Announcing Acumen 8.10: Enhanced Risk Modeling Capabilities Now Available

We are thrilled to announce the release of Acumen 8.10, packed with powerful new features and enhancements designed to elevate your project management experience. Whether you're looking to improve risk modeling, enhance usability or integrate more seamlessly with your other solutions, Acumen 8.10 has something for everyone.

Release Highlights

Acumen 8.10 is designed to make your project management tasks more efficient and effective. With features catering to various needs, this release is set to transform how you manage projects. The new capabilities save you time and provide deeper insights and better project control.

Major enhancements include improvements to our integration capabilities, such as Acumen's connectivity to Deltek Open Plan, Powerproject, Safran Project and Phoenix Project Manager. Our continued focus is on seamless integration with other project management tools to enhance your overall efficiency.

We'll break the remaining features in this release into individual products.

Acumen Fuse

Half-Step Delay Analysis—This new option allows you to load a schedule update as a half-step, separating progress and scope changes. This is ideal for customers who analyze delays or claims, providing a clearer picture of project progress.

Radar Chart—View ribbon analytics as a radar chart and compare multiple ribbons at once to enhance your analytics capability, allowing you to compare metrics over time or from different ribbons.

DOE PARS Support—Now you can load schedule, cost, and risk data from your DOE PARS data. This is essential for customers working with the DOE, enabling seamless integration with Fuse, Risk, and 360.

Acumen Risk/360

Delay Penalty Risk—Model contract penalties using a new “Delay Penalty” risk type. This new option provides more powerful risk modeling capabilities, helping you manage contract penalties effectively.

Probabilistic Cash Flow—You can now report on deterministic and probabilistic cash flow based on integrated schedule/cost risk analysis. Combining schedule and cost results gives you confidence in your cash flow estimates.

Risk Executive Briefing Enhancement—Publish directly to Microsoft PowerPoint when preparing reports to simplify creating executive briefings, saving you valuable time.

Usability Improvements—It's now easier than ever to manage and view activities and risks by filtering them to see which risks have been assigned.

Acumen Touchstone

Benchmark Reporting—Benchmark your project portfolios using your metrics. Get detailed comparisons and advice between any two projects to help you spot trends and make informed decisions based on detailed project comparisons.

Why You Should Upgrade

Acumen 8.10 aims to improve efficiency and effectiveness in project management tasks. It offers features for various needs, such as risk modeling and integration enhancements. These new capabilities are designed to save time and provide deeper insights and better control over projects.

Additionally, integrating Acumen Touchstone with Acumen Fuse and Risk/360 offers unprecedented capabilities in project risk management. This change allows users to seamlessly transfer schedule updates and risk data, ensuring consistency and accuracy across all platforms. With Acumen Touchstone, you can now benefit from real-time updates and comprehensive data analysis, making managing complex projects and mitigating risks easier than ever.

Improve Your Risk Management Strategy by Upgrading to Acumen 8.10

These updates reflect Deltek’s commitment to innovation and our focus on customer-driven enhancements. Upgrade today to experience the new capabilities of Deltek Acumen 8.10. Stay tuned for more PPM product news and prepare to take your project management to the next level with Deltek Acumen!