SkillSoft Explore Course – Lambers, Inc.

Business Skills Curricula Project Management Curriculum PMP Exam Prep (2021 Update)

Successful project management involves effective plan schedule management. Performing a critical path analysis is a proven way to create a strong, workable project schedule.

In this course, you'll learn about the critical path method and the use of project schedule network diagrams. You'll explore aspects of planning like total and free float, leads, lags, and forward and backward passes. Finally, you'll learn to properly sequence activities for maximum efficiency and success.Â

Asset ID	bs_apj30_a11_enus
Course Type	Video Course
Course Category	Project Management Curriculum

Objectives
Performing a Critical Path Analysis (2021 Update) discover the key concepts covered in this course identify the elements of a typical project schedule identify tools and techniques used to develop the schedule recognize characteristics of the critical path method determine start and finish dates for activities in a given network diagram identify techniques used to shorten overall schedule duration perform a forward pass using the critical path method perform a backward pass using the critical path method identify the total float of each noncritical path identify the free float of each activity on a noncritical path identify the critical path and its characteristics recognize how to create a schedule network diagram from a table Knowledge Check: Assessing Your Critical Path Analysis Skills

Objectives

Performing a Critical Path Analysis (2021 Update)

discover the key concepts covered in this course
identify the elements of a typical project schedule
identify tools and techniques used to develop the schedule
recognize characteristics of the critical path method
determine start and finish dates for activities in a given network diagram
identify techniques used to shorten overall schedule duration
perform a forward pass using the critical path method
perform a backward pass using the critical path method
identify the total float of each noncritical path
identify the free float of each activity on a noncritical path
identify the critical path and its characteristics
recognize how to create a schedule network diagram from a table
Knowledge Check: Assessing Your Critical Path Analysis Skills