Scheduling & Critical Path

How to turn a work breakdown structure into a realistic, trackable project schedule: sequencing, duration estimating, the critical path, float, baselining and schedule compression. For planners, engineers and anyone who owns delivery dates.

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52m

Total time

Competency levels

Lessons

What you'll learn

Explain how activities and milestones are derived from a work breakdown structure
Apply the finish-to-start, start-to-start and finish-to-finish dependency types to sequence work correctly
Estimate activity durations and distinguish transparent contingency from hidden padding
Calculate the critical path and float for a small network and explain what they mean for delivery
Baseline a schedule and track progress against it honestly
Evaluate crashing and fast-tracking as compression options, including their cost and risk trade-offs

Curriculum

Progress through each competency level in order.

Awareness

Why projects run on schedules
Knowledge
3m
From WBS to activities and milestones
Knowledge
2m
Awareness check: schedule basics
Assessment
7m

Knowledge

Sequencing work: dependency types, leads and lags
Knowledge
2m
Estimating durations — and the padding trap
Knowledge
2m
Knowledge check: logic and durations
Assessment
8m

Skill

The critical path and float — a worked example
Knowledge
3m
Build and calculate a real schedule
Assignment
3m
Skill check: critical path and float
Assessment
8m

Mastery

Baselining, tracking and schedule compression
Knowledge
3m
Baseline, track and compress a live schedule
Assignment
3m
Mastery check: running the schedule
Assessment
8m

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