ArgusForge runs the full DCMA 14-Point Assessment, Schedule Quality group, manpower and cost analysis, and probabilistic Monte Carlo risk analysis on your Primavera P6 schedule — all from your desktop, all offline, with a one-time license replacing Acumen Fuse's annual subscription.
Built for the way your team actually runs DCMA reviews
All three lose. There's a better option.
Manual scoring sheets, no critical-path validation, no float math, no manpower curves. Owners and federal reviewers see right through them.
~$10,500/year per seat. 4–6 month enterprise procurement. Cloud-tied analysis means your schedule data leaves the building. Renews forever.
Most contractors just don't run a DCMA self-check before submission, then scramble when the owner's reviewer flags 47 failed checks two days before the deadline.
Drop a .xer file on the window. Get the full DCMA 14-Point assessment, the Schedule Quality group, manpower and cost curves, baseline comparison, multi-revision trend, and a branded PDF — in under three seconds for a 200-activity schedule. Add Monte Carlo for probabilistic finish dates and per-activity sensitivity analysis.
All checks editable. All reports brandable. All analysis offline by default.
All 14 checks with editable thresholds, per-check scoring weights, weight presets (Standard / Aggressive / Lenient), and plain-English explainers for every result.
The same gatekeeper checks Acumen Fuse runs — Missing Logic, Logic Density, Critical %, Hard Constraints, Merge Hotspots, and more. All thresholds editable.
Daily labor histogram with automatic detection of spikes, drops, gaps, sustained overload, and per-resource leveling. Catches "your electrician needs to be in three places at once."
Daily cost histogram with cumulative S-curve, by-resource-type breakdown, automatic rate-loaded fallback. Falls back gracefully when only labor hours are loaded.
Drop two .xer files to load current and baseline. See score deltas, per-check transitions (improved / regressed / still passing / still failing), and newly-flagged activities.
Auto-snapshots every analysis. Pick any revision as the baseline; deltas re-compute in the UI and every export. Watch DCMA + SQ + peak crew drift across monthly updates.
Reads each activity's calendar (8-hour, 10-hour 6×10 construction, 24/7) and converts durations correctly. A 5-day activity on a 6×10 calendar reports as 5 days — not 6.2.
Multi-page PDF with your firm name, logo, and accent color. 9-sheet Excel workbook with embedded charts. Every section toggleable per contract.
Configure a Slack webhook and SMTP credentials. Send a summary to the team in Slack or attach the full PDF to a stakeholder email, both from the File menu.
Every screenshot below is from an actual 286-activity industrial-construction schedule. No mock data, no marketing renders.
DCMA #7 Negative Float failed at 23 activities? Click the tile. ArgusForge expands a drill-down with every flagged activity, its ID, duration, and total float. Right-click any row to copy to Excel or export to CSV. Add notes that travel with the schedule.
Daily crew histogram with automatic detection of spikes (red), sudden drops (amber), gaps with no labor, and sustained overload. Per-resource leveling flags the specific resource that's over-allocated, so you know exactly which trade to talk to.
Honest side-by-side. No marketing inflation.
| Capability | ArgusForge | Acumen Fuse | Steelray Analyzer | Phoenix Project Manager |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| License model | One-time perpetual | Annual subscription | Annual subscription | Annual subscription |
| Cost (5 schedulers) | $1,199 once | ~$52,500/yr | ~$12,000/yr | ~$15,000/yr |
| Procurement timeline | 2 minutes | 4–6 months | Weeks | Weeks |
| 100% offline analysis | ||||
| DCMA 14-Point (all checks) | ||||
| Schedule Quality (SQ-1 to SQ-9) | ||||
| Editable thresholds + weights | ||||
| Manpower curve + per-resource leveling | Add-on module | |||
| Cost analysis with S-curve | Add-on module | |||
| Multi-revision trend + selectable baseline | ||||
| Monte Carlo risk analysis | Add-on ($799+) | Acumen Risk (separate product) | ||
| Activity-level notes (travel with .xer) | ||||
| Slack + email integration built-in | Via partner add-ons | |||
| Right-click table actions + CSV export | ||||
| Firm profiles (save/load full configs) | ||||
| Dark + Light themes |
full support · limited/partial · not available
Competitor pricing is approximate based on publicly available 2024–2025 quotes and may vary by seat count, contract terms, and reseller. Acumen Fuse and Acumen Risk are trademarks of Deltek; Steelray Project Analyzer is a trademark of Steelray Software; Phoenix Project Manager is a trademark of Phoenix Project Management Systems. ArgusForge is not affiliated with any of these companies.
