Primavera Professional

CASE STUDY

Abstract
A mini case-lite project using Primavera for practice

Guha Rajan m
Guharajan.m@gmail.com
Business case: You have been recently taken a role of Project manager
in ABC Inc. Your manager had assigned a mini project to you on company
building renovation

The project consists are 4 WBS components, which are listed below:
1. Plan Design and approval
2. Foundation
3. Structure changes
4. Project management.

Initiation and Planning Phase:

Each of the WBS components has following tasks:
I Plan Design Approval
Activity ID Activity Name Activity Type Duration Resource / Cost Predecess
(Days) or
A1000 Start of Milestone 0 Nil
project
A1010 Design and Task 10 Thomas A1000
review plan Dependent Peter-
100$per hour
A1020 Approval Milestone 0 A1010
2. Foundation

Activity ID Activity Name Activity Type Dura Resource / Cost Predeces

tion sor
(Day
s)
A1030 Excavate Task 5 i. Muller/30$per A1020
Foundation Dependent hours - Labour

ii. Poclain –
Machine/100$per
hour – Non Labour
A1040 Inspection Task 5 i. Muller/30$per A1030
and repair Dependent hours - Labour

ii. Ready cement -

material – 100 per
tonnes
A1050 Backfill and Task 5 Muller / 30 $ per A1040
compact Dependent hours

Note :
1. Ready cement is used 40 tonnes - Material
2. Poclain or JCB machine used during excavation – non labour
3. Structural changes

Activity ID Activity Name Activity Type Dura Resource / Cost Predeces

tion sor
(Day
s)
A1060 Erect Task 5 i. Muller/30$per A1050
structure Dependent hours - Labour

ii. Ready cement -

material – 100 per
tonnes

A1070 Interior Task 5 i. Muller/30$per A1070

finishing Dependent hours - Labour

A1080 Finish Task 0 A1070

milestone Dependent

Note : Ready cement is used 40 tonnes – Material

4. Project management

Activity ID Activity Activity Type Duration Resource / Cost Predeces

Name (Days) sor
A1090 Project Level of 5 Owen, McGuire – A1000
manage effort 65 $ per hours A1080
ment
Project scheduling and Baseline project:

i. Project has budget of 50,000 USD.

ii. Schedule the project to start on 19th Nov
iii. Check the planned cost of the project whether below approved
budget 50000USD.
iv. Baseline project.

Project progress update

1. Update project after 2 days

If project start date is 19th Nov then update is 21st Nov (data
date)

Check the layout in Cost – Earned value

2. 2nd update on 6day with Date date as 27th Nov.

This will update % complete as 60% complete of 2nd task-

Design review plan

Since the actual hours taken is 56 hours update actual hours to

56 hours and check cost performance index?
What can be inferred on this?

3. a. Update on 6th December data date and check result.

Manually update 32 hours for resource Muller, check the actual
cost and Cost performance index.

b. Instead of 60 % complete change percent complete 50%.

Note down the actual cost, planned cost, earned value, SPI, CPI for
activity- Excavate foundation

Is project on schedule and on budget?