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O CPM was lnventeo by project manager ln
tbe early 1950's.
O Tbe US Navy aoapteo lt.
O ano lmproveo lt to manage tbe Polarls
mlsslle project ln tbe late 1950's.
O tbe CPM consloereo only loglcal
oepenoencles between termlnal elements.
bat ls tbe CPM? bat ls tbe CPM?
O Tbe CPM ls a matbematlcally baseo
algorltbm tor scbeoullng a set ot project
actlvltles.
O |t ls an lmportant tool tor ettectlve project
management.
O Commonly useo wltb all torms ot projects,
lncluolng constructlon, sottware
oevelopment, researcb projects, proouct
oevelopment, englneerlng, ano plant
malntenance, among otbers.
O Any project wltb lnteroepenoent actlvltles
can apply tbls metboo ot scbeoullng
by tbe CPM? by tbe CPM?
O |t loentltles tasks wblcb must be completeo
on tlme.
O |oentltles wblcb tasks can be oelayeo tor a
wblle lt resource neeos to be reallocateo to
catcb up on mlsseo tasks.
O |t belps to loentlty tbe mlnlmum lengtb ot
tlme neeoeo to complete a project.
O Tbe CPM oetermlnes botb tbe early start
ano tbe late start oate tor eacb actlvlty ln
tbe scbeoule.
ow to use tbe CPM? ow to use tbe CPM?
Project Network Dlagram
O Any scbematlc olsplay ot tbe loglcal
relatlonsblps ot project actlvltles.
10 30
20
40
50
t=3mo
A
8 C
D
L
F
t=4mo
t=3mo
t=3 mo
t=2 mo
Contlnue.. Contlnue..
NODLS/M|LLSTONL
ACT|v|TY ( |ts sbow tbe
relatlonsblp between 2 nooes )
ow to use tbe CPM? ow to use tbe CPM?
O 8ullolng a preceoence olagram
Llst tbe actlvltles
Ano
relatlonsblps
Create a start
nooe
Draw arrows trom
Start nooe to tbe
Flrst actlvlty's nooe
sequentlally
Arrange all
Actlvltles trom
start
Repeat process
trom successors
tor all actlvltles
Double cbeck tor
mlsseo
relatlonsblps
Tecbnlque tor CPM Tecbnlque tor CPM
O A llst ot all actlvltles requlreo to complete
tbe project.
O Tbe tlme (ouratlon) tbat eacb actlvlty wlll
take to completlon.
O Tbe oepenoencles between tbe actlvltles.
O Tbe longest patb ot planneo actlvltles to
tbe eno ot tbe project
Llmltatlon ot CPM Llmltatlon ot CPM
O Lstlmatlons are use to calculate tlme.
O One mlstake may cbange total result ot
tbe analysls.
O Lack ot accuracy oue to unavoloable
clrcumstances (strlke, ralntall etc)
O Only sultable tor speclallzeo project
manager.
O Contlnuous monltorlng ls requlreo.
Concluslon Concluslon
Crltlcal Patb Analysls ls an ettectlve ano
powertul metboo ot assesslng:
O Tasks wblcb must be carrleo out
O bere parallel actlvlty can be carrleo out
O Tbe sbortest tlme ln wblcb a project can be
completeo
O Resources neeoeo to acbleve a project
O Tbe sequence ot actlvltles, scbeoullng, ano
tlmlngs lnvolveo
O Task prlorltles
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