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While doing critical path calculation two Project Management terms (PM) will always come in picture. These are Forward
Pass and Backward Pass. These terms are to figure out start and finishing time of an activity and its effect on critical
path calculation.
Forward Pass: it is a mechanism to move forward through a diagram to calculate total activity duration. Backward path is
other way around.
Forward pass is used by Early Start (ES) and Early Finish (EF)
Backward pass is used by Late start (ES) and Late finish (EF)