{"id":23602,"date":"2025-08-11T17:49:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T17:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/certifeka-edu.com\/programs\/research-for-strategic-development-professional-certificate\/lessons\/lesson-4-what-are-the-critical-pathways-in-project-planning\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T19:27:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:27:45","slug":"lesson-4-what-are-the-critical-pathways-in-project-planning","status":"publish","type":"lesson","link":"https:\/\/certifeka-edu.com\/ar\/programs\/research-for-strategic-development-professional-certificate\/lessons\/lesson-4-what-are-the-critical-pathways-in-project-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 4: What are the critical pathways in Project planning?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lesson 4: Research Project Planning 1<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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What are the critical pathways in Project planning?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Critical Path (CP) is defined as the longest estimated sequence of interdependent activities that should be accomplished on time to ensure completion of the project on due date.<\/span><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The critical path activities are performed under the “predecessor-successor” relationship so that any next activity cannot be started until its predecessor is complete.<\/span><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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How to define the critical path of a project?<\/span><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Step 1: List All Project Tasks <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t
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Start by breaking your project down into milestones, deliverables, and actionable tasks.\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>
This helps you visualise the day-to-day activities you and your team have to accomplish to progress.<\/span><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Step 2: Identify Dependencies and Estimates <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t
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Once you have all project tasks laid out, identify dependencies, or the tasks that can’t proceed without another’s output.\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>
List them out in a table, along with an estimate of how long each task would take.<\/span><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Step 3: Use a Network Diagram That Traces Dependencies <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t
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A network diagram is a series of boxes and arrows that help visualize the connections of specific variables.\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>
In this case, it’s used to represent tasks and their relationships.<\/span><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Step 4: Find the Critical Path <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t
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To know your project’s critical path, look for the tasks with the longest time between start to finish.<\/span><\/h5>
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Let’s say you have a research project with deliverables, tasks, and\/or activities.<\/span><\/h5>
Step 1: List All Project Tasks<\/span><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Step 1: List All Project Tasks<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Step 2: Identify Dependencies and Estimates<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Step 3: Use a Network Diagram That Traces Dependencies<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Step 4: Find the Critical Path<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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To know your project’s critical path, look for the tasks with the longest time between start to finish.<\/span><\/h5>
If we calculate every path as the following:<\/span><\/h5>
A-D-H-J= 2+1+2+1= 6<\/span><\/h5>
B-E-H-J= 3+2+2+1= 8<\/span><\/h5>
B-F-I-J= 3+5+3+1= 12<\/span><\/h5>
C-G-I-J= 4+7+3+1= 15<\/span><\/h5>
Since it the longest it took from start to finish.<\/span><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-23602","lesson","type-lesson","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nLesson 4: What are the critical pathways in Project planning? - Certifeka-edu<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/certifeka-edu.com\/ar\/programs\/research-for-strategic-development-professional-certificate\/lessons\/lesson-4-what-are-the-critical-pathways-in-project-planning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ar_AR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lesson 4: What are the critical pathways in Project planning? - Certifeka-edu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lesson 4: Research Project Planning 1 What are the critical pathways in Project planning? 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