Primavera Interview Questions & Answers

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

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 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
WBS summary
Resorce department

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Duration
Physical
Units
Duration type
Fixed duration & units
Fixed duration and units/time
Fixed units
Fixed units/time
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