S1 // Projects Tab

Use this tab to create and maintain project workbooks and to import, view, and edit project data.

Project data can come from multiple sources and platforms. It can be a combination of cost, schedule, risk, or any other type of project management data.

Before you can analyze your projects, you must:

  • Create or open a workbook.
  • Create external data project links.
  • Import the project data.
After you import your project data, you can perform such tasks as:
  • Manipulate schedules
  • Create scenarios
  • View or edit activity details

Related Topics:

  • S1 // Projects Tab Procedures
    Use these procedures when working with the S1 // Projects tab.
  • S1 // Projects Tab Views and Commands
    This tab includes Projects and Details panes, and Activity and SmartGantt views.
  • External Data Sources
    Acumen integrates with multiple schedule planning programs, risk analysis programs, cost analysis programs, and MS Excel.
  • Project and Snapshot Links
    Links within a workbook to data sources can either be projects or snapshots. A project can contain one or more snapshots and a workbook can contain one or more projects.
  • Filtering Project Data Prior to Import
    When importing project data, you can use the Import > Filters command to filter the type of information that is imported into your Acumen workbook.
  • Importing Project Data
    After you have defined your workbook by linking projects and adding snapshots, you are ready to import the data. You can choose to import all data in a workbook, or only certain projects.
  • Importing Cost Data
    Acumen allows you to import cost data from a Deltek Cobra data file, a .cvs file, and/or Work Authorization Document (WAD).
  • Include/Exclude Projects from Analysis
    While an Acumen workbook can contain an unlimited number of projects and snapshots, you can control which of these projects/snapshots get included in analysis.
  • Milestones
    If your scheduling tool differentiates between start and finish milestones, then when you import a project, Acumen maintains that differentiation for metric analysis.
  • Display Units
    Workbook duration and work data can be displayed in either days or hours.
  • Scenarios
    Scenarios are very similar to snapshots and are schedules created directly within Acumen.
  • Change Time Now and Update Activity Progress
    Use the Time Now field on the Details pane Status tab to change Time Now and update activity progress.
  • Calibrating Activities
    Each activity row includes a duration calibration slider which allows you to calibrate the activity duration and immediately view the impact on the rest of the schedule.
  • Filtering Activities
    You can create filters for the Activities View and SmartGantt using metrics or during forensic analysis.
  • SmartGantt Chart
    In the Activity view, on the right side of the S1 // Projects tab screen, the project displays as a Gantt chart, called a SmartGantt.
  • Cost Estimates
    You can create a new cost estimate directly within Acumen Risk in order to perform a cost risk analysis.
  • Cleansing and Resolving Flaws in a Schedule
    Use the Schedule Cleanser to cleanse and resolve flaws in a Microsoft Project or Primavera P6 schedule.
  • Export (Publish) Formats for Acumen Projects
    This topic lists the formats to which you can export (publish) your Acumen projects.