project planning basics

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Pl i d S h d li

ann ng an c e u ng

Basics

EDGe Consulting Engineers Ltd.Hyderabad, India


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A project is a set of activities and theirassociated information that constitutes a planfor creating a product or service. A project

has a start date and finish date, WBS,resource assignments and expenses. It canalso include risks, work documents andproject-specific codes and calendars.


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Characteristics of a Pro ect 5 Aspects of a Project

, , , For a Project Management Software, It covers

Schedule: Timeline core

Resource: Man, Material, Plant

Cost: Mone

Risk: Identify, classify and quantify

Life Span of a Project

Planning: establish baseline when project starts

Controlling: monitoring, updating during projectexecu on

Managing: changes, variations and revision

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- In SMART Way Specific: scope of work to be clearly defined

Measurable: able to measure progress (%),

resource (MH) and cost ($) Achievable: realistic based on current

roductivit

Resource Availability: make ready for man,

Time-bound: have start and finish date


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Add a project to EPS and assign one of OBS

, ,account, duration type, percent completion type Project environment

Set up project WBS

Add a list of activities Determine activitys duration based on volume of

work, production rate and past work experience ss gn a to act v ty

Link activities ocate resources to act v ty rom resource poo Allocate cost to activity c e u e pro ect, rev ew an esta s ase ne


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way

Record progress, manhour and cost and

Analyze and report project status using

Revise baseline when there are substantial

the actual construction any more

Lean construction (last planner) application


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P6 Module Overview


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Module: Features

Centralised database for all project data (datares es on server

Layout presentation and grouping based onWork Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Hierarchal structure on EPS, OBS, ro ects,activities, resources and costs with codes and

values


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Establish the Environment

Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)

Organisation Breakdown Structure (OBS)

Global Calendars Resource pool

Bud et structure

Coding structure like project code and activitycode for filterin rou in and data anal sis


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Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)

Company-wide hierarchical project

breakdown Structure Organisation Breakdown Structure (OBS)

-managers for the projects


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Side

PM1 PM2 PM3

PJ1

PJ2

PJ3

EPS


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OBS

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A

B

Pro ectC

Pro ectD


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OBS Example


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EPS Example


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EPS -> Projects Example


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(WBS)

Deliverable-oriented hierarchy

,highest level, followed by strings of

level of work package

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customised project-specific WBS Play an essential role in P6. It can be

assigned OBS, resource, budget and trackedy earne va ue or t e progress


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WBS Example


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WBS Example


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Global

Project specific

WBS s ecific Resource specific

C di St t R


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Coding Structure: Resource


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Coding Structure: ProjectCode


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Resource and Role

Resource includes

Material

an

Role Required personnel skill and proficiency

level -> Job title and function

Resource calendar

Resource limit (availability) (MH / day) Resource cost ($ / MH)


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Resource and RoleRole

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(Job Title)

o e

(Job Title)

o e

(Job Title)

Resource 1

(Personnel )Resource 2

Resource 3ersonne

Resource


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Resource Example


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Role Example


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Bud et and Cost

- Bottom-up approach: for accurate estimate

u get tota an spen ng p an mont ydistribution)

esource c onary an cos accoun

Budgeted cost=Budgeted unit (man-hour) xr ce per un or eac ac v y

Roll up to Project, EPS or WBS level


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