Deltek Vantagepoint Projects Series: Project Creation
Overview
Course Details
This Learning Video explains and demonstrates the main concepts and steps involved in creating new Projects in Deltek Vantagepoint.
Duration: 23 minutes
Course Objectives
- Locate the Security Access Rights and configure the settings of the Overview and Record Access tabs for the ability to create new projects
- Discuss the Project Number structure and the auto-numbering feature
- Explain the Work Breakdown Structure
- Demonstrate how to create the appropriate WBS levels for your project
- Define and select the correct Project Charge Type
- Demonstrate how to create new projects using 3 different methods
Instructor

Marlaina Mandeville
Deltek Vantagepoint SME
and Sr Principal Instructor
Glossary
Override Rate | A rate used instead of an otherwise specified rate. |
Fee | The dollar amount over and above allowable costs paid on a contract; profit |
Burden | An indirect cost allocation. |
Ceiling | An amount or percentage that a cost cannot go above. |
Pool | A collection of indirect costs to be allocated. |
Resources
Click on the links below to download the files.
Guided Practice | The Acumen Fuse Boot Camp Series Part 1: Quick Start - Guided Practice that contains the steps to the activities you can replicate on your own copy of Acumen Fuse or with the Deltek Learning Lab. |
Acumen Fuse Boot Camp Series Sample File | A zip file of sample projects used in this course that you can download and import into your own copy of Acumen Fuse for practice. |