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

[@10BestOnes]

I pay $1,000 each semester for this, and you explained it all in a 7 minute video for free. You're a legend.

[@ghedisiyat]

hahahaha i have spent 3months and nderstand nothing till i watch this video and got it in 4min to do it in my own.

[@mijack8228]

@KC you pay to get taught by an experienced lecturer not a damn course outline.

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Seriously!!! 1000$ OMG

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i think u are exaggerating it no one will believe u pay 1000 bucks for just critical path coaching,unless u are making research on it XD

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which country? how many months per semester lol? 1000 dollar omg

[@iam.Hombre]

6years later and this lecture is still doing amazing stuff... thanks dude

[@Engineer4Free]

And still replying too ;)... I gochu!!

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[@nathanaelpomat2561]

And here I am as well :D

[@febin_0410]

Same ,even after 8 years! Thank you

[@Kamal_AL-Hinai]

try 9 years later. God bless him

[@nazneenkhan6717]

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[@Engineer4Free]

You're welcome!! Thanks for the comment! I have many more PM videos here too that you might also find helpful: engineer4free.com/project-management =)

[@austinobans1402]

really?

[@PunmasterSTP]

How'd the rest of your class turn out?

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Wow you just thoroughly explained CPM analysis under 8 minutes. Something we had to do for an entire semester. Thank you

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Yeah none of my course materials were this clear and it was in 5 minutes!

[@jimmylee3760]

I just want to say your tutorial is the most comprehensive I’ve watched so far, thank you from Hong Kong

[@humyunfuadrahman624]

You made me cry. I’ve spent two days to understand this, but you’ve clearly explained within few minutes.

[@Engineer4Free]

Glad I could help you out Humyun =) =). Make sure you check out all the PM videos that I did over at engineer4free.com/project-management if you haven't already!

[@user_unknown04]

I've never commented before. I just wanna say a big thanks to you! Never thought a 10 yr old lecture of 7 minutes will save me today. nad i have a exam in few hours. Thanks man !

[@israelonu-maria1364]

I'm a Masters student beginning my MSc Project Management Exams today. I'm glad I saw your clip. It's simple and clearly explained. Thanks

[@PunmasterSTP]

How'd the exam go?

[@tf-gt2pd]

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[@solomonojo2697]

You just saved me 1hr of reading a book without getting the forward pass, backward pass and critical path. Accurate and precise explanation. Thanks

[@Engineer4Free]

Happy to help =)

[@PunmasterSTP]

How'd the rest of your class go?

[@MICHAELMURITHI-y7y]

me coming here after 3 hours of trying to understand cpm, watches at 2x speed, understands in 3 minutes!Thanks man

[@PunmasterSTP]

@@MICHAELMURITHI-y7y That’s cool! Do you have a test coming up?

[@Mzee001-w9r]

@@PunmasterSTP I do....tomorrow

[@29BlameItOnTheBoogie]

I have cried so many times over this operations management homework (it's online so I already don't get much instruction). I asked the professor for help and she sent me a problem example with zero explanation to it. You, however, managed to walk me through my homework with how you explained this diagram. God bless you good sir 😭🙏

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You are totally awesome! I was dodging this concept for years, and you've taken just over 7 minutes to drum the concept in my mind! And this is coming from an expert investment banking coach with sovereign funds as clients! I wanted to explore Project Management, and you've made it wonderfully lucid. Thanks, mate!

[@Engineer4Free]

Awesome! Glad I could help and thanks for letting me know 🙂. I recommend checking out the full course that I did here: engineer4free.com/project-management theres some good stuff in there 👌

[@aireealistic]

Prof spent 2 sessions of class just to explain this and it is still not as clear as how you did it. You're a life savior. Thanks a lot.

[@Engineer4Free]

Glad I can help!!! Check out engineer4free.com/project-management for all the PM videos that I made =)

[@aireealistic]

Engineer4Free BLESS YOU! thank you so much 😭💕

[@talhairfan554]

THANKSSS ALOTT for teaching this in just 7 minutes. My professor took 4 sessions to complete this topic and still i was confused in many steps.. Keep up the good work.. May God Bless You :)))

[@Engineer4Free]

You're welcome Talha!! 🙂

[@emilyraffensberger5373]

Did the requisite 32 hours for the CAPM exam, and this clarified everything in about 7 minutes. Thank you so much!

