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Critical Path Method (CPM)

A short guide to the Critical Path Method (CPM) and float calculations in project schedule management

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A Short Guide to the Critical Path Method

The following presentation explains:

  • The Critical Path and the Critical Path Method
  • Converting an activity list into a network diagram with logical dependencies
  • Method to determine the critical path of a schedule network diagram
  • Forward and backward pass analysis to determine the early and late start and finish dates of schedule activities
  • Float and the different types of floats such as:
  • Total Float
  • Free Float
  • Project Float
  • Negative Float

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Guide Index
  • Accuracy vs Precision
  • Ambiguity vs Uncertainty
  • Attribute Sampling vs Variable Sampling
  • Common Cause vs Special Cause Variations
  • Communication Channels
  • Complexity Models
  • Configuration Management System
  • Contract Types
  • Control Charts
  • Cost Budget and Reserves
  • Direct Costs vs Indirect Costs
  • Earned Schedule
  • Earned Value Management
  • Estimation in Project Management
  • Expected Monetary Value (EMV)
  • Explicit vs Tacit Knowledge
  • Fist of Five
  • Focus Groups vs Facilitated Workshops
  • Gold Plating
  • Impediments, Obstacles, and Blockers
  • Knowledge vs Information
  • Lean vs Six Sigma
  • MoSCoW Technique
  • Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
  • Non-Functional Requirements in Agile
  • OSCAR Coaching and Mentoring Model
  • Osmotic Communication
  • Personas
  • PMI-isms
  • Product Quality vs Project Quality
  • Product Scope vs Project Scope
  • Progressive Elaboration
  • Project Management Data and Information
  • Project Selection Methods
  • Quality vs Grade
  • Requirement Types
  • Resource Calendar vs Resource Histogram
  • Risk Management Terms
  • Risk Response Strategies
  • Risk vs Issue
  • Roles and Responsibilities
  • Rolling Wave Planning
  • Scope Creep
  • Scope Creep vs Gold Plating
  • Sensitivity Analysis and Tornado Diagram
  • Verification vs Validation
  • Project Management Business Documents
  • Crashing vs Fast Tracking
  • Critical Path Method (CPM)
  • Index
  • Situational Leadership (SLII)
  • Lessons Learned Management Techniques
  • Pondy's Conflict Model
  • Requirements vs Scope - What's the Difference?
  • Resource Leveling vs Resource Smoothing
  • Rule of Seven in Control Charts
  • Situational Questions
  • Stakeholder Classification Models
  • Study Notes Unpublished
  • The Triple Constraints