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PRIMAVERA QUESTIONS 2Tracking Progress
The schedule should be Updated ( progressed) on a regular basis and progress
recorded at that point. The date on which progress is reported is known by a number of
different terms such as
Data Date,
Update Date,
Time Now and
Status Date.
The ......... is the field Primavera uses to record this date. - answerData Date
The Data Date is ...........
(a) the date that the report is printed
(b) the date that reflects when the update information was gathered. - answer(b) the
date that reflects when the update information was gathered.
Whatever the frequency chosen for updating, you will have to collect the following
activity information in order to update a schedule: for
• Completed activities? - answerActual Start date,
Actual Finish dates
Whatever the frequency chosen for updating, you will have to collect the following
activity information in order to update a schedule: for
In-progress activities .... - answerActual Start date,
Percentage Completed,
Duration or Expected Finish Date of the Activity
Whatever the frequency chosen for updating, you will have to collect the following
activity information in order to update a schedule: for
Un-started work ~ - answera) Any revisions to activities that have not started ~
b) New activities representing scope changes ~
c) Revisions to logic that represent changes to the plan
The schedule may be updated after actual activity information has been collected. The
recorded progress is compared to the Baseline dates, either graphically or by using
columns of data, such as the Baseline Finish Variance column: True or false -
answerTrue
,Corrective Action
At this point it may be necessary to further optimize the schedule to bring the project
back on track by discussing the schedule with the appropriate project team members.
The possible options are:... - answera) Reduce the contingent time allowance. •
b) Assign a negative lag on a Finish to Start relationship, which enables a successor to
commence before a predecessor is completed.
c) Change relationships to allow activities to be executed in parallel. •
d) Reduce the durations of activities. ln a resourced schedule this could be achieved by
increasing the number of resources assigned to an activity.
e) Work Ionger hours per day or days per week by editing the calendars, or '
f) Reduce the scope and delete activities.
Creating and Using Resources
includes: - answera) establish a resource pool by entering all the required project
resources into a hierarchical table in the software.
b) The required quantity of each resource is assigned to the activities. in an Enterprise
environment these resources may already be defined for you.
c) Entering a cost rate for each resource enables you to conduct a resource cost
analysis, such as comparing the cost of supplementing overloaded resources against
the cost of extending the project deadline. Estimates and time-phased cash flows may
be produced from this resource/cost data.
Creating and Using Roles
Primavera has an additional function titled Roles, whiich is used for planning and
managing resources.
• A Role is a skill or Trade or job description and may be used as an alternative to
resources during the planning period of a project. How are they applied.....
• - answera) Roles are defined in a hierarchical structure and hold a Proficiency Level.
b) Roles may be assigned to activities in a way similar to how resources are assigned.
c) Roles can be replaced later by resources after it has been decided who is going to be
assigned the work. • PrimaveraVersion 5.0 introduced a function allowing a Role tobe
assigned a rate
A ...... is a job title, trade or skill and may have many resources. - answerrole
A multi-skilled resource may have multiple roles. For example, a role may be a Clerical
Assistant and there may be live clerical assistants in a company who would be assigned
the Clerical Assistant Role. lf one clerical assistant were also a data entry person, then
this resource would be assigned two roles: Clerical Assistant and Data Entry.
A Resource will be scheduled according to a Resource Calendar when the Activity Type
is set to ........, otherwise the activity is scheduled according to the Activity calendar. -
answerResource Dependent
Resource availability is displayed in ...... and is based on the Resource Calendar even
when it is assigned to a Task Dependent activity. - answerResource Usage Profiles
, Give Example of physical percent complete - answerExample A project of building a
stone wall consists of 100 stones stacked five high. The first row of 20 stones can be
laid in 20 minutes, but the second row takes 25 minutes because now you have to lift
the stones up one row higher, so it takes a little longer. The third row would take 30
minutes, the fourth 35 minutes, and the last row takes 40 minutes to lay—150 minutes
total. After laying the first three rows, the project could be said to be 60 percent
physically complete (you laid 60 of 100 stones). However, you only spent 75 of 150
minutes, so in terms of duration, the job is only 50 percent complete. You add the
Physical % Complete field to the Gantt Chart view to enter and track progress for this
task.
How do you determine the percentage complete type to use? - answerIt depends on
how you get paid for the work or how the value is earned (by the stone, or by the hour),
you can choose the percent complete value or the physical percent complete value to
properly reflect this in the earned value analysis.
Primavera P6 has four percent complete types or ways to measure progress: ... -
answerDuration percent complete,
Physical percent complete
Units percent complete
percent complete types are assigned at the activity level
......... percentage complete type is used as a measure of the physical amount of work
accomplished against the planned amount of work. let's Say out of 10 weld joints you
have completed 6. It is the preferred method of updating activities when the production
work rate is non-inform. For example, the crew may have a learning curve that will
cause the first few days' progress to be slower than the remaining days -
answerPhysical percent complete.
......... percentage complete type is used as a measure of the physical amount of work
accomplished against the planned amount of work. - answer
Formulae for Duration % Complete(P6) = - answer[Original Duration] - [Remaining
Duration] ) / [Original Duration]
EXAMPLE of duration percent complete calculation - answerSample: We have an
activity with original duration of 20 days. 15 days have passed and we estimate it to
finish in 18 days (yes, it's much longer than we expected initially). The Original Duration
does not change automatically after activity's start.
Original Duration: 20d
Actual Duration: 15d
Remaining Duration: 18d
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