[Year 12 IT Apps] Question on critical path

[Mark Kelly]

AFAIK, yes.  It can happen if two paths are the same length and neither 
has slack.

Roland Gesthuizen wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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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