Critical Path Method (CPM) in Project Management

Resources must be modeled by skill sets, and then the project network must show the critical path which also takes resource skill dependencies into account (this is referred to as the critical chain of a project).

Critical chain or critical path start date. Using the calendar, work backward (earlier in time) considering the project buffer, critical tasks, and any other gaps expected in execution.

Which brings us to Gantt charts. In Chapter 0, I gave an overview of the Gantt chart. Created by Henry Gantt, who worked with Frederick Taylor in the early 1900s, it was originally called a Man Record Chart. A line represented whether a worker had shoveled enough coal or moved enough crude iron for the day, as determined by the “foreman.” The “shor

Which brings us to Gantt charts. In Chapter 0, I gave an overview of the Gantt chart. Created by Henry Gantt, who worked with Frederick Taylor in the early 1900s, it was originally called a Man Record Chart. A line represented whether a worker had shoveled enough coal or moved enough crude iron for the day, as determined by the “foreman.” The “shor

Which brings us to Gantt charts. In Chapter 0, I gave an overview of the Gantt chart. Created by Henry Gantt, who worked with Frederick Taylor in the early 1900s, it was originally called a Man Record Chart. A line represented whether a worker had shoveled enough coal or moved enough crude iron for the day, as determined by the “foreman.” The “shor

Any path that feeds into or merges with the critical chain or critical path is considered a feeding path. For very long (a rule of thumb is two thirds the length of the critical chain/critical path) feeding paths, follow Steps 9.1.1–9.1.3 on these paths.

Critical Client Flow (CCF): A SYSTEMology tool used to identify the central 7–12 systems used to deliver your central product/service. Download template: www.SYSTEMology.com/resources.