Deltek Glue
Deltek Glue for Project is a software tool that integrates the performance measurement data in Deltek wInsight with true schedule status in MS Project.
Deltek Glue Viewer is also offered as a stand-alone version that presents schedule data for customers who wish to share schedule Gantt views without the need for a scheduling package on each desktop.
Deltek Glue for MS Project
Deltek Glue turns the tedious task of correlating cost and schedule performance into a simple point and click operation. It functions as an automation broker between wInsight and Microsoft Project to synchronize the viewing of earned value and schedule data. By clicking on an account in wInsight, Deltek Glue automatically filters Microsoft Project to show only those activities related to the selected account in wInsight. Further, Deltek Glue has management-by-exception capabilities that allow the user to isolate the activities for that account that meet predetermined management metrics. Deltek Glue combined with wInsight and MS Project provides a powerful and timesaving tool set to focus team leaders, engineers and financial managers on integrated performance management of their projects.
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Features
- Management-by-Exception Color Codes
Deltek Glue simplifies the schedule analysis process by color coding each activity as green, yellow or red, based on predefined management-by-exception metrics. If desired, the user can modify the predefined metrics by customizing visual basic code in MS Project. - Cost/Schedule Synchronization with wInsight
Deltek Glue automatically identifies the activities associated with each account in wInsight and provides quick insight into the status of each activity.
Information displayed for each activity includes:
- Performance Against Baseline
- Percent Complete
- Current Plan
- Float/Slack
- History of Previous Projected Completion Dates
Performance Features
- Correlate Cost and Schedule Performance
- Simple Point and Click Operation
- Schedule Metrics for Management by Exception
- Focuses Team on Key Schedule Activities
- Compatible with MS Project 4.0/4.1/98 and higher
Compatible Products
Deltek Glue Viewer
Deltek Glue Viewer is a Microsoft® Windows-based application designed to display schedule related information from various commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) and legacy scheduling tools via a standard Extendable Markup Language (XML) file. Deltek Glue Viewer allows the user to display schedules with hundreds of thousands of activities that could have originated from a variety of scheduling tools. Deltek Glue Viewer does not recalculate any scheduled dates, but displays the selected data exactly as it appears in the source scheduling tool database.
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In addition to displaying schedule data, the Deltek Glue Viewer has the ability to build custom filters, custom views and has our Deltek Glue functionality as an integral feature. The Deltek Glue functionality acts as an automation broker between the Schedule Viewer and wInsight to synchronize the viewing of earned value and schedule data. By clicking on an account in wInsight, Deltek Glue Viewer automatically filters to show only those schedule activities related to the selected account in wInsight. Deltek Glue Viewer, combined with wInsight, provides a powerful and timesaving tool set to focus team leaders, engineers and financial managers on integrated performance management of their projects.
Features
- Management-by-Exception Color Codes — Deltek Glue Viewer simplifies the schedule analysis process by color coding each activity as green, yellow or red based upon predefined management-by-exception metrics. If desired, the user can modify the predefined metrics by customizing criteria in Deltek Glue Viewer.
- Cost/Schedule Synchronization with wInsight — Deltek Glue Viewer automatically identifies the activities associated with each account in wInsight and provides quick insight into the status of each activity.
- Information displayed for each activity includes:
Performance Against Baseline
Percent Complete
Current Plan
Float/Slack
History of Previous Projected Completion Dates
Detailed Backup data for each task - User Defined Filters — Develop complex filters that can be applied against the schedule data to display only those activities that meet certain criteria. Filters can be integrated with the Deltek Glue feature to automatically display only the elements that meet the filters criteria and are related to the active account in wInsight.
- User Defined Views — Build custom views that display key data items for each activity in the Gantt view.
- Display Very Large Schedules — Deltek Glue Viewer is designed from the ground up to display schedules with a virtually unlimited number of activities. Combine large schedules from any number of systems/projects without the concern of overloading the display tool.
- Maintain a Complete History of Schedules — Store schedule status for each period with the ability to view the schedule as it existed in any prior period. Link the schedule with the cost data for any prior period.
- Combine Schedules from Many Sources — Schedule data from multiple sources can be combined into a single project for viewing and analysis purposes. It is no longer necessary to have your entire team use the same scheduling tool in order to obtain a project-wide view of schedule information. Deltek Glue viewer ships with exporters for Primavera P3/P3e, Microsoft Project 98/2000/2002, Welcom Open Plan, and Artemis Project View. In addition, the XML file format used by the Deltek Glue Viewer is open and well documented, making it easy to add support for custom or legacy scheduling systems.
Compatible Products
- wInsight
- wInsight Web
- Commercial Scheduling Software — Deltek provides XML exporters for MS Project, Open Plan, Primavera P3, and Artemis Views. Custom XML exports for legacy systems can be developed by following the Document Type Definition (DTD).
Performance Features
- Correlate Cost and Schedule Performance
- Simple Point and Click Operation
- Schedule Metrics for Management by Exception
- Focuses Team on Key Schedule Activities
- Compatible with:
MS Project 98/2000/2002
Primavera P3/P3e
Open Plan
Artemis Views
Other tools that support XML exports to the Deltek Solutions DTD
