Blog / News | Pinnacle Management Systems

Deltek Cobra Fact Sheet

Written by Pinnacle Management Systems, Inc. | Friday, May 8, 2015

Pinnacle has partnered with Deltek based on their best in class and proven products in the IPM and EVM space. The majority of our Deltek implementation projects include Deltek Cobra.

Deltek Cobra is a high-end, mature and robust, multi-program cost engine for Earned Value Management. Cobra is configured to be usable immediately but it is very flexible and customizable.

Deltek Cobra's technical architecture is client/server and based on the industry standard databases: Oracle or MS SQL Server. It comes with the standard EVMS cost types, but more can be added as needed with its flexible cost classes approach.

It has a powerful capability for modeling direct and indirect rates. Cobra produces the standard EVMS Contract Performance Reports (CPRs) and has almost every other report applicable in an earned value environment. Other capabilities include:

  • Flexible Fiscal Calendars
  • Multiple structures and cross referencing to user defined code fields
  • Collecting actual costs at the Control Account or Work Package level
  • Tracking of baseline changes and Budget Baseline Logs
  • Custom reporting, although this requires a considerable investment in learning how to go about it.
  • Top-down planning to distribute detailed costs based on global needs
  • Global adjustments for Re-planning, Cost Recalculation, reclassification, and schedule slippages.
  • Import/export of all data types to several formats including Excel
  • Deltek Cobra integrates with leading scheduling engines such Oracle Primavera P6, Deltek Open Plan and Microsoft Project
  • Multiple forecasting calculations
  • Ability to Batch processes
  • Ability to process and report multiple programs
  • Ability to use Excel to update time phased distributions of resources and costs
  • Interface to wInsight
  • Automated interface with Deltek Costpoint
  • Configurable interface for loading actual costs including estimated actuals
Deltek Cobra is always tied into a scheduling engine.  The most common combinations are:
  • Cobra integrated with Microsoft Project or MS Project Server
  • Cobra integrated with Oracle Primavera
Cobra is also tied into accounting or ERP systems. Pinnacle has implemented:
  • Deltek Cobra with Deltek Costpoint
  • Deltek Cobra with Deltek GCS premier
  • Deltek Cobra with SAP
  • Deltek Cobra with Oracle Financials
  • Deltek Cobra with Microsoft Dynamics ERP

Learn more about our Deltek services.

Talk to a Pinnacle professional regarding a Deltek solution -  Give Us a Call or