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Management Reporting Types of Milestones Key Milestones Phase Gates Schedule Milestones Any significant event in the schedule Scheduling > Milestones The path in a project with the longest duration. The duration of the Critical Pa th is earliest completion date for the project Critical Path Method (CPM) Forward Pass calculates Early Start and Early Finish dates Backward Pass calculates Late Start and Late Finish dates Scheduling > Critical Path Early Start (ES)- The earliest date a task can start Early Finish (EF)- The earliest date a task can be completed Late Start (LS)- The latest date a task can start without delaying the projects end date Late Finish (LF)- The latest date a task can finish without delaying the project s end date Scheduling > Early & Late Dates A 2 ES EF ES EF LS LF LS LF Calculation of Early & Late Dates Early Start = EF predecessor + 1 Early Finish = ES + duration - 1 Late Start = LF - duration + 1 Late Finish = LS successor - 1 Scheduling > Early & Late Dates