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This document provides an overview of critical path method (CPM) calculation and analysis for a project management design course. It defines key terms like critical path, critical activities, and float. It also outlines the steps for CPM analysis, including drawing the network diagram, determining earliest and latest start/finish times, identifying float, finding the critical path, and calculating the project duration. Finally, it provides a sample problem and requirements for performing CPM analysis on a network with multiple activities and predecessors.

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Earliest Start Time (Es) : CPM Analysis Page of

This document provides an overview of critical path method (CPM) calculation and analysis for a project management design course. It defines key terms like critical path, critical activities, and float. It also outlines the steps for CPM analysis, including drawing the network diagram, determining earliest and latest start/finish times, identifying float, finding the critical path, and calculating the project duration. Finally, it provides a sample problem and requirements for performing CPM analysis on a network with multiple activities and predecessors.

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PEB 601 DESIGN Project 1

Semester 2 2020 BE -SME/SEEE/SBCE, YEAR2


CPM CALCULATION
Path – a connected sequence of activities leading from the starting event to
ending event
Critical path- the longest path (time); determines the project duration
Critical activities –all the activities that make up the critical path
Float is the maximum amount of time that an activity can be delayed in its
completion before it becomes a critical activity. i.e. delays completion of the
project
FORWARD PASS
 EARLIEST START TIME (ES)
o Earliest time an activity can start
o ES= maximum EF of immediate predecessors
 EARLIEST FINISH TIME (EF)
o Earliest time an activity can finish
o Earliest start plus activity time
o EF=ES plus time (t)
BACKWARD PASS
 LATEST START TIME (LS)
o Latest time an activity can start without delaying critical path time
 LS =LF MINUS TIME (t)
 LATEST FINISH TIME (LF)
o Latest time an activity can be completed without delaying critical
path time
 LF= Minimum LS of immediate predecessor

STEPS IN CPM ANALYSIS


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1. Draw the CPM network
2. Analyze the path through the network using key box
a. Determine the ES, EF, LS. LF
3. Determine the float for each activity
4. Find the critical path ie. Zero slack
5. Find the project duration (minimum project completion time)
Sample Problem Exercise
Given :
Activity Predecessor Duration (time) days
A NONE 6
B NONE 8
C NONE 5
D B 3
E C 9
F A 15
G A 17
H F 9

I G 6
J D,E 12

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NETWORK DIAGRAM
Requirements:
1. Draw NETWORK DIAGRAM (given)
2. Draw the Key Box
3. Compute for the ES and EF times
4. Compute for the LS & LF times
5. Compute for the Floats or Slack times
6. Identify the Critical paths & duration
7. Summarize results in a matrix format
a. Activity
b. Duration
c. Early start(ES)
d. Early Finish (EF)
e. Late Start (LS)
f. Late Finish (LF)
g. Slack/Float (S/F)
h. CRITICAL PATHS

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