Critical Path Method

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Start Date Days to Completion
1/11/2010 20.00
Finish Date
2/8/2010
Times (in Days)
Time Distribution: Triangular [42]

ID Task Name Predecessors O M P Duration ES EF LS LF Slack

(Enter one ID per cell) (min) (most likely) (max) (exp. time)
10 Start 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
20 Task A 10 2 4 6 4.00 0.00 4.00 0.00 4.00 0.00
30 Task B 10 3 5 9 5.67 0.00 5.67 3.67 9.33 3.67
40 Task C 20 4 5 7 5.33 4.00 9.33 4.00 9.33 0.00
50 Task D 20 4 6 10 6.67 4.00 10.67 8.33 15.00 4.33
60 Task E 30 40 4 5 7 5.33 9.33 14.67 9.33 14.67 0.00
70 Task F 50 3 4 8 5.00 10.67 15.67 15.00 20.00 4.33
80 Task G 60 3 5 8 5.33 14.67 20.00 14.67 20.00 0.00
90 Finish 70 80 0.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 0.00
[42]

Days: 9

0 5 10 15 20 25
Slack Flexible Critical ES Events 8
Start

7
Task A

6
Task B

Task C 5

Task D 4

Task E
3

Task F
2

Task G
1

Finish
Weeks:
0
Holidays to Exclude from Working Days
See help (F1) on the WORKDAY() function

This worksheet lets you create a list of dates to be excluded from the number of Working Days. The
WORKDAY() function already excludes weekends, so you only need to list dates for holidays and other
non-working days. If your project spans more than one year, make sure you add dates for each year. The
named range, holidays, is a dynamic named range ending at the last blank cell in column A. The
comments column is just for your reference.

Date Non-Working Days

1/1/2009 New Year's Day
1/1/2011
12/25/2009 Christmas
12/25/2010
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