[@Engineer4Free]

😂 glad to hear it!!

[@aubreycarew6324]

I just love how simple and easy you make it to be understood. Perfect teaching. Just 7 minutes and I was able to get it in so easily. THANK YOU

[@Engineer4Free]

Great to hear! 😁

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thank you so much Sir for this clear, simple, explicit and very understanding tutorial, it's short and very easy to understand, thank you again

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[@megwin55]

Im paying for a course in this and you explained it more clearly than my lecturer. THANK YOU! Makes so much more sense when you explain it!

[@Engineer4Free]

The system is a bit backwards, but glad I could help!! ✌️

[@muskaankhoja6033]

I had watched so many long videos to understand this concept but only through your video I could actually understand it. Thank you so much. Now everytime I'll be referring to you only. God bless you!

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Ive learnt so much these few months since i started studying Project Management. I got an A in budgeting and scheduling just by learning from you here today. Thank you so much, your way better than my teachers, cheers...

[@Engineer4Free]

Thanks for letting me know!! Rally happy to hear it =)

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[@Engineer4Free]

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[@Engineer4Free]

Ahhh thanks for the kind words Mukund!! 😁😁

[@AnandP2812]

Just had a lecture on this - did not understand a thing at all in 1 hour! In less than 8 minutes, I fully understand how to do this... Thank you for a clear, simple explanation. You deserve so much credit. :)

[@Engineer4Free]

😏💫

[@yanibelcolvin5825]

God bless you sir, you explain everything so clearly. I wish my professor was this clear on the subject. You are a life saver, thank you, thank you!

[@macc5082]

Best explanation yet. I've watch many videos explaining the CP, and I'm so glad I fell upon this one. Kudos to you teacher!

[@AldosWorldTV]

10/10 thanks boss

[@Engineer4Free]

Happy to help, thanks for watching!

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He has 2.5mil subs wtf

[@Engineer4Free]

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[@NanaKana-kd4jp]

Kudos to you for breaking down the complexities of project management and the Critical Path Method! 🌟 Your explanation through the forward and backward pass made it so clear and accessible. I've been searching for a tutorial that demystifies this process, and your video nailed it! The step-by-step guide was incredibly helpful. 👏 Looking forward to more insightful content from your channel. Keep up the fantastic work!

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You rock dude explaining a complicated topic in the most simple way is what you did ..very few have this unique skill.

[@Engineer4Free]

Thanks a lot for this comment!

[@mhatfie]

As part of my PMP certification exam prep, I planned to watch a couple of videos on the concept of the critical path. Your video was the first and after viewing it, I don't need to see anything else. Thank you, sir. Well done!

[@Engineer4Free]

Haha nice, glad I could help! Be careful though, I think PMP initializes with a 1 while I use a 0. The same logic applies though. Incase you need any more material, I have full playlist at engineer4free.com/project-management 👍👍

[@elicantu5725]

I have a final today in 2 hours on this material and you have saved my semester!

[@Engineer4Free]

Hope it went well Eli!!

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How did it go

[@elicantu5725]

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[@inamulhaq457]

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[@pineapplepancake5502]

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[@Engineer4Free]

Thanks homie, hope the exam went well! 🙂🙂

[@pineapplepancake5502]

@@Engineer4Free yeah mate the exam was very easy and thanks as i had a couple questions based on this topic

[@bikramsidhu962]

You explained like, I was actually watching what's going on the job site in front of my eyes. Thank you so much can't wait to watch your next video

[@Engineer4Free]

Glad it was helpful!!! =)

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I spend a whole semester contemplating with it and you use only 7 mins to explain you're the best

[@techforhad]

Sir , I swear KZbin is superior to all my teachers. Seriously you don't know how much I m gratitude to u ... Tomorrow I have Project management and software engineering final exam ... Thanks a lot from bottom of my heart for this kinda tutorial.

