[Year 12 IT Apps] Question on critical path

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Just curious .. can you have two critical paths of exactly the same length
(or I am just playing about with words and splitting hairs)?

2009/10/12 Mark Kelly <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au>

> Both are true.  The minimum time to complete all tasks is also the longest
> path from start to end.
>
> Just depends on which way you look at it.
>
>
> Paul Golub wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> a critical path for a project is the series of activites that determine
>> the earliest time by which the project can be completed.
>>
>> Emphasis on "earliest time".
>>
>> In a trial exam my students did some put that the "critical path is the
>> longest path which a project cannot be delayed wthout delaying the entire
>> project"
>>
>> Emphasis on "longest time". Would this answer be accesptable in an exam?
>> Is it "earliest time" or "longest path" or both is ok.
>> Thank you for any replies.
>> Paul Golub
>> Santa Maria College
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