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A powerful tool that allows opening an ACE session from within Microsoft Excel

Provides key functionality for reporting, what-if excursions, and presentation development.

Enables people unfamiliar with ACE to run ACE-hosted models from a familiar application

POST Session Viewer

Session Viewer Features:

  • View inputs, create overrides and calculate results without needing to open ACE
  • View ACE models, create new cases and even run simulations all within Excel
POST Import/Export Feature

Import/Export Features:

  • Easily export all your charts from Excel into PowerPoint or Word
  • Update every chart in your presentation instantly

Quickly create a wide array of tabular reports and graphical charts within Excel

Different views of all your point estimates

POST Estimate Charts

Example Sand Chart:

  • Stacked annual total costs displayed by fiscal year
POST Sand Chart Example

Example Drill-Down Pie Chart:

  • A total cost split into children costs at a chosen WBS level
POST Drill Down Chart Example

A variety of methods to understand the uncertainty in your model

Convergence Chart, RISK Chart, Fan Chart, Joint Probability, Cost Contributors, RISK Statistics, RISK Allocation, Correlation

Example RI$K Chart:

  • S-Curve with markers at specified probability levels
POST RISK Chart Example

Example Joint Probability Plot:

  • Each iteration of two uncertain elements plotted against each other
POST Scatter Plot Example

Example Fan Chart:

  • Specifed ranges of uncertainty plotted by fiscal year
POST Fan Chart Example

Compare results between rows, across cases and over years

POST Comparative Charts - What-if, What-if Case Delta, Time Phased Case Delta, Time Phased Row Delta, Drill-down Chart, Phased Line Chart, System of Systems

Example Drill-Down Chart:

  • Tabular report highlighting differences in the model across various cases
POST Drill-Down Chart Example

Example What-If Case:

  • Tabular report highlighting differences in the model across various cases
POST What-If Case

Example Phased Line Chart:

  • Plot a single row's annual results from different cases
POST Phased Line Chart

Quickly determine what the model is most sensitive to and which elements have the greatest influence on the cost and uncertainty results

POST Analysis Charts

Example Tornado Chart:

  • Individually adjust variables to measure their effect on the total
POST Tornado Chart Example

Example Variance Analysis Chart:

  • Find elements contributing most to the total variance (uncertainty)
POST Variance Analysis Example

Explore the entire ACEIT Suite

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ACE

Cost Estimating and Analysis

The heart of the ACE suite, provides a systematic and standardized approach for cost estimating

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Charts and Reports

Create Excel charts and reports for an ACE estimate.

CO$TAT

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Statistical Analysis

Designed especially for the cost analyst to run regressions, fit distributions, calculate learning and beta curves.

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ACE Plug-ins

Extend ACEIT Functionality

Incorporate 3rd party tool results into an ACE estimate.

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JACS

Joint Cost and Schedule Analysis

Perform integrated uncertainty analysis of a cost-loaded schedule.

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Librarian

Inflation/Escalation Libraries

Integrate inflation/escalation into your cost model.

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