See how the critical path method (CPM) can be used for project management in our detailed guide. We’ll walk you through how to calculate it and share real-world examples for applying CPM to different ...

The critical path method (CPM) is the scheduling method upon which most new product development schedules are based. It was developed in 1957 by DuPont to assist in managing a series of well-scripted, ...

Recently added to the growing assortment of quantitative tools for business decision making is the Critical Path Method—a powerful but basically simple technique for analyzing, planning, and ...

I view much of what’s happened in critical path method (CPM) scheduling and planning as a direct offspring of the ENR cover story, “Off the Critical Path,” published in 2003. It discussed widespread ...