The critical path method, or CPM, of project management lists all activities required to complete a project, the length of time each is expected to take and the dependencies between tasks. By ...

What Is the Principle Behind the Critical Path Method & How Does This Affect Project Management?. Critical path management is a method for identifying, scheduling and dealing with tasks that ...

(This material is not covered in Fraser, Bernhardt and Jewkes. A good reference text is Hillier and Lieberman, ``Introduction to Operations Research'', published by Holden-Day; the fourth edition of ...