Critical path management is a method for identifying, scheduling and dealing with tasks that directly affect a project's end date. Unlike project tasks that have some degree of float, critical path ...

The critical path method, a product of operations research, helps you set timetables for complicated projects made up of multiple interdependent tasks. Getting these kinds of projects done in the most ...

See how the critical path method (CPM) can be used for project management in our detailed guide. We’ll walk you through how to calculate it and share real-world examples for applying CPM to different ...

Critical Path-Method scheduling and Lean Construction techniques seem at first to have an inherent conflict, one focused on the long-term and the other focused on the near-term, but that isn't the ...

Stuart Ockman is president of Ockman & Borden Associates, project management consultants based in the Philadelphia area. He started his career at Bechtel working on power projects but now specializes ...

One of the key purposes of project management software is organization. The ability to simultaneously manage people, priorities, deadlines, tasks, and timelines from one centralized place is a huge ...

I’ve been a project manager all my life. It was never called that but the duties were managing projects. When I ran my boutique ad agency I did not have a staff except for a sales person. All my ...

CCPM provides a proactive and dynamic approach to monitoring project time performance, focusing on buffer management and early warning signals. Unlike traditional methods that rely on tracking ...

The Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) is a widely used method for planning and coordinating large-scale projects. As Harold Kerzner explained in his book Project Management, “PERT is ...