dr. mcnatty webinar: an introduction to acumen 360

an introduction to Fuse 360

Goal-Based Optimization

Dr Dan Patterson PMP l CEO & Founder Acumen

enterprise project analysis

! 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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Presentation Overview

acumen proven project analytics Passion and dedication to helping to improve the practice of CPM scheduling & analysis ! 2o Year+ PPM legacy across

multiple industries ! Oracle, Deltek & MS partner ! Based in Austin, Texas ! Global presence

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World Renowned Risk Assessment Workshops

Oracle Primavera Risk Analysis training

Acumen Fuse & Fuse 360: Enterprise Project Analysis

Software

! 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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4 Fuse 3.0 and 360 next generation analytics

Fuse 360 Goal-Based Project Optimizer

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! Project Analysis benefit: ! Validate schedule quality, cost

forecast accuracy, risk realism ! Track project performance ! Trace/ pinpoint flawed logic ! Conduct forensic analysis about: ! Over 300 industry standard &

unique-to-Fuse metrics ! Same capabilities as core

Fuse product

Project Analysis

analysis three modules in one tool

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! Schedule Cleanser benefit: ! Remove logic complexities ! Eliminate constraints ! Saves days of manual

cleansing about: ! Automatically generate fixed

MS Project & Primavera Schedules

! Compare to original schedule & pinpoint impact of cleanse

Metric Analysis

Schedule Cleanser

analysis three modules in one tool

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! Goal-based optimization benefit: ! Create optimized scenarios ! Achieve schedule

acceleration in seconds ! Optimization based on your

inout ! about: ! Define your own goals &

means of achieving them ! Visualize accelerations in

timeline view

Metric Analysis

Logic Analysis

Forensic Analysis

analysis three modules in one tool

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goal-based optimization Set Goal

•  e.g. reduce project duration by 3 months

Define Criteria

•  e.g. focus on engineering activities

Run Simulation

•  Generate optimized Scenario(s)

Analyze Scenarios

•  Use Fuse analytics to understand impact of optimization

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! Objective ! create an accelerated

& optimized schedule ! to adopt intelligent

principles & criteria ! how does it work?

! Goals ! criteria sets ! Simulation ! analysis

setting acceleration goal

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! Choose a ! target date ! % acceleration ! Duration acceleration ! Best scenario

possible ! Optionally cleanse

schedule ! Apply a set of criteria

(grouped into a script)

building a criteria set

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! 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

run the simulation

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! 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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accept or reject scenario ! number of days accelerated ! goal achieved or not? ! acceleration efficiency

schedule acceleration efficiency™ Example 1

! 2 day project acceleration ! requires 2 days of reduction ! Acceleration Efficiency =2/2 100%

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Example 2

! 2 day project acceleration ! requires 2 days of reduction ! Acceleration Efficiency=2/3 67%

2 day project acceleration

2 day project acceleration

2 day activity reduction 2 day activity

reduction

1 day activity reduction

compare scenarios Fuse Forensics

! Identify changes ! Pinpoint impact of changes ! Defend changes made

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Fuse Analysis

! Compare schedules ! Run Fuse metrics on scenarios ! Visualize scenario differences

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integration schedule, cost, risk, ev

MS Project

P3/P6

Open Plan

Asta Cobra

Prism G2

PRA

Excel/XML

demo acumen fuse® software demonstration

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www.projectacumen.com 1.512.291.6261

info@projectacumen.com dpatterson@projectacumen.com

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