The critical path method, or CPM, of project management lists all activities required to complete a project, the length of time each is expected to take and the dependencies between tasks. By ...

We've covered work load management, estimating, inventory control and labor. The next basic is job scheduling. So, you were either invited to bid a job, awarded a street bid job through the Blue Book ...

Experienced project managers can leverage the free float created by the critical path method of project scheduling to improve project management performance. Once you have established the critical ...

The construction industry has long grappled with the challenge of effective project scheduling. Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling, while powerful, has often been the domain of specialized ...

Construction projects require meticulous planning as they involve numerous tasks and resources that need to be coordinated effectively to ensure timely completion. However, according to a new study, ...

Running a conference for planner-schedulers involves many of the skills used by these practitioners in helping their project teams build. We have a hard deadline each year – no extension of time for ...

In a relatively recent case, Metcalf Construction Co. v. U.S., 107 Fed. Cl. 786 (2012), the U.S. Court of Federal Claims once again looked to the critical path method (CPM) in determining the ...