dr. mcnatty webinar: an introduction to acumen 360
DESCRIPTION
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.TRANSCRIPT
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
September 22, 2011
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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
September 22, 2011
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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
September 22, 2011
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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