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Excel Critical Path Method Template

The Critical Path Method (CPM) spreadsheet allows project managers to determine critical and flexible tasks without specialized software. It implements the CPM/PERT algorithm in Excel to produce a Gantt chart showing the critical path and potential delay times. While some CPM terms may be unfamiliar, the template is easy to use without entering formulas. Unlike other Gantt chart templates, the CPM chart is a resizable bar chart for visualizing the project schedule similar to Microsoft Project.

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580 views3 pages

Excel Critical Path Method Template

The Critical Path Method (CPM) spreadsheet allows project managers to determine critical and flexible tasks without specialized software. It implements the CPM/PERT algorithm in Excel to produce a Gantt chart showing the critical path and potential delay times. While some CPM terms may be unfamiliar, the template is easy to use without entering formulas. Unlike other Gantt chart templates, the CPM chart is a resizable bar chart for visualizing the project schedule similar to Microsoft Project.

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Critical Path Method

HELP
Start Date Days to Completion
1/1/2017 20.00
Finish Date
1/27/2017
Times (in Days)
Time Distribution: Triangular [42]

ID Task Name Predecessors O M P Duration ES EF LS LF Slack


(Enter one ID per cell) (min) (most likely) (max) (exp. time)
10 Start 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
20 Task A 10 2 4 6 4.00 0.00 4.00 0.00 4.00 0.00
30 Task B 10 3 5 9 5.67 0.00 5.67 3.67 9.33 3.67
40 Task C 20 4 5 7 5.33 4.00 9.33 4.00 9.33 0.00
50 Task D 20 4 6 10 6.67 4.00 10.67 8.33 15.00 4.33
60 Task E 30 40 4 5 7 5.33 9.33 14.67 9.33 14.67 0.00
70 Task F 50 3 4 8 5.00 10.67 15.67 15.00 20.00 4.33
80 Task G 60 3 5 8 5.33 14.67 20.00 14.67 20.00 0.00
90 Finish 70 80 0.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 0.00

Days: 0 5 10 15 20 25
9
Slack Flexible Critical ES Events
8
Start

7
Task A

6
Task B

Task C 5

Task D 4

Task E
3

Task F
2

Task G
1

Finish
0
Weeks:

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Holidays to Exclude from Working Days
See help (F1) on the WORKDAY() function

This worksheet lets you create a list of dates to be excluded


from the number of Working Days. The WORKDAY() function
already excludes weekends, so you only need to list dates for
holidays and other non-working days. If your project spans
more than one year, make sure you add dates for each year.
The named range, holidays, is a dynamic named range ending
at the last blank cell in column A. The comments column is just
for your reference.

Date Non-Working Days


1/1/2009 New Year's Day
1/1/2011
12/25/2009 Christmas
12/25/2010
The Critical Path Method (CPM) provides a way for project managers to determine which tasks
are critical (zero slack time) and which tasks can be delayed (and for how long). Normally, you'd need
specialized software such as MS Project. Not any more. Now you can just download my CPM
spreadsheet that implements the CPM / PERT algorithm in Excel. If you can copy and paste, enter data in
cells, and follow a few simple guidelines, you can do a critical path analysis with almost no learning curve.
CPM spreadsheet produces a Gantt Chart showing the critical path tasks as well as the potential delay tim
for the flexible tasks. You may need to be familiar with some of the basic terms used in the CPM method, b
the template is very easy to use and does not require you to enter formulas. Unlike my other gantt chart
template, the gantt chart in the CPM spreadsheet is an actual bar chart object, and you can resize it and
change font sizes to get it to display the way you want. The gantt chart in the Critical Path Method
spreadsheet is very similar to what you'd see using Microsoft Project, except that it doesn't add the lines w
arrows pointing from the end of one task to the start of a successor. But, that is an extremely minor limitatio
compared to the benefit you'll get from the lower cost and ease of use.

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