Resources in White Papers
Acumen Risk For Schedule Risk Analysis – A User’s Perspective
This paper offers a user’s perspective on using Acumen Risk™ for schedule risk analysis. Written by Dr. David Hulett, esteemed project risk management leader and Acumen Risk user, this step-by-step guide is a thorough review of both the user experience and Acumen Risk’s unique approach to the challenges of creating an accurate risk model. // more
How Traditional Risk Reporting Has Let Us Down
This white paper discusses risk reporting techniques and ways of interpreting risk analysis results that actually enable the project team to make pro-active changes in reducing their risk exposure. // more
Developing Standards for Enterprise Schedule Quality
This white papers addresses the need to implement a standard for schedule quality and explains how ensuring quality in the IMS (Integrated Master Schedule) can be achieved through a three-step process. // more
Baseline Compliance Analysis: A True Measure of How Well a Project is Performing
This white paper covers a new approach to tracking project performance which identifies variance gaps between the baseline plan and actual performance for the project as a whole as well as specific deliverables, contractors, locations, or any other group of activities. // more
The Value of a Standard Schedule Quality Index
This white paper describes the need for and value of adopting a single, standardized index to reflect the quality of a project schedule and using cloud technology to benchmark your project and accelerate your schedule maturity. // more
Achieving the Unachievable: Aligning a Project with Stakeholder Expectations
A case study on a major capital expenditure project that was able to achieve a faster, risk-adjusted, and still achievable schedule using a combination of schedule and risk analytics based on Acumen’s S1>S5 schedule maturity framework. // more
Faster, Yet Less Risky Projects through Goal-Based Schedule Acceleration
This white paper introduces a new technique for accelerating project schedules that goes beyond ‘network crashing’ and generates achievable acceleration scenarios for informed decision support. // more
Does Better Scheduling Drive Execution Success?
This white paper outlines the statistics that support the relationship between better schedules and better execution. Based on an ongoing research study conducted by Acumen, this paper is the hard proof of a need for better planning across all industries. // more
Benchmarking Project Schedules
This paper introduces benchmarking as a concept that not only helps provide a framework and a repeatable approach to developing structurally sound schedules (based upon accepted Critical Path/CPM techniques), but equally importantly, bring realism to the schedule. // more
A Fresh Take on Project Forensics
In a perfect scenario, the need for either owner or contractor driven claims arguably wouldn’t arise. However, in reality, this is rarely the case. This paper introduces a technique that helps with determining root cause of project delays resulting in claims. // more
