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What PM should do when there are multiple critical paths in a project?

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Question added by Khaled Alhassoun , Consulting Management - Senior manager , Price waterhouse Coopers
Date Posted: 2013/11/21
Salauddin Mohammad
by Salauddin Mohammad , Sr. Manager, Software Development , Aspen Technology Inc

When there are multiple crticle paths in a project, it means, the project has been divided into multiple phases. Project manager should ensure timely completion of multiple critical paths in order to complete the project on time..

Tanveer Ahmad Niazi
by Tanveer Ahmad Niazi , CEO (Self-employed) , Project Management Training & Consultant

This is where a Forensic Schedule Analyst should step in analyzing the schedule, calculate schedule Drag and provide PM a good schedule with single (longest) critical path. Or satisfy the PM with the multiple paths as sometimes there is more than one critical path like we have a project of construction of12 buildings in the different locations of the city as one project with duration of satisfying one building construction only, here we have12 critical paths but the longest should still one.

Mohammad Tohamy Hussein Hussein
by Mohammad Tohamy Hussein Hussein , Chief Executive Officer & ERP Architect , Egyptian Software Group

I suggest splitting the project into multiple ones to maintain no more than one critical pathe per project. If this is not doable, get an assistance project manager for each critical path.

Ramy Zakher
by Ramy Zakher , Executive director , EEP

i agree with Mohammad Tohamy. 

hatem labib
by hatem labib , Quality control manager , MISER consultant

 

Every project should have one critical path only other hand the time table designer should redo the time schedule to have only one critical path to have some floating bars.

 

AHMAD M ALKHALED ZAAROUR
by AHMAD M ALKHALED ZAAROUR , operation manager-civil engineer , orimix concrete industry

he will accept that for there is so many time we face that matter , i think no problem ,but it need mor concentration on activity  on critical path where is the float is zero

AHMED ABDUL AZIM Mohamed Yassin
by AHMED ABDUL AZIM Mohamed Yassin , Consultant , Freelancer Software Developer, Professional Service Provider, And Projects Management

He must pay more attention and control to all activities  on all critical paths to ensure all activities on any critical path finished on time

Fredy Makram Labib
by Fredy Makram Labib , R&D manager , Universal for home appliances

He must put the following issues in his consideration

1.risk analysis for each path

2 . priority matrix for each path.

3.nature of each path

Then filtration and prioritization must be done for all these paths

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