Malik
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| 06 Dec 2010 17:25 |
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Hello fellow professionals, I have a job interview for planner / scheduler. I was wondering if there are any resources for planner / schduler interiew skills / tips. Thanks in advance. |
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Zoltan Palffy
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| 14 Jan 2011 15:14 |
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ask
what type of scheduling programs are you familar with ?
years of experience using scheduling programs ?
largest CPM network worked with in terms of # of activities ?
what do they see as the main methodology in scheduling- should be - plan, monitor, control
how would you define float, and free float ?
what dates are calcuated during the forward and backward passes
are you familar with fragnets ?
have you incorporated changes to schedules ?
do you have any claims experience ?
have you worked with resources ? i.e cost and manpower loaded schedules
who are you familiar are you with excel ? i.e. importing and exporting information
could go on forever
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riyaz mir
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| 30 Jan 2011 23:48 |
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Dear Zoltan Palffy
i need some help from you regarding schedulling can i discuss with you on your mail |
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Zoltan Palffy
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| 31 Jan 2011 04:18 |
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Zoltan Palffy
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Shahajahan Azeez
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| 23 Feb 2011 22:44 |
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Dear Zoltan Palffy
Could you please highlight me regarding Forward and Backward passes
regards
Shahajahan |
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Zoltan Palffy
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| 24 Feb 2011 10:02 |
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forward and Backward Passes explained in detail
see attchment |
 forwardandbackwardpass.pdf
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geoff opani
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| 30 Mar 2011 08:33 |
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Hello master
I need clarity
Are you familar with fragnets. what are fragnets
Have you incorporated changes to schedules? Do you mean where re-planning is done.
Have you worked with resources ? i.e cost and manpower loaded schedules. do you mean allocating resources like gangs or team where applicable.
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Zoltan Palffy
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| 30 Mar 2011 09:16 |
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yes I am very familar with fragents
fragnets refer to parts or pieces of a schedule
I have and continue to incoproate them into my schedules
I make a fragent for each change notice or extra work item that is issued to me and I incorporate that fragent into the main schedule and see if it has impacted the project.
Yes I have worked and I am working with fully resource loaded schedule. The resources I use are comprised of costs, manhours and quantities for each activity in the schedule.
I allocate manhours for each activity not gangs or teams. If i know how many manhours I have I can tell how many men that I need.
We do not estimate our projects in gangs we do it in manhours. Your take off and reporting should be at the lowest level which is manhours. What do you report on a time sheet ? How many gangs were used ?
No you report your manhours.
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Shabbar Manir
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| 12 May 2011 02:57 |
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Dear zpallfy,
Can u plz explain in details about relation ship like ss,fs.ff ,sf Plz elaborate it.
Thanking u |
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Zoltan Palffy
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| 12 May 2011 03:21 |
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A start to start relationships (SS) are use to represent activities that cah satrt at the same time or can overlap
for example I want to install conduit then pull wire. I donot have to wait until all my conduit is installed before I begin pulling wire I only need to make sure that I have enough conduit installed so that my wire never catches up with it.
Finish to Start (FS) relationships are used when something has to be 100% complete before its successor can begin. For example if I can not begin excavation until I have my permits. OR I need to have my studs walls installed before I can begin hanging the drywall
Finish to Finish (FF) is used when to activities can finish at the same time regarless of when they can start. For example I can finish door installation at the same time as I am trimming out a room.
NEVER USE SF it makes no sense
see attachment for more info |
relationshipsdefined.pdf
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madan moharana
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| 26 Jul 2011 06:50 |
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Hi ZPALFFY
I am looking for a solution that when I am entering some activity with having some duration, in start date & finish date it shows perfectly, but in WBS summary band & in Original duration column sum of duration never come exactly. Example I am entering 3 duration 23, 29, 25 but in original duration column & WBS row it shows 25 or any thing. I already checked Admin Preference – time period & calendar & user preference, every thing right on their place I assigned 6 days work per week.
Could YOU help me about this query??
Thank you
Madan
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Zoltan Palffy
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| 26 Jul 2011 09:56 |
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it does not total all of the durations it is the total duration from the start date of the 1st activity in that wbs grouping to the finish of the last activity in that WBS |
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madan moharana
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| 27 Jul 2011 03:49 |
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Hi Zpalffy
Thanking you for reply, but i am not satisfied with u, i am showing some thing real time happening with me.
ID AN OD START FINISH
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WBS 22 25.07.11 23.08.11
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A1000 Activity1 16 25.07.11 11.08.11
A1001 Activity2 24 25.07.11 20.08.11
A1002 Activity3 26 25.07.11 23.08.11
this is happening with me in all cases here i applied 6 days work in a week, no holidays, 8 hrs per day, calendar is perfect, now plz guide me why it happening, i could not show report to my client. it shows 22 days in replace of 26, i tried all the options before asking you.
Thanking u
Madan Moharana
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madan moharana
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| 27 Jul 2011 03:59 |
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Hi Zpalffy , last one not showing perfectly so i m doing again
Thanking you for reply, but i am not satisfied with u, i am showing some thing real time happening with me.
ID--------- -------AN--------- OD---------- START ----------FINISH
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WBS--------------------------- 22 ---------25.07.11 --------23.08.11
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A1000----- ---Activity1 -----16 ----------25.07.11 -------11.08.11
A1001-------- Activity2----- 24 ----------25.07.11 -------20.08.11
A1002 --------Activity3 -----26 ----------25.07.11------- 23.08.11
this is happening with me in all cases here i applied 6 days work in a week, no holidays, 8 hrs per day, calendar is perfect, now plz guide me why it happening, i could not show report to my client. it shows 22 days in replace of 26, i tried all the options before asking you.
Thanking u
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Zoltan Palffy
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| 27 Jul 2011 10:04 |
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my job is not to satisfy you.
but it is exaclty as I told you it takes the start date on the first activity in the wbs and the finish date of the last activity in the wbs and then calculates the duration between these two dates.
just as you have it above
wbs is 22 days
starts on actviity A1000 25.07.11 and finishes with activity A1002 on 23.08.11 which is 22 days.
That is because Activity A1002 is on a 6 day calendar
it will never match with multiple calendars |
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mc_ramos
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| 27 Jul 2011 10:11 |
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check your Default calendar from enterprise-calendar menu |
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Zoltan Palffy
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| 27 Jul 2011 10:12 |
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checking the default calendar will do nothing for you because he is using multiple calendars. |
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madan moharana
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| 27 Jul 2011 10:24 |
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hi
i am not using any multiple calendar, it is a single one 6 days per week, 8 hrs per day. |
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madan moharana
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| 27 Jul 2011 10:27 |
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it should be 26 days not 22 days, i didn't mention any holiday |
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Zoltan Palffy
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| 27 Jul 2011 10:57 |
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if that that is the case and you only have one calendat then you have two options
option #1 do as mc ramos suggested and go to
Enterprise
Calendars
and check the the 6 day calendar as your default
option#2
WORKAROUND #1 (for versions 6.2.1 and earlier): Add a WBS Summary Activity within each WBS and this will allow you to set the Calendar for which it uses to calculate the duration. This will only work if Grouped by WBS. |
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