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What is Critical Path?

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Question added by Emad Mohammed said abdalla , ERP & IT Software, operation general manager . , AL DOHA Company
Date Posted: 2015/02/26
Alex Al Yazouri
by Alex Al Yazouri , General Manager , Al Mushref Cooperative Society

The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) defines the critical path as "the sequence of schedule activities that determines the duration of the project."

Project managers can also apply the critical path methodology technique to "determine the amount of float on various logical network paths in the project schedule network to determine the minimum total project duration."

Vinod Jetley
by Vinod Jetley , Assistant General Manager , State Bank of India

Critical Path – The longest complete path of a project.

Critical path method has to do with project planning. The critical path involves a sequence of steps where one step has to be completed before the next step begins. It is called the critical path because it represents the minimum amount of time within which a project can be completed. 

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