Every profession has a unique way of thinking, a perspective that must be adopted to practice it well, and project management is no different. In this day of agile project management, critical paths are as important as ever. Yes, it's a hard number, that is, a calculation that results in a completion date for a set of tasks. But more than that it's also a mindset. … [Read more...]
A Critical Path Analysis Example
In yesterday's post we outlined the critical path method which is one of the professional project manager's techniques to ensuring project deadlines are met. Today we will walk through an example with a complete solution using MS Excel. Our example project is to build a new driveway. We will be hiring our friend, Jon, who is a concrete worker, and we will … [Read more...]