Critical Path Method (CPM)

The critical path method (CPM) is a step-by-step technique for process planning that defines critical and non-critical tasks with the goal of preventing time-frame problems and process bottlenecks. The CPM is ideally suited to projects consisting of numerous activities that interact in a complex manner.

 

Advantages of Critical Path Method:

1. Offers a visual representation of the project activities.

2. Presents the time to complete the tasks and the overall project.

3. Tracking of critical activities.

 

Critical path identification is required for any project-planning phase. This gives the project management the correct completion date of the overall project and the flexibility to float activities.

 

A critical path diagram has to be constantly updated with real information when the project progresses in order to refine the activity length/project duration predictions.

 

In the example below, we would like to show you a real investigation study of Smart Transportation and how CPM is related to the study.