[@Engineer4Free]

Hope you crushed it!!!

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[@Engineer4Free]

=)

[@the_evergreen_paradise]

My teacher doesn't even explain anything. He just throws all slides that he stole from somebody else at us and tell us to finish the exercises. SO THANK GOD I FOUND THIS TUTORIAL! THANK YOU!

[@Engineer4Free]

Unfortunately it's not the fierst time I've heard something like that, but glad I could help! Check out engineer4free.com/project management for all the PM videos I did!! 👌

[@subhankardas3851]

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 :)

[@Engineer4Free]

That's awesome to hear Subhankar!!! Glad I can help you out :) If you haven't seen them already, you can check out all the PM videos that I have over at engineer4free.com/project-management

[@syedhaq12]

Great and excellent work in CPM. After had searched tons of videos, finally came across your video and you nailed it. Thanks from Pakistan.

[@Engineer4Free]

Awesome glad you like it Syed! You should check out the whole series that I did here: engineer4free.com/project-management 🙂🙂

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Thank you bro you are just making our lives easy i failed to grasp this the whole semester and in 7 minutes i just grasped everything that my lecturer was trying to communicate

[@Engineer4Free]

Glad I could help! You should check out my other PM videos too: engineer4free.com/project-management =)

[@storylane5079]

I've been confused in class for the past months, all it took to understood the concept was 2 5min videos............really grateful 🔥🔥🔥

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[@Engineer4Free]

Haha, thanks and glad I could help ☺️

[@theMiracle904]

I have my exam after couple of hours and I had no idea about the whole critical path evaluating process untill now You are a God,thank you!!

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Just too amazing! The best ever to explain this whole CPM, ES, EF, LS, LF etc. Thank you so much and God truly Bless you for this great Video!

[@quincylawan4109]

Brother may God bless you. You just made my project assignment much easier in 7minutes. I spent 3hrs in class but i did not understand it perfectly well. Thank you very much. God bless you.

[@Engineer4Free]

Glad it helped Check out the full playlist here: engineer4free.com/project-management =)

[@bonfied43]

Can you give my professor a crash course, please? Thank you!

[@Engineer4Free]

Haha, that would be the day!

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Just do it man. They really need to know how to teach this. Paying filthy money to learn all this.

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Yours and mine

[@knalliah]

Stucked for 4 hours trying to understand the module my teacher gave us. But then saw this video, and finally understood the calculation for just 7 minutes. Thank you so much

[@Engineer4Free]

Glad I could help!! You might find the other videos I did helpful too: engineer4free.com/project-management

[@siddharthaggarwal3495]

Made it so much easier to understand than trying to understand from a $100 textbook

[@Engineer4Free]

🤜🤛

[@LinhVũNguyễnDuy]

9 years later, and this lecture is still doing great stuff, thank you so much, from Vietnam

[@Engineer4Free]

Thanks! I spent a few months in Vietnam before, mostly Hanoi... Tôi yêu Việt Nam!

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WOAHHHHH my brain made an actual noise when I finally now understand the critical path.. two semesters later.. I feel like I can be a project manager now. Thank you!!!!!

[@Engineer4Free]

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And you too mr meitra

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I just have to express how awesome you are. I've watched 5 separate videos from my professor, read the textbook and still couldn't understand it until I watched your video. Thank you!!!!

[@Engineer4Free]

Glad I could help!! You should check out the full playlist that I did at engineer4free.com/project-management =)

[@brenda_satade]

8 years later. Amazing stuff🔥👏

[@Engineer4Free]

Glad it's still helping! 👌

[@phire0]

I can't believe how well you explained this, I've been struggling with it in uni. Thank you!

[@Tamil_learning_for_kids]

thanks for explaining a critical method in simple manner

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Diamant e relámpago

[@sheilamehta648]

Great explanation. Easy to follow an understand. 1 week before my exam it's exactly what I needed. THANK YOU!

[@Engineer4Free]

Great to hear! Good luck on your exam!! =)

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Quick and simple. You're really good. Thks

[@Engineer4Free]

Thanks Ginny!! There are more here: engineer4free.com/project-management =)

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U the real MVP man!!! Thanks for doing this social service for students like me who study at the last moment before the exam.

