ZERO FUSE Curriculum

Curriculum:    ZERO FUSE-W11

Description:   DELTEK ACUMEN FUSE for Non-Users and Beginners (5 hours)

Toolset:           ACUMEN FUSE Version 8.0/8.2/8.4

This Student-Led Learning Course was designed for New ACUMEN FUSE Users with little or no experience. Users can be anyone interested in learning DELTEK ACUMEN FUSE, a quality assessment, forensic, analytic, planning, and scheduling tool. You can be a Project Manager, Planner, Scheduler, Coordinator, Controller, Analyst, Student, Professor, or anyone who wants to expand their knowledge.

The student-led learning philosophy hinges closely on the student's personal learning goals, that is, focusing more on what he/she wants to know. The curriculum provides the initial guide.

Welcome to PM Solution Pro ZERO FUSE!

Section 1 Overview (~20 minutes)

1. Understanding, clarifying, and setting student expectations
2. Student identifies the path of learning with the instructor’s guidance
3. Prioritizing lessons (Student-led learning approach)

Section 2 Preparation of New User (~20 minutes)

1. You will work remotely on a stand-alone copy of Deltek Acumen Fuse from the start of this course.
2. Warning! Please ensure that the computer you’ll use for training is free of adware, spyware, and viruses. 
3. Understanding ACUMEN FUSE operating menus and nomenclature
4. Familiarity with the ACUMEN FUSE file format and other interface tools
5. Quick review of Student’s present knowledge and skills.

Section 3 Fundamentals: Introduction, Overview and Navigation (~30 minutes)

1. Overview of Overall Acumen Suite of Application Features
2. Project Maturity Framework
3. Tools Integration
4. Types of Project Metrics – Fuse Metric Libraries
5. Reporting – Publish Analytical Results
6. Default Set-up/ Proper configuration

Section 4 S1 // Projects Tab Views and Commands (~20 minutes)

Section 5 S2 // Diagnostics Tab Views and Commands (~25 minutes)

Section 6 S3 // Risk Tab (~10 minutes)

Section 7 S4 // Acceleration Tab (Acumen 360) (~10 minutes)

Section 8 S5 // Dashboard Tab (~20 minutes)

Section 9 Metrics Tab (~30 minutes)

1. What is a Metric and How Does it Work?
2. Metric Scorecards
3. Weightings
4. Metric Library
5. Industry Standards Metrics

Section 10 Import a Metric Library (~20 minutes)

Section 11 Creating Custom Metrics (~20 minutes)

Section 12 Save your Metric Library (~15 minutes)

Section 13 Generating WORD Reports (~15 minutes)

Section 14 Publish Report to a Microsoft Excel file format (~15 minutes)

Section 15 S2 // Benchmarking Tab (~15 minutes)

1. What is the Schedule Index™?
2. What is the Fuse Logic Index™?

Section 16 Practicum for the remainder of the session (~20 minutes)

Instructor will provide details of the exercise or the better way, the student can suggest what exercise he wants to do.

Section 17 Mentorship for 15 days

1. PM Solution Pro ACUMEN FUSE Instructor will provide remote mentoring support to students for 15 days after training.
2. Students will have lifetime membership and subscriptions to the PM Solution Pro Website, where they can access helpful blogs and various management certificate courses as they are rolled out.
3. A Certificate of Completion will be issued to the student after completion of the course.

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