1- What is the Main Driver of Oo Project and how You will get ite significant activitie. critical pat! To get it, Just go to | and check its drivin then go to that orvi and mark ifs. driving activity. scheduling sofiwe Primavera Pé, Micros etc. Planning Engineer job interview Qa The main driver Consists of the Ss that are driving the Project at the A ast activity P-activity, ING activity also, same 9O€s untikyou reach the first This-is typically done through ‘are like oft Project,What is Oo Base Project Scheduilee A baseline is gn approved Program by both Parties which is Usedas a benchmark to Measure the Progress of q Project. y Planning Engineer job interview Qa AlNo. It is Possible that certain activities with high budgeted valué | might have been Progressed better than Plan.but other activities tAqt has less value-are the ones » driving the Critical path and delays the project completion date, Planning Engineer job interviewThe progress Vari ance js Negative y, vali Ue and still you ar Chieving + the Contracty; lal c completion date, How is is it Possiblee QCctivities Planning Engineer Job interview Q&decides the SUCCEss or failure of the Projecte baseline & + baselinés# quite ineffic defines the failure of q Planning Engineer job interview A project must havea minimum one Project Can go to Unlimiteay But if you find q Humber of the Planning team is it! The latest baseline hat number hatmeans ient ~ Avoid SUCCEss or ny project. Q&°5% or less of the Total Task activities have greater than 44 working days Of float.as per DCMA 14 point aheaq Work ACtivitiesee y Planning Engineer Job interview Q&What is the Clause to din FDIC re is entitleq SION of time y Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AWhat are the different types rawings you see ong Construction Projecte Drawings 2.1FC Drawings 3.Shop Drawings 4. As-built Drawings Planning Engineer Job interview Q&What are } is a tferent Task-Dependent: In een ~ i i Dependen; /Resource melee Soe Depende resources qre scheduled based on the activity's Calendar itself. Resource Dependent: In this Type, the assigned resources are scheduled based on assigned calendars. nt ACtivitiese Planning Engineer job interviewthe progress is on the non Critical activities which has aq higher cost vaiue than the planned critical activities. Planning Engineer job interview QaHow YOu will Make ’ COMparison of piferent Updates for € same Schedulee | will use Claim Digger function that is available in Primavera Pé6 y Planning Engineer Job interview Q& 4During Resource Leveling the Project overall duration may be Changed ais it is Resource Constraint butin Resource Smoothing, Wwe use slack/float for distribution and hence no change in Project Duration, Planning Engineer job interviewoe C Dangling . A Dangling Ctivitye Activity may have both Predecessor and successor but is still dangling from one end that leads to-fake results for Critical path and completion dates, y Planning Engineer job interview Qa AlA Milestone & A flag are event Activities. You cannot update Flags Manuallyand it Will Be Updated automatically whereas q milestone needs to be Updated manually, Planning Engineer job interviewThe Progress Override will not respect the logic anymore if thére is any variancé-and hence will shorten the critical path but with Mostly illogical out of Sequence activities, In other sense, The Retained logic is completely otherwise. Planning Engineer job interviewWhat's the F Wont ast Track delay in prose ene Resequence, the activities to start in Paralle instead of in series way, y Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AlWhat's the Crashin Way to 'Esolve th delay in Project timee Reduces Critical ACTivities durations. y Planning Engineer Job interview Qe& Algreater, lesser SPI greater than OF equal to onee one means ahead of schedule, less han one-means behind the schedule 8 equal fo one means as Per schedule. Planning Engineer job interview QaCPI greater than one means Under budget, less than. one means-over budget 8. equal tO one means same as per budget Planning Engineer job interview Qaitis vary from an organization to another and from worker nationality to another. However, j havesome standards that | refer >to when the Organization Productivity rate is not available. Planning Engineer job interview QaCana free float be Negative jn the Critica] Path Methode y Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AlWhat is the difference elween Free Float a. Total FI Free Float - the amount of time we can delay On activity without affecting the early\start date of its SUCCEssor activity, Total Floatsthe amount OF time Wwe can delay &N-activity from its early start date without delaying the whole Project finish, oate y Planning Engineer job interview| Phase /s tage js starter, Stage Planning O72 fora Frojecte should be Started as Soon as the Project life cycle starts. y Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AlWhat are the Methods of calculating EV earned value) 2 loading the Activities with the budget ,then Update the time schedule QCcording to the Progress of work Planning Engineer Job interview Q&pati is es piclference Plan clwee Ner & q Schoen Planning engineer put the plan, scheduler turning the Plan into time schedule . y Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AlWhat is the Standarq deviation of the activity equal? (Pessimistic duration - Optimistic duration ) /6 y Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AlHow Much Auration a Milestone OCtivity Normally hase there are different types Of milestones are there like Start milestone, finish milestone, etc. but all have O duration. Planning Engineer job interview Qacontract y Planning Engineer Job interview Qk AlWhat you know ab Out the Stakeholders ° any Projecte The Stakeholder js any entity