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    Calculating Critical Path & Float For A Network Diagram: Task Name, Duration (D)

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    The document summarizes how to calculate the critical path and float for a network diagram. It explains how to identify tasks and durations, draw the network diagram, determine the critical path by finding the longest path of tasks, and calculate float by doing an early start/finish and late start/finish analysis. The critical path is the longest sequence of tasks without float and determines the minimum project duration. Project float is the amount of time a project can be delayed without delaying the planned completion date.

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    The document summarizes how to calculate the critical path and float for a network diagram. It explains how to identify tasks and durations, draw the network diagram, determine the critical path by finding the longest path of tasks, and calculate float by doing an early start/finish and late start/finish analysis. The critical path is the longest sequence of tasks without float and determines the minimum project duration. Project float is the amount of time a project can be delayed without delaying the planned completion date.

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    The document summarizes how to calculate the critical path and float for a network diagram. It explains how to identify tasks and durations, draw the network diagram, determine the critical path by finding the longest path of tasks, and calculate float by doing an early start/finish and late start/finish analysis. The critical path is the longest sequence of tasks without float and determines the minimum project duration. Project float is the amount of time a project can be delayed without delaying the planned completion date.

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    Calculating Critical Path & Float For A Network Diagram: Task Name, Duration (D)

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    Kim Long
    The document summarizes how to calculate the critical path and float for a network diagram. It explains how to identify tasks and durations, draw the network diagram, determine the critical path by finding the longest path of tasks, and calculate float by doing an early start/finish and late start/finish analysis. The critical path is the longest sequence of tasks without float and determines the minimum project duration. Project float is the amount of time a project can be delayed without delaying the planned completion date.

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    Calculating Critical Path & Float for a Network Diagram

    Late Start (LS) Early Start (ES) Late Finish (LF) Early Finish (EF)

    Task Name, Duration (D)

    Find out the length of all the paths in the network diagram The longest path is the critical path Float = EF - LF = ES - LS

    Calculating Critical Path for a Network Diagram


    Identify tasks, durations & dependencies. 5 days

    Task 2

    4 days
    Task 1 4 days Task 5

    3 days Task 3

    7 days Task 4

    Step 1: Draw a Network Diagram


    For forward pass, calculate the Early Start (ES) and Early Finish (EF).
    Task 2, 5 days 4 Task 1, 4 days 0

    9
    Task 5, 4 days 14 18

    4 Task 3, 3 days 4 Task 4, 7 days 7

    14

    Task 5 is dependent on Task 2 and Task 4 being complete. So, ES for Task 5 is 14 days (dependent on Task 4, which is the longer task.

    Step 2: Determine Critical Path


    To determine critical path, calculate length (durations) of all the paths:

    Length of all tasks: Task1 Task2 Task5 = 4 + 5 + 4 = 13 days Task1 Task3 Task4 Task5 = 4 + 3 + 7 + 4 = 18 days
    The longest path is the critical path

    Critical path = longest path = 18 days


    Critical Path = Task1 Task3 Task4 Task5

    Step 3: Calculate Float in all tasks Backward Pass


    ES = Early Start EF = Early Finish LS = Late Start LF = Late Finish 0 Task 1, 4 days 0 4 4 9 Task 2, 5 days 14

    14 18 Task 5, 4 days 14 18 7 Task 4, 7 days 14

    4 Task 3, 3 days
    4

    14

    For all tasks on Critical Path (Task1, Task 3, Task 4, Task 5), EF = LF & ES = LS Thus, float (slack) for tasks on Critical Path = LF EF = 0 Float for Task 2 = LF EF = 14 9 = 5 days

    Step 4: Calculate Project Float


    Customer requests an end date of 25 days. Project Float is the total amount of time that the project can be delayed without delaying the project completion date required by the customer. 25 days 18 days = 7 days. Project float can be negative when the date imposed by the customer is before the duration required in the project schedule. For negative project float, the project must be crashed or fast-tracked. Crashing is a technique used to decrease the duration of the project by assigning additional resources to tasks and decreasing the duration required for those tasks.

    Fast Tracking is a technique used to shorten project time by scheduling some activities concurrently that were originally scheduled sequentially.

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