The summit was held on October 18, 2011 in Houston, TX. Download the keynote, delivered by Dr. Dan Patterson

1. 2011
Acumen Annual Summit

2. Today’s Agenda:
8:00 – 9:00 Breakfast
9:00 – 10:30 Keynote La Scala I
10:30 – 11:00 Morning Break
11:00 – 12:00 Sessions La Scala I & II
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch La Scala III
1:00 – 3:00 Sessions La Scala I & II
3:00 – 3:30 Afternoon Break
Fuse User Panel &
3:30 – 5:00 La Scala I
What do you want in Fuse?
Hotel Sorella
5:00 – 7:00 Cocktail Reception
Terrace

3. Steve Cook
Acumen Chairman

4. 2011
Acumen Annual Summit �
Dr Dan Patterson PMP l CEO & Founder Acumen

5. Agenda
� Where we’ve come from
� Where we are today
� Two Product Launches:
Version 3.0 New Product
Major Upgrade Project Optimization

6. Acumen DNA
DNA S1 > S5™ Maturity Framework
� Project Management
� Planning & execution
� Schedule basis
� Foundation of what we do
� Analytics
� Insight
� Maturity framework
� S1 > S5
� Driven by you

7. We really mean it.

8. Partners & Resellers
North America International
ARES Software Linear Project America, Inc.
Cost Management Canada
Long International OTC Optima
Schedule Forensics UK
PTC Fortior Global
Compliance Australia
CMCS
Asia
Verano
South America

9. New Partnership
Announcement!
September 15, 2011
Partnership Benefit to YOU
Primavera’s “Go-To
Analytics Partner” è Access to experts
Official PRA Trainer è PRA/analytics support
PRA/P6 Reseller è Closer integration

10. Fuse Training
� New Standard & Advanced classes
� New 3.0 training guide
� Monthly Houston classes
� In-person web-training

11. Risk Workshops (S3)
�
� Pro-active risk reduction/decision support
� Success:
� $150B of projects, over 100 projects & counting
� 100% conducting quarterly or follow-up reviews
� Fuse & Risk Workshops
…Perfect match for project controls

12. Acumen S3 Risk Forecasting
Top of bar represents sanctioned
target completion date
Vertical bar represents
forecasted risk range
Diamond represents actual/
final forecast completion date

13. enterprise project analysis software

14. Version V0.01

15. First Line of Code

16. Fuse Engine Proof of Concept

17. The Result…

18. Metric Editor

19. Logic Analyzer

20. Forensic Analyzer

21. Dashboard

22. Fuse Users

23. Metrics
� Game-changing
� DCMA
� Logic Density™
Here’s the proof..
� Redundancy Index™
Baseline Compliance™
�
� Hot spots
� Metric Builder…. We listened!

24. Quality Equals Success?
100%
R² = 0.603
90%
80%
70%
Finish Compliance Index™
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
Fuse Quality Index™

25. Version 2 Notable Advances
�
� Accelerated IT implementation
� Application Programming Interface (API)
� Custom reporting
� Cloud based support
� License activation
�

26. Our Newest Team Member
Hard at Work…

27. Where We Are Now
Product Launches

28. introducing�
version 3.0�

29. Hierarchical Filters &
Drill Down Ribbons
� Drill-down analysis
� Compound
� Breadcrumb trail
� Targeted metrics

30. Trace Logic
� From selected activity:
� Forwards
� Backwards
� Both
� Between 2 activities
� Identify path(s)
� Analysis
� Path analysis
� Driving logic analysis
� View logic links

31. New Metrics & Benchmarks
� Baseline Performance Index™ Metrics
� Realistic means of tracking performance V1
� Redundancy Index™
� Target of less than 20%
Thresholds
� Fuse Quality Index ™ V2
� Continuous improvement analysis
� Earned Value (Work) Benchmarks
� Performance metrics for work V3

32. Timeline View
� Big picture view
� Key activities/dates
� Compare changes
� Smart Filter capability

33. Schedule Cleanser ™
� Next step in schedule analysis (S4)
� Remove complexity
�
� “What if…” Scenarios
� Improve Quality Index™ score

34. Update Schedule
� “But Don’t you need to run
� Publish to Primavera CPM schedule analysis to
see changes?”
� Publish to MS Project
�
Fuse 3.0 now has it’s
own CPM Engine!

35. Expanded Integration
Asta Cobra
Open Prism
Plan G2
P3/P6 PRA
MS Excel/
Project XML

36. version 3.0
Demonstration

37. Fuse 3.0 Summary
� Hierarchical/drill-down analysis ribbons
� Driving Logic analysis
� New metrics & benchmarks
�
� Schedule Cleanser™
� Ares Prism G2 integration

38. Acumen S1>S5
™

39. Introducing…�
goal- based optimization�

40. Introducing Fuse 360
� First…
� Goal-based schedule optimizer
� Series of Fuse platform modules
� Schedule acceleration
� Planning: align plan to project expectations
� Execution: get a project back on track
� Schedule Competitiveness
� IPA identify as key measure of mega-project success
� Utilizes your expertize
�

41. Goal-Based Optimization
� Objective:
Accelerate schedule...
by applying criteria
…to achieve a given goal

42. Setting Acceleration Goal
� Choose:
� Target date
� % acceleration
� Duration
� Best possible date
� Optionally cleanse
� Project or activity

43. Building Your Criteria Set
�
� Steps contain rules
� Set priority
�
� Editable libraries

44. The Flexibility of Criteria Sets
� Drive acceleration � Prioritize
� Reduce duration � Earliest/latest
� Change calendars � Longest durations
� Reduce logic lags � Least resistance
� Remove constraints � Focus
�

45. Acceleration Simulation
1. CPM simulation
2. Driving path focus
3. Criteria applied
4. Incremental “push”
5. Is goal reached?
6. Multiple scenarios

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

47. Compare Scenarios
Fuse Forensics Fuse Analysis
� Identify changes � Compare schedules
� Pinpoint impact � Run metrics
� Defend changes � Visualize differences

48. Demonstration

49. 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

50. Fuse 360 Summary
� Goal-based Schedule Optimization
� Based on true CPM analysis
�
� Generate alternate scenarios
� Publish to native scheduling tool
“Decision support for scheduling”

51. Fuse 3.0 & 360 Availability
Available today! Demo booth outside
Fuse 3.0 Fuse360
� Existing Users: � Trial versions
Automatic update � Remote upgrade
� Trial versions

52. Pricing, Licensing, Upgrading…
� Licensing
� Named or concurrent
� Pricing
� Fuse 3.0 : $5,000
� Fuse 360: $9,000
� Trade-in Plan
� $4,000 upgrade

53. Thank You. Really.
Absorb
Discover
Question
Tell us!

54. Today’s Agenda:
8:00 – 9:00 Breakfast
9:00 – 10:30 Keynote La Scala I
10:30 – 11:00 Morning Break
11:00 – 12:00 Sessions La Scala I & II
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch La Scala III
1:00 – 3:00 Sessions La Scala I & II
3:00 – 3:30 Afternoon Break
Fuse User Panel &
3:30 – 5:00 La Scala I
What do you want in Fuse?
Hotel Sorella
5:00 – 7:00 Cocktail Reception
Terrace