PERT and CPM techniques both involve dividing a large ... developing a sequence of these activities; drawing a network diagram that connects the activities; assigning time or cost estimates ...

The Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT ... is then called the “critical path,” hence the term CPM. The critical path is the most important part of the diagram for managers: it ...

A PERT chart requires that project activities be sequenced in a network under a set of rules specifying critical and sub-critical paths. The critical path is the longest sequence of activities and ...