Schedule risk analysis doesn’t have to be complicated. In this webinar learn how Acumen Risk™ uses a more intuitive approach to evaluating risk to achieve truly integrated cost and schedule risk analysis.
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Simplifiying cost and schedule risk analysis with acumen risk
1. Dr. Dan Patterson PMP, Acumen CEO
Simplifying Risk Analysis with
Acumen Risk
2. Anadarko
// Acumen CH2M Hill
Chevron
Proven Project Analytics ConocoPhillips
Constellation Energy
DCMA
DTE Energy
! Project Management Software Duke Energy
◦ Providing insight into project challenges Enbridge
◦ Improving planning accuracy & reliability Fluor
General Dynamics
! Core Concepts:
Hess
◦ Project success requires a sound plan
Hill International
◦ Forecast accuracy requires risk consideration Jacobs
! Recognition: KBR
Marathon
◦ Planning Innovation of the Year 2012
NASA
◦ Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Company
Newmont Mining
! Legacy Repsol
◦ 25 years of thought-leadership SAIC
Shaw
◦ Trusted by Fortune 500 & Industry Leaders
Shell
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4. // Why Perform Risk Analysis?
! Scheduling
◦ Science behind forecasting project completion
◦ Doesn’t account for scope uncertainty, unknowns
! Risk Analysis
◦ Gain true insight into schedule achievability
◦ Pinpoints risk hotspots that will cause delay
◦ Structured approach to reducing risk exposure
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5. // Legacy Risk Tools
Shortcomings
! Manual summary
schedule
! Complex data loading
! Abstract & highly
statistical
! Error-prone/misleading
reporting
Requires a statistician
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6. // The Acumen Risk™ Approach
Risk Reengineered…
! Graphical data loading
! Uses native schedule
! Meaningful context
! Very fast analysis
! Intuitive reporting
! Insightful metrics
Designed for collaborative
project risk workshops
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7. // Schedule Impact on Cost Risk
Cost Risk Distribution Schedule Risk Distribution
P100 360d (120%)
Deterministic: 300d
$90K $100K $130K P0 280d (93%)
Uncertainty
Schedule Impact on Cost Risk Distribution
$84K $90K $100K $130K $156K
Uncertainty
8. // Project Risk Register
Tracking Risk Events
! Create new or Import
! Cost & Schedule Risks
! Pre & Post Mitigated
! Custom Templates
◦ Auto-Calibrate matrix
◦ Absolute/relative impacts
! Map to Schedule
◦ Activity-based mapping
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9. // Risk Exposure
Histogram
P- Dates
! P-Dates
◦ “I’m 50% confident I will
finish on…”
Contingency
! Contingency
◦ “How much more/less
time do I need to finish
by…?” Deterministic
! Deterministic
Confidence Level
◦ “How realistic is my
planned finish date?”
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11. // Risk Comparison
Distribution Curves
! Compare scenarios in
a single workbook:
◦ Turn on or off risks Benefit of Mitigation
◦ Benefit of mitigation
◦ Uncertainty vs. Risk Events
◦ Schedule A vs. Schedule B
◦ Impact of schedule delay
on cost risk
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13. // Acumen Forecast Accuracy
Top of bar: Sanctioned
5 – May -12 Target Completion Date
Vertical Line: Forecasted
23–Dec-11 Date Range
Diamond: Actual/Final
6-Jun-11 Completion Date
18-Nov-10
2-May-10
14-Oct-09
28-Mar-09
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14. // Additional Information
Integration
! Primavera:
Licensing:
◦ P6 (XER, XML, Web Services/P6 R8) ! Stand alone / Named user
◦ P3
◦ Risk Analysis ! Concurrent / Multi user
! Microsoft:
! Citrix based
◦ Project
◦ Project Server
◦ Excel
Training
! Risk 101 & Acumen Risk
! Online and Private on-site
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15. More information:
White papers: www.projectacumen.com
Software Trial: www.projectacumen.com/trial
Twitter: @projectacumen
Email: info@projectacumen.com