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The document discusses key concepts in project scheduling including the work breakdown structure (WBS), milestones, total float, free float, earned value measurement, open-end activities, constraints, baselines, S-curves, and budgets. It also outlines the role of a planning engineer in preparing and updating project schedules, monitoring progress, reporting status, and assisting with tenders.

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Interview Questions For P6

The document discusses key concepts in project scheduling including the work breakdown structure (WBS), milestones, total float, free float, earned value measurement, open-end activities, constraints, baselines, S-curves, and budgets. It also outlines the role of a planning engineer in preparing and updating project schedules, monitoring progress, reporting status, and assisting with tenders.

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Primavera Interview Questions & Answers

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 What is WBS?
 Work breakdown structure, a hierarchical format for identifying, displaying,
Reporting and changing project work.

 Since the WBS is the “skeleton” of work on which The resource, cost,
Schedule information is draped, it is the principle tool forImplementing
Scope/cost/schedule integration.
 What is a milestone? What are the types of milestone?
 A milestone is an event. Activity-driven milestones are usually entered into
PM
 Software as activities with durations of zero.

 Since milestones have no duration, once they are reached they are
immediately in the past.

 It is therefore good practice to name activities using the past participle of the
verb (i.e., “Test component” = activity; “Component tested” = milestone.

 What is total float?


 The amount of time that an activity can slip without delaying the end of the
project.
Usually computed as TF = LF – EF.

 What are the difference between free float and total float?
 FF is a special type of TF.

 Whereas TF is the amount of time that an activity canslip without delaying


the end of the project, FF is the amount of time that an

 Activity can slip without delaying the early dates of a successor.

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 How do u measure & compare the progress?
 I measured the Progress in term of EV (Earned values) such as EMH
(Earned man-hours)
 which is equivalent to the progress achieved by the define progress steps for
each activity
 multiply with SMH (Standard man-hours)
EMH can be calculated asEMH= SMH * %age of activity as describe above.
Comparison can be done in various different ways, tabular and graphically
aftergetting the planned values from the base line program.

 What is an open end activity?


 The open end activity is the activity that does not have any successor.

 Normallyopen end activity is not accepted willingly in schedule because the


total floatwill be calculate from the end of the project and these entire
activities latedates gather at the end of the project and cannot be prepare a
logical late start plan.

 What is a constraint?
 A limitation that reduces the efficiency with which a project can be
accomplished.

 Scheduling constraints come in three main falvours: NET, NLT and ON,
standingfor No Earlier Than, No Later Than, and (surprisingly!) On.

 These are input toa schedule, are usually calendar-based, and override the
predecessor/successor logic,thus often causing positive or negative float on
the longest path.

 Negativefloat needs to be resolved, and often is by compromising on other


parts of the plan.

 Resource availability is another type of constraint that can delay a project’s


schedule and efficiency.

 In general, constraints should not be input to the schedule until after the
schedulehas been optimized through critical path analysis, as it is important
to beable to gauge

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 The impact of a constraint from the “Newtonian” constraints of the work.

 What is a Baseline Program?


 I don’t know that precise term.

 The baseline plan is the commitments in terms of product,cost, and schedule,


both at project completion and at key interim points On a fixed price, fixed
deadline, contract, the delta between the baseline plan andthe working plan
is management reserve and profit.

 Changes to the baseline plan (“re-base lining”) are usually only permitted if
both customer and contractor agree,and usually occur in the event of a
mutually-agreedscope increase.Earned value trackingand analysis is usually
performed based on the baseline plan.

 What is an S – Curve?
 An S-curve is the cumulative cost function plotted on a histogram, which
can vaguelyresemble the letter S.

 BCWS, BCWP, and ACWP are frequently plotted and compared on a


histogram as separate and “shadowing” S-curves.

 What is a Budget and how do you compare budget against Actual cost?
 Budget is the monetary amount assigned for resources to accomplish the
work packages.

 Actual cost is the monetary amount in resource usage that it actually took.

Activity types

Start mile stone


Finish milestone
Level of effort
Task department

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WBS summary
Resorce department

%complete type
Duration
Physical
Units
Duration type
Fixed duration & units
Fixed duration and units/time
Fixed units
Fixed units/time
ROLE OF PLANNING ENGINEER

1. Prepare and update project schedule based on the contract.


2. Set work program and target milestones for each phase based on
the project plan.
3. Monitor critical activities based on the project schedule and advise
project management.
4. Prepares and submit updated work program and cash flow curve
showing actual progress and identify areas of weakness and
establishes means and methods for recovery, if any, as well as new
critical activities.
5. Monitor day to day work progress and prepare the weekly and
monthly program and report.
6. Maintain and record update of site work progress obtained from
Project Manager.
7. Prepares monthly report reflecting work progress summary.
8. Report to the Project Manager about the current work progress and
make comparison between plan and actual progress and study
impact of alternative approaches to work.
9. Participate in project meetings and discussions with the Client as
required.
10. Assists in preparing work program, cash flow and manpower
histogram for tenders.

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11. Performs other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned from
time to time.

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