The Monte Carlo add-on runs 10,000 iterations of the entire CPM network, sampling per-activity duration uncertainty and trade-correlated productivity. You get the answer P6 can't give you: the probability distribution of your project finish.
vs. the three commercial schedule-risk tools project controls teams actually evaluate
| Capability | ArgusForge MC | Acumen Risk (Deltek) |
Primavera Risk Analysis (Oracle / Pertmaster) |
Safran Risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| License model | One-time perpetual | Annual subscription | Annual subscription | Annual subscription |
| Price (per seat) | $799 once $300 add-on differential |
~$8,000/yr | $5,000–$10,000/yr | $3,000–$6,000/yr |
| Integrated with DCMA quality analysis | Same app | Needs Fuse + Risk | Standalone | Standalone |
| 10,000-iteration runtime (300-act schedule) | ~0.3 sec | ~30–90 sec | ~60–180 sec | ~30–60 sec |
| 100% offline analysis | ||||
| P10 – P95 finish dates | ||||
| Schedule Sensitivity Index (SSI) | ||||
| Criticality % per activity | ||||
| PERT-beta + trade-correlated productivity | ||||
| Full CPM solve per iteration (no approximations) | ||||
| Per-activity calendar handling | ||||
| P6 .xer input (no re-parsing) | ||||
| Branded PDF + Excel risk report | ||||
| Risk-register integration (named risks + impacts) | Roadmap | |||
| Discrete risk events (probability × impact) | Roadmap |
Both registers and discrete events are on the ArgusForge roadmap. For most monthly status submissions and bid-stage analysis, the duration-uncertainty model is what actually drives the answer.
Named risk events (weather, regulatory, supply-chain, scope-change) with probability and impact ranges, tornado chart of top contributors, side-by-side risk-loaded vs. risk-free P-dates, and CSV import from Primavera Risk Analysis / Acumen Risk format. Existing Monte Carlo license holders receive the upgrade automatically during their 12-month free-update window. No subscription, no renewal required.
Competitor runtimes are typical observations on 300-activity schedules running 10,000 iterations on standard workstation hardware. Pricing is approximate based on publicly available 2024–2025 quotes; actual pricing varies by region, contract terms, and reseller. Acumen Risk is a trademark of Deltek. Primavera Risk Analysis (formerly Pertmaster) is a trademark of Oracle Corporation. Safran Risk is a trademark of Safran Software Solutions. ArgusForge is not affiliated with any of these companies.
No subscription. No usage fees. Free updates for 12 months from purchase.
Tier-matched. Requires a core license at the same tier. Same key-entry flow.
Or use File → Open. Multi-project .xer files are fully supported. Drop two files at once to load a baseline for comparison.
DCMA + SQ score dials, 23 check tiles with pass/fail status, near-critical activity list, Gantt with critical path in red. Drill into any failed check to see flagged items.
Ctrl+P for PDF, Ctrl+E for Excel. Your firm name, logo, and accent color on the cover. Send to Slack or email straight from the File menu.
No. Analysis is 100% offline. Your .xer file is parsed and analyzed on your local machine. The only network calls happen when you choose to email a PDF or post to Slack — both opt-in and configurable in Settings.
Primavera P6 .xer is the only supported import format in v1.0. P6 .xml and Microsoft Project .mpp are on the roadmap. Email us if either is a blocker — knowing which formats real customers need helps us prioritize.
Each tier grants different seat counts at a single firm. Solo is one named user (laptop + desktop allowed for that user). Team is 5 named users. Enterprise is unlimited users at one legal entity. Subsidiaries and affiliates require separate licenses. Full terms in the EULA.
14-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked. Email support@argusforge.net with your license key. Refund is processed in Stripe within 2 business days. We assume buyers will be honest about whether the product works for them.
Yes — you can use the version installed forever. The 12-month free update window covers all releases from your purchase date. After that, an optional update plan ($99 Solo / $349 Team / $799 Enterprise per year) keeps you on the latest. The update plan is never required.
On the core DCMA 14-Point checks, yes. On Schedule Quality, mostly — minor implementation differences exist on a handful of checks (mostly around how milestones are exempted), and you can toggle Fuse-parity behavior in Settings → DCMA where the two diverge.
ArgusForge is built for you. Analysis runs entirely on your workstation; no telemetry, no usage tracking, no cloud sync. Your IT security review of the data flow takes ten minutes because there is no data flow. We have customers on locked-down Government Furnished Equipment specifically because there's nothing for the network to allow.
A free 14-day trial is on the roadmap and will be available before the founding-customer launch window closes. In the meantime, the 14-day money-back guarantee functions as your trial — buy, evaluate, and refund if it doesn't fit. Or email support@argusforge.net to request a live walkthrough.
One-time license. 100% offline. 14-day money-back guarantee. Founding-customer pricing closes once we hit 25 customers or 30 days, whichever comes first.
