Request for interview questionaire of planning manager

Just get a an updated programme that show slippage against the baseline and ask him what is wrong with the project plan.

If he does’nt immediately say it is late dont offer him the job.

PS This is great for when interviewing Project Managers, when we have used it 8 out of 10 fail to answer correctly, they allways come out with something about logic or durations

I guess I’d fail your interview then, Alan.

To me if there’s slippage, it means there’s something wrong with the project, not the project plan

Cheers,

G

What an interesting point of view.

So by that definition the planner/planning manager is not part of the project, just someone who creates a programme and "tosses" it over the fence and says "here you go, deliver this".

You would be supprised with the amount of planners i have seen who are unable to identify project slippage without the luxury of being able to sit in front of software talk about negative float etc rather than look at a hardcopy programme and come to a conclusion within 10 seconds.

What an interesting interpretation of my point of view.

If the project is running late, and the project plan accuractly reflects that, then there is nothing wrong with the project plan.

The phrase "don’t shoot the messenger" comes to mind.

I understand the point you are trying to make about having a simple test to filter out the keyboard jockeys who call themselves planners.
I would hope you can understand the point I am trying to make that you might also be mistakenly filtering out planners who do know what they are talking about and are guilty of nothing more than a differing semantic interpretation.

Hi Allan,

I would like to apply for planning manager jobs.

At least now I know the answer. It is very easy.

Thank you,
Scarlett

Scarllet,

I noticed you have an earlier PP account under the name Maria Elena Edar.
Did you perhaps lose the login details for this account, and hence created your Scarllet alias? If so, I can ask PP admin to reset your Maria Elena Edar password, and merge the posts from both accounts so you can go back to being Maria again.

We try to discourage multiple accounts, and fake names on PP, as we have had problems with people in the past abusing the system.

Let me know what you think.

Thanks,

Gary

Dear Amir,

Reading the Recommended Practice by AACEI would help you come up with the right questions:

http://www.aacei.org/technical/rps/38R-06.pdf

"Responsiblity and Required Skills for Project Planning and Scheduling Professional"

With kind regards,

Samer