Before You Begin...

Learn about the Acumen navigation and terminology, product features, and the Schedule and Risk Analysis processes, among other things.

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  • Navigation, Terminology, and Using the Online Help
    Learn about using the Acumen online help, terminology, and ribbon commands.
  • The S1 // S5 Schedule Maturity Framework
    By pursuing the five levels of identified maturity, projects are able to establish schedules that are validated; have accounted for risk; have been optimized and mitigated in order to achieve a target and have team buy-in on the execution plan. Each level leads to a more successful and more achievable project plan.
  • Project Scoring in Acumen
    The ability to provide scoring of schedule quality, execution performance, risk modeling, use of logic and more is a key feature of Acumen.
  • Product Feature Overview
    The Acumen products help you diagnose and resolve project shortcomings, reduce risk exposure, and accelerate or decelerate activities on the fly. They integrate with all major planning tools.
  • Acumen Suite Tabs
    Each Acumen Suite tab relates to a particular level of the Acumen schedule maturity framework; a series of 5 stages that result in a validated, risk-adjusted, and team-approved schedule.
  • Types of Analysis
    Acumen Fuse is an enterprise project analysis and visualization tool with multiple types of analysis.
  • The Schedule Diagnostics Process (Fuse)
    Use Fuse schedule diagnostics to analyze a single project, compare multiple projects within a program/portfolio, and run trend analysis of a single project over time.
  • The Risk Analysis Process (Risk)
    Acumen Risk is an advanced risk analysis tool for managing both cost and schedule risk exposure within a project (or multiple projects).
  • File Management Features
    Click the Acumen button () in the top left corner of the product to access the File Management commands.