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Vincent Guerard Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
I am currently looking for solutions that can do

- Link real-time MS-project files & maintain sole ownership by companies
- DCMA14points analysis
- Monte-Carlo

Solutions can be integrated or independent

What have you used recently?
Was it positive?
Share your experience
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Hi Vincent - long time no hear!

Out of your list, the only one I've seen a couple of years back was the latest version of Palisade's @Risk for MC simulations. Whereas the original was just an add-in for MSP, the new version is a standalone product with the ability to import/export data with MSP. I've always been impressed by the product, but I'd expect it won't be cheap!

Kiron
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1 reply by Vincent Guerard
Aug 02, 2021 2:47 PM
Vincent Guerard
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Hi Kiron,
Other priorities kept me busy.
Not cheap close to 3K, per year last time I check. I have used it a few years back. I see there are many other options now. I hope that some people here have experience with some. Seen a few with Monte Carlo and the same for DCMA14points.
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Vincent Guerard Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
Aug 02, 2021 1:38 PM
Replying to Kiron Bondale
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Hi Vincent - long time no hear!

Out of your list, the only one I've seen a couple of years back was the latest version of Palisade's @Risk for MC simulations. Whereas the original was just an add-in for MSP, the new version is a standalone product with the ability to import/export data with MSP. I've always been impressed by the product, but I'd expect it won't be cheap!

Kiron
Hi Kiron,
Other priorities kept me busy.
Not cheap close to 3K, per year last time I check. I have used it a few years back. I see there are many other options now. I hope that some people here have experience with some. Seen a few with Monte Carlo and the same for DCMA14points.
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Thomas Boyle Charlotte, Nc, United States
Vincent:
1. Real-time linking while maintaining "sole ownership".... It's not really clear what you mean here.
2. DCMA 14 Points scorecards. There are probably at least a half-dozen apps that claim to do this. Steelray and Acumen Fuse are two that seem well-accepted. The metrics themselves are popular because the trigger values make pass-fail assessments easy, at least for 10 or 12 of the 14 points.
3. While @Risk is still my go-to tool for quantitative risk analysis in general, Palisade omitted MSP schedule simulation beginning with Version 8. So beware. I have no idea why Palisade abandoned schedule analysis, but there seems to be a growing preference among risk management professionals for fully-integrated solutions.
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1 reply by Vincent Guerard
Aug 10, 2021 4:01 PM
Vincent Guerard
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1. Schedules are made by each corporation in the partnership. They are not ready to see changes made automaticly to their schedule. All schedules need to combine in a master schedule. So a tool to facilitate that.

2. For DCMA14 points you are right there are a few options. Have you had any experience with Acumen or Steelray? Or other.

3. Monte-carlo, yes Palisade drop the schedule analysis. Many of the one that do DCMA-14 points have integrated Monte Carlo simulations. It makes sense since @risk doesn't check the 14 points making a Monte Carlo simulation hazardous.

4. @Risk is almost alone in the simulation market. For that, I'm still keeping my yeas open.
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Vincent Guerard Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
Aug 08, 2021 4:31 PM
Replying to Thomas Boyle
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Vincent:
1. Real-time linking while maintaining "sole ownership".... It's not really clear what you mean here.
2. DCMA 14 Points scorecards. There are probably at least a half-dozen apps that claim to do this. Steelray and Acumen Fuse are two that seem well-accepted. The metrics themselves are popular because the trigger values make pass-fail assessments easy, at least for 10 or 12 of the 14 points.
3. While @Risk is still my go-to tool for quantitative risk analysis in general, Palisade omitted MSP schedule simulation beginning with Version 8. So beware. I have no idea why Palisade abandoned schedule analysis, but there seems to be a growing preference among risk management professionals for fully-integrated solutions.
1. Schedules are made by each corporation in the partnership. They are not ready to see changes made automaticly to their schedule. All schedules need to combine in a master schedule. So a tool to facilitate that.

2. For DCMA14 points you are right there are a few options. Have you had any experience with Acumen or Steelray? Or other.

3. Monte-carlo, yes Palisade drop the schedule analysis. Many of the one that do DCMA-14 points have integrated Monte Carlo simulations. It makes sense since @risk doesn't check the 14 points making a Monte Carlo simulation hazardous.

4. @Risk is almost alone in the simulation market. For that, I'm still keeping my yeas open.
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Abolfazl Yousefi Darestani Manager, Quality and Continuous Improvement| Hörmann-TNR Industrial Doors Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Good questions and lots of good answers.

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