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Project management

a scheduling technique that finds the longest chain of dependent activities, which sets the minimum project duration.

In project management, critical path method refers to a scheduling technique that finds the longest chain of dependent activities, which sets the minimum project duration. This meaning comes from Kelley (1961) in Operations Research.[1]

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References

Kelley, J. E. (1961). Critical-Path Planning and Scheduling: Mathematical Basis. Operations Research, 9(3), 296-320. https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.9.3.296

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