that is being or will be affected either Positively OF Negatively by that Project, y Planning Engineer job interview Qa AlNegative flog} indicates tha} the ACtivity is already delayed. use Proper logic to deal with it y Planning Engineer job interview ,Q & AlWhat is the difference betwee EN Negative lag &le €ade There is no difference, It is two Cifferent words of same meaning. y Planning Engineer job interview Qa Aby site visit and develop forms to’ be filled by Project ecm in weekly basis y Planning Engineer Job interview Q& Al nto Update your schedulezDuration. y Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AlHow Can you define the Critica] ‘ath in Primaverge filter the Activities with Zero Total Float. y Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AWhat is different Avration type in Primaverg Pé2 Fixed Units, Fixed Units/time, Fixed Duration & Units, Fixed Duration & Units/Time.. y Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AlWhat is the in duty of the Project Controllere Project contro] ensures that the plan is controlled y Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AlA KPlis type performance Measurement on a Particular Activity where engaged, KPI's are defined by keeping.g factor “What matters the Most", A-careful study and analysis are required to define because it differs from organization to Planning Engineer job interview1.Change in the Scope - Either Additions or reductions, 2.Change in Cost- Either plus, negative or even zéro, 3. Change in time 4:signed by authorized Parties 5. The signature date Planning Engineer job interviewWhat you Present in a €ekly Reporte Update the Schedule with a proper backup. baseline Comparisons; Critical Patt three weeks lookahead — EVM -réports SCurves for Man-hours, Cost, Manpower Histogram, Equipment Histogram, y Planning Engineer job interviewee ts the com n delay analysis p techmejiece Impact as Planned; Time Impact Analysis, AS Plannédivs'As Built, As- Built For, Windows Analysis Planning Engineer Job interview Q&Project Must Finish by Mandatory Starhy Mandatory Finish Start / Finish'On or After Start / Finish On or Before Start / Finish On Planning Engineer Job interview Q&What is the difference between Float 8 Slacke y Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AlLEVEL-1: Overview Schedule LEVEL-2: Area Wise Schedule LEVEL-3: Discipline Wise Schedule SLEVEL-4: Major ACtivities Schedule LEVEL-5: Detailed Activities Schedule Planning Engineer job interview QaThe project owns the float which means “float is not for the exclusive Use Of. anyof the Parties and it serves whoever Needs it first" qs long as it is Used in good faith. Planning Engineer job interview QaOA Copy of the Program to have | a look at different scenarios after Making desirable changes. Once satisfied just merge in the native Program. y Planning Engineer job interview .Q AlWhat are UNdesirable in any ime Schedule 2 Constraints, SF (Start to Finish) relationship, Logilags or leads, Negative Float, etc, y Planning Engineer Job interview Q& ARolling wave planning is done at the deliverable level, It can be like lookahead weekly base oreven is done dailyon foreman - levels. iVcould be monthly as per stakeholders requirements Planning Engineer Job interview Q&the Contract documents to understand the scope, the schedule drawings to know.about areas, Bill of Quantity- BOQ including cost, scheduling software access. Yes, | need to mestmy Project team to know about q little Productivity rate if I don't know in case of any SPeCific activity, y Planning Engineer job interviewWhat are the Leve| Of Effort OCtivitiese This type of activity goes with dependent Activities like administrative issues, y Planning Engineer Job interview Q& Altechnique in which lower and UPPer values oF Oo parameter are specified against Which project data can be €valuated and Monitored, y Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AlHow do you estimate oneness Qurations Duration = budget quantity / Productivty*No, crews y Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AHave do you Apply for Extension Of Timee determine the delay causes ; performe the delay analysis , gathering the sUpporting Ocuments , submit the EOT claim. y Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AlHave do yoy Opply for determine the Nsion of Timee delay causes ; berforme the delay analysis , gathering the sUpporting documents of the EOT claim. y Planning Engineer Job interview Q& Al ExteEarly Dates in a network is determined by Forward Calculations And late dates is determined by backward Calculations. y Planning Engineer Job interview Q& Al determi nedeWhat you know about Triple Constraintse Cost, Time and Scope with Quality asthe fundamental theme. y Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AlDCMA is 14- Point Assessment Metrics GUIDE to evaluate the Progress toward the baseline schedule. y Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AlThere are three ways to track the Progressof OA project Man_hours- Cost — Quantities y Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AlExplain What q gOod Schedule Meanse2 time schedule to be prepared according to the CPM Specs . y Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AlMan Hours ‘= QTY / (Productivity Rate) y Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AWhat is the Project Critica} Path critical path is the sequence of Project network activities which add up\fosthe longest Overall duration, his ‘determines the Shortest time Possible to complete the Project, y Planning Engineer job interview QaWhat is the recove schedule 2 Recovery schedule keeps the same finish date with some corrective SaACtions to recover the delay y Planning Engineer job interview Qa AlRedundancy— A duplication in depicting logical relationships. Por