A one-hour webinar introducing Acumen 360. Acumen 360 gives you the ability to accelerate time frames effortlessly in seconds. It provides pinpointed focus, intelligent optimization and selects the most efficient means of achieving your schedule goals.

1. Intelligent Project Acceleration:
goal-based acceleration
Dr. Dan Patterson | CEO & Founder Acumen

2. 2
Agenda
� Introductions
� Schedule acceleration
� Case Study using Fuse 360
� Q&A
November 17, 2011

3. Acumen: Proven Project Analytics
� Project Management Software Company
� Improving CPM scheduling & analysis
� Thought leader in Analytics
� Schedule maturity framework
S1 > S5™ Framework Acumen Core Offerings
S5: Acumen Fuse®
Validate
S4:
Optimize
S3: Risk-
S2:
Adjust Risk Assessment Workshops
Critique
S1: Build
Software Training

4. 4
Fuse 360 Goal-Based Acceleration
� Module for Fuse platform
� Automated:
� Scenario generation Logic
Analysis
� Acceleration
� Decision support Forensic Metric
Analysis Analysis
November 17, 2011

5. Goal-Based Acceleration
Accelerate schedule…
by applying criteria
…to achieve a given goal

6. 6
Acceleration
� Planning: Schedule alignment
� Execution: Delay recovery
� Goal:
� Target date
� % of remaining duration
� Best date possible
� Project or activity
November 17, 2011

7. Criteria Sets
� Drive acceleration
Criteria Set
� Reduce duration
Script
� Change calendars “Cleanse & accelerate
construction”
� Reduce logic lags Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
Remove all Filter for Reduce
� Remove constraints constraints Construction
activities
remaining
duration by
20%

8. 8
How Does it Work?
� CPM simulation
� Critical path focus
� Incremental push
� Prioritize
� Earliest/latest
� Longest durations
� Least resistance
November 17, 2011

9. Accept or Reject Scenario
� Number of days accelerated?
� Goal achieved?

10. 10
Decision Support
� Scenario Insight:
� Fuse forensics: what changed?
� Fuse analysis: which option?
� New plan:
� Publish back to Primavera or MS Project
November 17, 2011

11. 11
Baseline Compliance™
� Traditional measures include:
� Earned value
� % complete
� Ahead/behind baseline
� Baseline Compliance™
� True measure of how plan is being executed
� More than just date comparison
November 17, 2011

12. Compliance Scenarios

13. Case Study
Baseline Compliance™ Analysis
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%

14. 14
Demo
Based on case study
Project slipped by 6 months
Acceleration used to recover delay
Result was faster, more achievable plan
November 17, 2011

15. Example 1 Example 2
� 2 day project acceleration � 2 day project acceleration
� Requires 2 days of reduction � Requires 2 days of reduction
� 100% � 67%
2 day activity
reduction 2 day activity
reduction
1 day activity
3 reduction
2 day project 2 day project
acceleration acceleration

16. Fuse 360 Summary
Goal-based Schedule Acceleration
Based on true CPM analysis
Uses your
Generate alternate scenarios
Publish to native scheduling tool
Faster schedules through intelligent acceleration
Decision support through advanced analytics

17. More information:
White papers: www.projectacumen.com
Software Trial: www.projectacumen.com/trial
Twitter: @projectacumen
Email: info@projectacumen.com