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Interview Question for the Planning Engineer

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Interview Question for the Planning Engineer

By Nouman Zia Created 4 Sep 2013 - 20:56

Submitted by Nouman Zia on Wed, 2013-09-04 20:56 Hi guys, Given below are list of interview questions faced by Planning Engineer , other than their personal and Experience. if anyone like to add more u are welcome pls ............. I would appericiate if some has brief answer of the questions listed below.

Q-3: What are the three basic PROCESSES for preparing the baseline program? Q-4: You have just received the baseline program form your contractor what are the few major things you will check immediately? Q-5: What are the components of Baseline program? Q-6: How you will load the resources & Cost in your baseline program using P3 & P6? Q-7: What is an S-Curve? And how many types are there? Q-8: Why we use Curves instead of bar charts? Q-9: What is the difference between Bar chart & Schedule? Q-10: What is the difference between schedule & baseline? Q-11: You have approved the baseline program of a contractor now what will be the next step? Q-12: what is the difference between Duration% Compo and Physical % Comp.? Q-13: What is the difference between physical % and % weight age? And what is the difference between weighted % and Un-Weighted %? Q-14: what are three parameters for % weighted in any project? Q-15: Being a contractor what is the most important parameter for % weight age? And as a consultant which parameter of % weighted you will use for progress monitoring? Q-16: How you will breakdown the % weighted of a building project from start to finish? Q-17: The contract has submitted the claim for EDT how you will analyze this claim? Define the steps for
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claim analysis? Q-18: Your program is showing a delay in progress for more than specified time what will you do in this case? Q-19: What is the difference between TO COMPLETE & AT COMPLETION? Q-20: What is the difference between Milestone and Flags? Q-21: What is the difference between Estimate & Budget? Q-22: What is the difference between recovery program & revised program? Q-23 what is the difference between Target & Forecast? Q-24: Draw an S-Curve Showing the Baseline program, Updated Progress, Recovery in progress? Q-25: How you will present the planned % Complete along with the Actual % Complete in the summary bar of the updated program? Q-26: How you will show the overall summary of % cornp. at each WBS level? Q-27: Which planning Software you will be more comfortable with and why? Q-28: What is the Long Lead Items? And how you will define then in your program? Q-29: How you will recover the delay in your project? Q-30: What do you mean by PS Items? Q-31: What do you mean by PC rate items? Q-32: what are Thresholds? Q-33: What is Fragnet? Q-34: How you will monitor the critical path? Q-35: Up to which level you will breakdown your activities in your baseline program and in your updated program (for monitoring only)? Q-36: What is Variance Analysis? Q-37: What is the difference between controlled milestone & Key Milestone? Q-38: What do you mean by Concurrent Delays & Critical delays? Q-39: Have you ever worked with different formats for progress monitoring? And what are those? Q-40: Your program is showing a delay and you were asked by your manager to print for him a report for the delayed items how you will make it in a quick time? Q-41: What is the difference between EV & AC? Q-42: How you will make the Two Weeks Look Ahead from your updated program? Q-43: What is the typical WBS for a building project? Q-44: What are the two major types of calendars you will use in your baseline program? Q-4S: What is a Risk?
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Q-46: How you will make the Risk Register? Q-47: What is the difference between Mitigation & Acceleration? Q-48: What is the major role of planning engineer in the Project management? Q-49: What is the difference between Cost & Revenue? Q-50: How you will define the learning curve? (Give example) Planning, Scheduling & Programming Discussion [1] Planning, Scheduling & Programming Discussion By accessing any further pages of this website you agree to be bound by our Planning Planet T&C's Copyright 2013 Planning Planet - ( Run by Volunteer Planners for Planners ) - Contact Us PPAdmin@planningplanet.com
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