example, ifA andB ore predecessors to C but Aisa Predecessor to B, then the relationship between A and C is redundant. Planning Engineer job interview QaWhat are the 1a Good MOnitoring Skills2 Communication and ability.to gather data abourthe project Progress >analize skilss, Ability of forecasting, y Planning Engineer job interview Qa AlWhat does trend analysis Meanse2 technical analysis that tries.to Predict the Foject status at Completion. y Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AlCV and SV, SV=the difference between the Carmed value and the planned value, CV the difference between the €arned value and the actual cost Planning Engineer job interview .QThe baseline become Nonrealistic due to delays anid we AVe.a New finish date because of claims or adding a FEW scope of work (amendment). Planning Engineer Job interview Q&Network diagrams display the project work Os linkages through the chronological flow of work from Start to finish. y Planning Engineer job interview Qa AlNetwork diagrams display the project work Os linkages through the chronological flow of work from Start to finish. y Planning Engineer job interview Qa AlWhat is an Open end ACtivitye EG ey without Predecessor Or SUCCessor relationship is Called Open- End activity. y Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AlWhat is Re SOurce . . locationg Assigning resources to Activities; determine the AMount of labor, equipment and Money required for any activity. Planning Engineer job interview Qait’s a Cost Performance Indicator and it evaluates the t Performance in the sense if the ProjecPis under-budget, Over- budgeted or on track, The formula is for CPI is the ratio of earned value “Ey” Over actual Costs “ AC" that is CPI =EV/AC Planning Engineer job interviewIt is the Schedule Performance Indicator and indicates the, |! performance of project work is completed to the baseline schedule, Itis Calevlated by Gividing the earned value by the planned value that is SPI = Ev/py Planning Engineer job interviewWhat do you Mean by 'TIA"2 One of the , recommended delay analysis techniques TIA = Time Impact analysis Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AlEOT= Extension of Time Construction contracts generally allow-the Construction period tobe extended where there is a delay that is not the contractor's fault. Planning Engineer job interview QaWhat is Concurrent delaye Concurrent delay happens. when two of More delays resulting from independent Causes Overlap during the same time period. Planning Engineer job interview Qa AlTotal float represents the: number of days that can be delayed without affecting the Completion of the project Planning Engineer job interview ,Q Alfree float determines the; number of days that can be delayed without affecting the SUCCessor activity, Planning Engineer job interview Qa Alis the lowest level of any work breakdown Structure from we can manage the cost and duration estimation. Planning Engineer job interview Qa AGantt charts Graphically display Primarily the work breakdown and the associated durations. Planning Engineer job interview Qa AlWhat is Productivity Ratee is the Qmount of Output Produced iN an hour Of work. Planning Engineer Job interview Q& Alit is limitation: | may bein resources or IN activities dates, Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AA milestone isan activity: that has zero duration. It is just like q flag. Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AlGraphical representation of ‘anything’ like-Man- hours, Cost, etc. plotted against time. Planning Engineer job interview Qa AlThe baseline isaq point of reference: IN project managemeént there.are three baselines — schedule baseline, COst baseline and scope baseline. Planning Engineer job interview Qa AlWhat is Activity 2 A discrete, planned Portion of work to be berformed ina Project, Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AlACWP IS The Actual Cost of Work Performed Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AlBCWwpP is Budgeted Cost of Work Performed = Ey Planning Engineer Job interview Qk AlBCWS is Budgeted Costof Work Scheduled. =P ove Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AlWork Breakdown Structure A decomposition ofall the works to complete any project A WBS.is arenged ina hierarehy having a clear and logical group. A WBS is q deliverable- Oriented, Planning Engineer job interviewWork Breakdown Structure A decomposition of all the works to complete any project A WBS.is arenged ina hierarehy having a clear and logical group. A WBS is q deliverable- oriented. Planning Engineer job interviewSchedule variance. | (SV) = Earned value (EV) - Planned value (PY) Planning Engineer Job interview Q& ACost variance (CY) = Earned value (EV) —- Actual Cost (AC) Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AlThe Estimate To Complete is the expected remaining cost to complete the project. =PF*(BAC-EV) Planning Engineer job interview ,Q AlThe Estimate To Complete is the expected remaining cost to complete the project. =PF*(BAC-EV) Planning Engineer job interview ,Q AlThe Estimate At Completion =actual cost +Estimate to complete Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AlA loss of Productivity: due to hindrance of the progress Of Work Planning Engineer Job interview Q& AlWhat is Out of quence ACtivitye is ONy activity that is in-progress or has completed efore one or More of its Predecessors Planning Engineer Job interview Qk Al1-Fixed Price (lump sum). 2-Unit price. 3-Cost pigs (with fixed, incentive, or ward fees). 4-Time and materials (T and M). 5- Guaranteed maximum price (GMP) Planning Engineer job interview1-Design-build. 2-Design-bid-build: 3-EPG (Engineering- Procurement- Construction). 4-Design-builg- Operate. 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