Civil Engineering PE

Category - Scheduling

Which of the following best describes the scheduling term critical path?
  1. Construction site emergency evacuation plan
  2. The mobilization plan for moving equipment and materials on site
  3. The sequence of activities that determines the earliest possible completion date for a project
  4. None of the above
Explanation
Answer: C - The critical path of a project is the sequence of activities that determines the earliest possible completion date for a project. You can follow these simple steps to determine the critical path for a relatively simple project:

• List the project tasks (include the duration and outcome of the task)
• Draw the events on a piece of paper, and join the relevant tasks by arrows
• Label the arrows with the duration
• Add up the path lengths on each linked event chain - the longest is the critical path

For more complex projects, the computerized project management tools can be used to establish critical paths.
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