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Unit 5 Critical Path Method Charts
Unit 5 Critical Path Method Charts
Part 2
Critical Path Method Charts
Planning and Scheduling the Activities
• Once we have a project plan (or, project schedule),
we need to schedule the activities in a project taking
into account the resource constraints
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Scheduling Techniques
• Simple sequencing
• Suitable for small projects
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Simple sequencing
• A simple sequencing of the tasks
and the responsible personnel
taken into account of the
resources
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Critical Path Method (CPM)
• Primary objectives:
• Planning the project so that it can be completed as
quickly as possible
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Activity on Node
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6.10 The forward Pass
0 7w 7 7 6W 13
A C
The network after
the forward pass
0 4W 4 4 4W 8 13 3W 16
Start B D H Finish
0 9W 9 4 5W 9 9 5W 14
F E G
6.11 The backward Pass
0 7w 7 7 6W 13
The network after the
A C
backward pass
0 0 7 7 0 13
0 4W 4 4 4W 8 13 3W 16
Start B D H Finish
2 2 6 9 5 13 13 0 16
0 9W 9 4 5W 9 9 5W 14
F E G
2 2 11 6 2 11 11 2 16
Significance of critical path
• During planning stage
• Shortening the critical path will reduce the overall project duration
• During management stage
• Pay more attention to those activities which fall in the critical path
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• CRITICAL PATH IS:
• A,C, F, G, H
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6.16 Activity-on-arrow network
Rules:
• A Project network should have only one start node
Event
Number
Earliest Latest
date date
Slack
FIND CRITICAL PATH
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Critical Path Method (CPM)
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Determining the Critical Path
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Critical Path
• Any delay in critical path delays the project
• Slack= difference between earliest and latest dates
• Any event with slack 0 is critical.
• Path joining these events is critical path
• Activity float
• Float=difference in earliest finish and it’s latest start
Adding the time dimension
• Critical path approach is concerned with:
• Project completed as quickly as possible
• Identifying activities leads to delay project or later activities start date, if
delayed.
• Forward pass
• Earliest dates of activities
• Backward pass
• Latest start dates and the critical path
Activity Float
• Time allowed for an activity to delay
• 3 different types:
• Total float (no delay in project end date)
= |latest start date – earliest start date|
• Free float (delay without affecting subsequent activity)
= |earliest completion date of activity – earliest start date of succeeding
activity|
• Interfering float = |total float - free float|
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