Calculating Critical Path with Forward and Backward Pass - Key Concepts in Project Management

This video delves deeper into calculating the Critical Path on your Schedule Network Diagram by using the Forward and Backward pass. The steps are:
1. Note the task durations
2. Perform the forward pass to get early start and finish dates
3. Perform the backward pass to get late start and finish dates
4. Calculate float as Late Start minus Early Start
5. The critical path is the path with zero float

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[ShihanMeegasdeniya]

My friend. You have no idea how helpful this is. I appreciate this from the bottom from my heart. This helped me to do my pm assignment. Thanks again. ❤

[crossfamilyfun]

Thank you for making this so easy to see.

[andreanberry]

Hi David - For people new to this please announce that you are using the "accepted convention of the project starting on Day 1." I was confused until I saw it on page 211 in the PMBOK 6th Edition. I couldn't figure out where you were getting the number 1 from. These are excellent videos by the way! Thank you so much!

[Bell-uffn]

Hey David! I just wanted to say a huge thank you for your help in explaining the process and providing an example. I was able to create my own version based on your fantastic example. I really appreciate your videos, and I've been sharing them with my PM colleagues too. You're really good at explaining things in a clear and concise way. So, thanks for taking the time to make these videos and sharing your expertise - it's really helped me out a lot. Thanks again!

[Jfealy]

Awesome presentation. Thank you. PMP - here I come.

[KWENDOJOHNOKWOMOLE]

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[konsichguyita]

Wow you described this easiest possible way. Thank you!

[schiefele]

You are the best, better than my professors!

[videogamesare]

Thanks David, this helped explain the backward pass very clearly.

[kevinjamal]

You've made this so simple!! Thanks man

[sargamkapoor]

All your vides are great and so helpful

[wflzoom]

Whats been throwing me for a loop on these CPA's I have been watching a few, and the -1 and +1 to compensate for the starting ES of 1, instead of zero. is there a reason why the first activity ES in some diagrams starts with 0, and others with a 1 ? or is this just preference?

[Canadianehhhhh]

Thank you for explaining this 100% better than the garbage instructions I received from my project management essentials course at SAIT.

[nimmadhillonz]

Hello David, great video, you really make it clear. The only think which through me off in your explanation is that you are using the +1 and -1 for the ES and EF. Is that necessary? In other explanations they didn't do it. Thanks for the answer!

[MrSilviut]

So many other videos just ignore the plus one minus one thing which makes it so confusing. Thank you for explaining that. Well done.

[myramyra]

Great breakdown explanation. New subscriber

[zuzanalima]

Hello David, great video, you really make it clear. The only think which through me off in your explanation is that you using the +1 and -1 for the ES and EF. Is that necessary? In other explanations they didnt do it. Thanks for the answer!

[calciumdd]

this helps me prep before my exam hahah

[zuzanalima]

Hello David, thank you again for all your great videos, you are doing for the PMP students. Not using anythig else now and its very efficient! 🙂But the only thing I am struggling now is to manage the time with the Diagrams questions (the Critical path questions and other one when you need to fill in all the boxes or do longer calculation. If I have in avarage 3 min for quetion, there is no change I can do it. Do you have any tips how I can improve the speed of solving these questions?? I am pretty sure, other students have the the similar problem. Thanks a lot!

[Ola]

How can you answer this kind of questions quickly on the exam without overthinking? Do you have any tips or that? Thank you.