Project Analysis

The Acumen Fuse analysis engine uses a combination of ribbons and metrics to run project analytics.

In addition to calculating metrics, Acumen Fuse analysis also determines whether or not defined tripwire thresholds have been triggered.

You can use the Activity Browser to pinpoint which activity(s) are causing the metric tripwire to trigger. The Activity Browser shows activities based on which ribbon, phase, or intersection you click on.

The Acumen analysis engine can analyze across multiple phases as well as segment data by ribbon. The analysis engine automatically calculates duration, cost, and work across phase boundaries and spreads values accordingly.

For example, a 60-day activity starting on January 1 will automatically be segmented into 31 days in January, 28 days in February (assuming a non-leap year), and 1 day in March. The costs and work for this activity also get spread accordingly so that when the metric engine is run, results are not only analyzed for the ribbon as a whole but also within each individual phase.

Similarly, the engine determines, for example, within which phase an activity starts. This in turn enables metrics, such as the number of activities starting within a particular fiscal reporting period, to be created.

Project Analysis Example

In the example below, the "Missing Logic" metric is being applied to a project.
  • The ribbon analyzer tells you which group of activities (Critical or Non-Critical) has missing logic.
  • The phase analyzer tells you which time period contains the activities with missing logic.
  • The intersection analyzer pinpoints the path and phase.

Related topics:

  • Project Analysis Types
    The Acumen engine analyses projects in three dimensions.
  • Ribbon Analyzer
    The ribbon analyzer displays metric results for each individual ribbon.
  • Phase Analyzer
    The phase analyzer displays the results from an Acumen Fuse analysis for each individual phase.
  • Intersection Analyzer
    The intersection analysis is the most detailed of the three analyzers as it pinpoints exceptions within ribbons and phases combined.
  • Trend Analysis
    You can use the Acumen Fuse trend analysis feature to replace the traditional time-based phases in the diagnostics view with project snapshots.
  • Analyzer Chart Options
    When you view analyzer results through the use of charts, the colors of the bars and lines relate to the tripwire threshold colors as defined for the metric in question.
  • Excluding Activities From Analysis
    You can filter activities out of the analysis using the Excluded check boxes in the Activity Browser.
  • Single Project Analysis
    When a workbook contains a single project, you can generate ribbons as a single project ribbon or grouped by field, WBS, or resource.
  • Multi-Project/Portfolio Analysis
    In a similar manner in which you can analyze multiple snapshots of the same project, you can ribbonize multiple projects within a given program or portfolio.
  • Snapshot Comparison - Trending of a Project Over Time
    You can include multiple snapshots of the same project within a workbook in order to run comparisons against a given version of the same project.
  • Comparison Analysis
    Use the Comparison Analyzer to compare similarities and differences between two scenarios.
Parent Topic: S2 // Diagnostics Tab