[@Engineer4Free]

Hahaha no worries, that's what it's all about. Thanks!! 😁

[@angelfish7837]

Omfg...omfg so much fking better than the fking book. Thank you so fking much

[@Engineer4Free]

Hahaha your welcome :p

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Thank you

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sure also much better than the instructor i had. :)

[@m_ptl]

what is fg & fk ... fking...

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Yup this guy is the best teacher everrrrr

[@bridgetlovell6738]

Thank you so much! My professor posted a word document on this that displayed the network diagram but did not explain it. I know understand what is going on. Please never stop posting these videos. Very helpful!

[@jessabelpineza1021]

It's so very helpful for our activity❤️ coz we can't go to school due to the pandemic. Thank u

[@Engineer4Free]

You're welcome 😊. Do check out the full playlist here too: engineer4free.com/project-management !!

[@missyoungkhalifa28]

My professor just spent 3 hours trying to explain this and so many people in the class were confused. I knew it was a simple concept so thanks for putting this 7 min video together!

[@Engineer4Free]

Glad it helped!!! Many more minutes here: kzbin.info/aero/PLOAuB8dR35oeyKU0ojIxD8Muf6Mwc8ugW 😏

[@rodion1976]

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

[@Timotolas]

Kevin Duncan ...that's exactly where I am, find out that some books begins in1 and others in 0....cannot be sure what's should be the correct way for PMP exam.

[@bertrandbuba3866]

@@Timotolas is it same for PMI-SP?

[@kenny_yang69]

i thank god for your presence on earth. the textbook and other youtube videos muttered gibberish but you made it so clear. Thank you!

[@Engineer4Free]

Thanks for commenting, cheers =)

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Thank you so much for explaining so effortlessly 💗 Bringing my anxiety to 0% and raising my capacity to 💯

[@Engineer4Free]

You're welcome!! 😁

[@zurajanaii]

7 years later and you still got it. Thanks man

[@munirulhaikal]

You saved me to get pass in my mid-term exam. Thank you very much. Tutorial is clear as crystal 🙏🏼

[@Engineer4Free]

Awesome super glad to hear it!,🙂🙂

[@tehreemqasim2204]

Watched many tutorials on PERT. This one by far is the best. Many thanks for the great video.

[@HAGA7793]

At 5:58 you mentioned that the critical path is identified by the activities that have the same early finish and late finish, however, there can be scenarios where all the activities along the diagram have the same early finish and late finish. Would that mean you have more than one critical path?

[@Engineer4Free]

Yep. You can have more than one critical path.

[@mariamae7351]

Really thanks! I was trying to do my project but non of the videos in youtube was helpful, till I find yours! So finally I finished my project because of you~! Thank you again^^!

[@agnivchakraborty4215]

You brought a tear to my eye :') Thank you so much!!

[@goodboysady]

Man I studied this crap like 3 times in undergrad and now in MS it again popped up and I was clueless You're a champ man easy understanding that ls and lf were always confusing But when you mentioned that you can delay it by this much and nothing would affected is when sh*t got cleared up Thanks man

[@lubicagrossenbacher4939]

The best explanation ever. Thanks a lot!

[@Engineer4Free]

Thanks for commenting, glad you liked it! :)

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Ohohoho u save ma belly ...whole night for my exam ,this 2 remains hrs I got the concept.........fabulous indeed..hongera sana

[@samyak9134]

thx for securing my 5 marks in exam

[@jasmine2131]

I have come to this video maybe 10 times just to remember the steps before my exams!!! you ARE A LIFESAVER!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

[@ahmedistiaquekhan7326]

best video ever :D it makes my life easy :D

[@Engineer4Free]

Glad to hear it!

[@hyp3d35]

absolute genius, my college proffesors would take an entire lecture to explain this, you did it in minutes❤

[@caseywavescreates]

My man this was fucking brilliant, i am more than impressed. Thank you from South Africa

[@Engineer4Free]

hahaha you're welcome my dude. tell yo' friends ;)

[@thebesttechnical3608]

Thats awesome, It always amazes me how creative people are. Always finding new ways to display info.

