Use forward and backward pass to determine project duration and critical path

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This video has made my day. I was having problem to understand the backward pass but after watching this video, I understood the mechanism behind it. Thanks for such help :)

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I've always like this method better because the calculations are simpler. but important FYI, to those studying for PMP exam. if you start with zero, all your ES times will be wrong for purposes of the pmi exam. PMI exam requires you to start with 1

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I started with 1, in ES of Activity A at the beginning and finally ended up with no critical path! I wish you could calculate from the day 1 not 0. For example my final result accordingto PMBOK, for activity A, is become as follows: A: ES=1, LS=0, EF=3, LF=2. B: ES=4, LS=3, EF=7, LF= 6. C: ES=4, EF= 5, LS=9, LF=10. And so on! Please share your result when you tried! Thank you!

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This was awesome! Thank you so much. Do you know if we will be given a table like the one in the video and asked to create a network diagram and be asked use forward/backward pass analysis to calculate critical path?

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i did even know how to solve critical path, leave alone drawing the diagram ,after watching this am ready for my exams

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