-50
M J J A S O N D J M A M J J A S O

16. ORIGINAL DURATION SUMMATION
AVERAGE DURATION

17. NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES WITH HIGH DURATION
NUMBER OF ACTITIVITIES PER MONTH

18. PERCENT OF ACTIVITIES WITH HIGH FLOAT
Common (C)
Utilities (U)
UTILITIES
EAST WEST
2%
14%
11%
0 to 20 Days Float
0 to 20 Days Float
22% 20 to 30 days float
20 to 30 days float
More than 30 days float More than 30 days float
65%
86%

19. Functional Planning and Scheduling
// Bradley Ingle, The Shaw Group

20. // Schedule Adherence
The Shaw Group
◦ Custom Shaw Group metrics
◦ Assess adherence of schedule to Shaw
requirements
◦ Monthly and weekly assessments and
reporting
◦ Slicing data by time segment and activity
grouping for targeted analysis and insight
◦ Massive data sets
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21. Principal Planner
// Jerry Vogt, KBR

22. // Company Standard
KBR
◦ Implementing company-wide standard
scheduling best practices
◦ Assessing schedules against these
standards
◦ Editing metric thresholds and tripwires
◦ Creating custom views for analysis &
insight
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23. // CPMi Float & Constraint
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24. // CPMi Logic
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25. // CPMi Resources and Misc.
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26. // Acumen Fuse® 3.1 Briefing
Case Study
◦ Schedule Quality Index: the true standard of
standards!
◦ Acumen Cloud™: benchmarking
◦ Schedule Cleanser™: intelligent schedule
improvement
◦ Calendar forensics: interrogation of calendar
definition
◦ Enhanced P6 integration: XML & inter-project
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data

27. // Q&A

28. More information:
White papers: www.projectacumen.c
Software Trial: www.projectacumen.c
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