[@schoolofpubg]

Thanks, u cleared me about critical path method. I hope I can do my semester exam well

[@Engineer4Free]

Great!! You can find all of the PM videos that I did here too: engineer4free.com/project-management =)

[@juanalfredochan7435]

Omg bro. 3 hours listening to my teacher and only took 7 min to understand how to make. Respect

[@Engineer4Free]

Glad I can help! You should check out the rest of my PM vids at engineer4free.com/project-management if you haven't already =)

[@sheilacavino7294]

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

[@Engineer4Free]

Great! Glad I could help 🙂

[@rishadubinmohammed6235]

This is the easiest way to understand. Very simple and powerful video. Thank you so much.

[@LisaWilliams77777]

Thanks for this - it really simplifies it in my mind now. Much easier than the book or my instructor.

[@Engineer4Free]

Glad it helps. Thanks for the feedback!

[@bridgetantai5867]

You are a Genius. I needed this explanation in preparation for my exams. You nailed it. Wow... Thanks.

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I pay 1 lakh rupees each year for engineering and at the end learning from KZbin.

[@Engineer4Free]

I was just in India, that's a lot of rupees 😶

[@nesuleo1779]

Man! I have been studying this in German which it seemed Japanese to me for a month now. after watching your video i can teach this to my professor! she makes us only search online "in german" of course. now I just have the pain of translating all this in german to pass my exam. Thank you for your efforts man.

[@Engineer4Free]

Glad I can help, my friend!

[@nesuleo1779]

@@Engineer4Free Man! You did not just help...you literally saved me.

[@mohamedakram3163]

Super Cool, you are genius bro I tried understanding this from 2016

[@Engineer4Free]

Thanks bro 🍻

[@adamb.4692]

Thank you so much man. I have a test tomorrow and this is saving my bacon. Makes so much more sense now.

[@Engineer4Free]

Good luck!! 💪

[@tuanlong9238]

00:37 - Which software you're using to present the information? Thanks !

[@7trianta]

sketchbook i think(?)

[@Engineer4Free]

Yup! Sketchbook. You can find all the hardware and software that I use at engineer4free.com/tools 👌👌

[@tuanlong9238]

@@Engineer4Free thanks so much!

[@McBurger29]

Gotta love our NAIT teachers for giving us these links to videos to help us understand.

[@revfromlvd]

Thank you so much I have a quiz on this tomorrow, Great video!

[@p.3914]

I am speechless for how you made it easy. Excellent work. Please keep up the good work. I didn't hesitate to subscribe to your channel. Thank you.

[@Engineer4Free]

Thanks for the sub! You can find the full playlist here: engineer4free.com/project-management =)

[@see5840]

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!

[@abdulsamadmohammed5935]

I have a test on this later today(22/03/21)and tbh this video just made me understood the whole thing after watching it just once. Thanks and God bless you

[@Engineer4Free]

Hope it went well!! The rest of the playlist is here if you have any more tests coming up: kzbin.info/aero/PLOAuB8dR35oeyKU0ojIxD8Muf6Mwc8ugW =)

[@rowar150]

Bro, you are a god I have midterms tomorrow

[@Engineer4Free]

=) =) Good luck!! 🙌

[@WinkLightyear]

My homework is due in less than an hour and your video saved me! Thanks for the great explanation!

[@kingdomloco]

This was easy to learn and use, thanks dude...

[@Engineer4Free]

Glad to hear it! I have some more PM videos here: engineer4free.com/project-management ☺️

[@ariesfrancis4332]

2022. I watched this video before an exams and thanks to this video,I got an extra 20 marks. I'm very happy and grateful 😌

[@atsomaratne]

When my lecturer taught me this it was so confusing but bruh this is so much fun😭

[@Engineer4Free]

Haha, can check out all the videos at engineeréfree.com/project-management , might be helpful 👌

[@domlans681]

You just saved me from reading 100 page pdf of gibberish my lecturer had given ❤ Very grateful 🙏