Deltek Acumen 8.5 Online Help

Using the Help Search
Using the Help Search
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Run an Automatic Project Goal-Based Acceleration

Use automatic project goal-based acceleration to define the acceleration target and let Acumen 360 automatically generate the schedule scenario that meets that goal.

To define a goal that is relative to the end of the project, complete the following steps:

  1. Select the S4 // Acceleration tab.
  2. In the Acceleration group, click Accelerate Schedule to display the Accelerate Schedule dialog box.
  3. Do one of the following:
    • Select New Finish Date and click the calendar or use the sliding scale to set the target goal for the activity acceleration.
    • Select Best Date Possible if you want Acumen to select the acceleration date. Acumen automatically determines the appropriate level of granularity to apply during an analysis. This is calculated based on the complexity of logic, number of activities, remaining duration, and aggressiveness of the acceleration.
  4. In the Select Acceleration Script box, select the script that you want to use for the acceleration.
    Click Edit Script at the bottom of the dialog box if you want to make changes to the script or to see what is included with the script. When you click Edit Script, the S4 // Acceleration tab displays with the script selected.
  5. (Optional) Click Advanced >> if you want to manually override the level applied so that an even more accurate, or alternately, a faster but less accurate model can be run.
  6. Click OK to run the simulation.
    After the simulation is complete, an Acceleration Results dialog box displays with the results. You can choose to add the accelerated scenario to your project and then run another script, or go to Forensics or Diagnostics, or you can choose not to add the scenario to your project.