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RiskyProject 3.1 is released

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:15 pm
by Intaver Support
RiskyProject 3 is released April 14, 2009. Here is a description of some new features:

Non-schedule risks and user-defined risks outcomes

RiskyProject 3 performs quantitative risk analysis on any types of risks outcomes including non-schedule risks. Non-schedule risk are risks that are not related to the project schedule (affect cost or duration), but can have an effect on overall project success such as quality, safety, performance, etc. Previous versions of RiskyProject performed analysis only with limited set of predefined risks outcomes: delay, cost increase, cancel task, etc.
You can now rank risks of all types based on scores. Risks affecting quality, safety, technology, project duration, cost, and others can be ranked together. In addition, for non-schedule risks (quality, safety, etc.), you do not necessarily need a project schedule to perform analysis.

Risk register and issue management

A risk register is a set of all risks and issues in the project. Issues are risks that have occurred and therefore are having an actual affect on your project. You can easily convert risks to issues. You can open and close risks. Closed risks and issues will stay in the risk register but will not affect the project. Risks in the risk register may have different properties. You may define any properties for all projects. Among the properties available are owner, recorder, contact, date recorded, date converted to issue, location, etc. Risks and issues are fully searchable based on risk properties.
Risks and issue can be assigned to different tasks and resources or be global. For example, you could assign the risk “Budgetary problem” to all tasks that this risk could affect. When RiskyProject calculates probability and impact of the risks, it analyzes all risk assignment. Each risk assignment will have different probabilities and outcomes. For example, “Budgetary problems” assigned to task “Project elaboration” will have chance of occurrence 30% and outcome “Restart task”. “Budgetary problems” assigned to task “Project transition” will have chance of occurrence 40% and outcome “Cancel task” .
The risk register presents calculated risk impact, risk probability and risk score, which is equal probability multiplied on impact. The risk register also shows probability, calculated impact and score of the risk after mitigation.
The risk register can be exported and used for other projects.

Improved integration with Microsoft® Project and other project management applications

RiskyProject has greatly improved its integration with project schedules created in from Microsoft Project, Primavera, and other project management software. In RiskyProject 3, schedules imported from this software will be fully compatible with original schedule. In few very specific cases, there will be small differences between your original schedule and the one in RiskyProject due to the probabilistic nature of RiskyProject.

Event chain diagrams and improved risk assignment interfaces

Risks and issues can be shown on the Gantt chart as arrows. The calculated impact of a risk is color-coded. For threats green = low, yellow = medium, and red = high. For opportunities, colors are opposite. If a risk has both threats and opportunities, the color is not defined. The size of the arrow represents the risk probability. Click on an arrow to view information about the particular risk.
RiskyProject 3 has also significantly eased risk assignment. With the Risk Register, you can assign all risks (local or global) to the project schedule.

Risk Matrix

The Risk matrix shows project risks’ impact and probabilities and allows you to identify critical risks. In addition, the Risk matrix shows both threats and opportunities. The Risk Matrix is fully customizable: you can define the size of the matrix and risk attitude.

Probabilistic Cash Flow Analysis

You can now view a project cash flow. The Cash flow analysis view shows monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly, and yearly cost and income allocation. You can also apply Net Present Value (NPV) discount rates and internal rate of return (IRR). The Cash flow view includes cost and income data in both table and chart format for the current schedule, results of analysis, and actuals.

Probabilistic Work Management

You can now define and calculate probabilistic work management for different resources in RiskyProject 3. The result of this analysis includes statistical distribution of work for complete projects and each resource.

Multiple Baselines

RiskyProject now supports multiple baselines. You can save the current schedule or the calculated results as a baseline. A baseline is a deterministic project schedule, which you can use to:
• Track project performance against the baseline
• Analyze different project scenarios
• Perform mitigation analysis. For example, if you want to understand effect of mitigation efforts for a group of risks on project cost. To compare pre and post mitigation schedules, you perform an analysis without mitigation efforts and save the results as a baseline. Next, apply mitigation efforts, this can require additional tasks and costs and reduces the probability or impact of the risk in the current schedule. Calculate the post-mitigation schedule analysis and create another baseline with these results. Finally, perform a cost comparison between the pre and post mitigation baselines.
You can create baselines using the results of probabilistic schedule analysis. To do this when you create a baseline, you select a percentile on which to create the deterministic schedule. This creates a deterministic schedule with the results of the risk and uncertainty calculations build into it.

Probabilistic Calendar and Calendar improvements

You can now model weather and other calendar related event’s using probabilistic calendars. If your project has a 30% chance of running an inclement weather schedule, you can create this calendar with reduced hours of operation and run it 30% of the time during the project to model this calendar risk.
In addition, RiskyProject 3 now has calendars that are associated with particular resources and tasks.

Setting low/high cost and duration for a group of tasks

You can now quickly define low and high cost or duration estimates for either a selected group of tasks or the entire project. Just select a group of tasks (or the project) and define the coefficients or values that you want to use to calculate low and high duration and cost. RiskyProject will automatically update all of the selected tasks.

Showing results for a specific percentile

You can now show low and high results based on custom percentiles. For example, you may be required to manage or report on a certainty level of 70 percentile. Simply change the high results to 70 percentile and views will now reflect this setting.

Improved Probabilistic and Conditional Branching

Branching performance has been significantly improved. Tasks with branches are clearly indicated on the Gantt chart for easy identification. Additional branching actions have been added.

Improved Interface

RiskyProject 3 has a new look with larger easier to read icons and themes that you can easily modify. The Workflow bar has been updated to separate the risk workflow from the scheduling activities and a Risk menu has been added to the main toolbar.

Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 3:20 pm
by Intaver Support
Here is link to RiskyProject online help system. It includes detailed description of all new features of RiskyProject 3:

for RiskyProject Professional:
http://www.intaver.com/Help3/RP3_Help_Content.html

for RiskyProject Lite:
http://www.intaver.com/Help3/RP3_HelpLite_Content.html

New version for 2010?

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:19 am
by RNewman
Is there a new version coming this year?

New verision

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:21 am
by Intaver Support
There will a new version released Late April or early May. Version 4. We will start a new thread on the forum to discuss feature etc particular to the new version that are not related to the enterprise functionality