Question

1. Describe two methods that can be used to determine the critical path of a project schedule.

2. If an activity on the critical path falls behind schedule, what effect will this have on the entire project?

3. Describe the relationship between a predecessor project activity and a successor project activity. management.

4. Using the enumeration method, explain how a project critical path can be determined. Support your response with an illustrative chart.

Answer 1

What two methods can be used to determine the critical path of a schedule?

The critical path of a schedule can be found using the two-pass method or the enumeration method.

If an activity on the critical path falls behind schedule, what effect will this have on the entire project?

Project will be delayed, because without the completion of that activity, project cannot end. But also depends on how well the project manager is able to respond to the delay

Describe the relationship between a predecessor project activity and a successor project activity. management.

The relationship between a predecessor activity and a successor activity is called a dependency. The successor activity starts after and is dependent on the predecessor activity. Because the conversation with Dion and Carlita must take place before a planning meeting can be scheduled, this is called a natural dependency because the relationship can be inferred logically. Activities that have predecessor-successor relationships occur sequentially—one after the other. Another term for this type of relationship is finish-start, which means the first activity must finish before the next one can start

One question could be answered in one go. i have answered 3 and cant answer 4th due to time constraints. Pl ask that seperately.