Project Planning and Critical Paths
Ages 16–18Difficulty adapts to you
Project Planning and Critical Paths
A project network shows which tasks depend on others. The critical path is the longest chain of dependent tasks; delaying it delays the project unless the plan changes. Earliest and latest times reveal slack on non-critical tasks.
Your goals
- ✓You can use durations, dependencies, schedules, and slack to plan work.
- ✓You can use Project Planning and Critical Paths, model correctly.
- ✓You can use the definitions, units, assumptions, and examples to check your answer.
Words to know
- Project Planning and Critical Paths:
- Use durations, dependencies, schedules, and slack to plan work.
- model:
- A rule or representation used to describe a situation and make a prediction.
Examples
- 1If a project has paths of 12 days and 15 days, the earliest finish is 15 days before extra resources or overlap.
- 2A task can have spare time without changing the final date, but only if it is not on the critical path.
Check these
- • Do not skip the meaning of a term or give a result without explaining what it means.
- • Keep every number, symbol, label, and unit in its correct place.
- • Show enough working to check how you reached your answer.
Helpful habits
- • Read the whole question before choosing what to do.
- • Show one clear step at a time and check each step.
- • If you are stuck, draw a model, try smaller numbers, or revisit the example.
Now try your own
Create your own project planning and critical paths example, solve it, and explain how you checked it.
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