Useful info for Planning Engineers

1-Preparation of Baseline Schedule:

Make Enterprise Project Structure. Add Project & define/assign Calendar. Change planned Start & must finish by dates. Make Work Breakdown Structure. Define Activities. Assign Duration of Activities. Link Activities. Schedule Compression or Fast tracking. Define Resources. Assign Resources. Add Cost/Expenses. Maintain Baseline. Assign Baseline.

2-Planned Resource Histograms/Cost Profiles/S-Curve

Show Resource histogram for planned resource Units in Primavera. Show Cost Profile on planned Biweekly/monthly basis in Primavera. Show S-Curve in Primavera. Make Resource Histograms/Cost Profiles & S-Curves in Excel

3-Updating Progress.
Update Progress in primavera. Update Resources & Costs in Primavera. Update Resource Histograms/Cost Profiles & S-Curve in Excel based on the Progress in Primavera Prepare 2-Weeks/1-Month Look ahead Schedule in Primavera.

Prepare Critical path Report in Primavera. Calculate Variance based on the actual performance. Export/Import the updated program.

4-Revised Schedules/Accelerated Schedules/Recovery Schedules

Prepare Revised Schedules Re-baseline. Inserting Delays in the Schedule. Evaluating the Impacts of Delays. Schedule Compression or fast-tracking.

Common Planning Questions for Planning Engineers Interview

What is total float? What is the difference between free float and total float? What is a Baseline Program? What are BCWS, BCWP, and ACWP? What are SV and CV? What are SPI and CPI? What is a constraint? How to load cost & resource in a program? What is WBS? What is a milestone? What are the types of milestone? Define Different types of activities. What is a critical activity? What is resource allocation and leveling? What is time Constrained & Resource Constrained Leveling? What is a Budget and how do you compare budget against Actual cost?

What is an S Curve? What is an open end activity? What are the parameters for a good schedule? How often you update your program? What is the difference between Retained Logic & Override Logic? What is the no. of activities that u monitor & how do u make the update? How do u measure & compare the progress? how you take updates from sub-contractor? Briefly outline the process you follow to build & agree a baseline construction plan? Give an example of a mistake you have made when planning. What were the consequences? What did you learn from the episode?