EVENT MANAGEMENT CRITICAL PATH TEMPLATE

Complete non-shaded fields START DATE 01/17

and Activity Descriptions, only.

FINISH DATE DURATION

excluding wknds & holidays
07/29 in days
136.67

– CRITICAL ACTIVITIES DURATION in days

MOST EARLY EARLY
PREDECESSOR ACTIVITIES OPTIMISTIC PESSIMISTIC EXPECTED LATE START LATE FINISH
LIKELY START FINISH
ID ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION PA – enter separately in columns MIN AVG MAX DURATION ES EF LS LF SLACK
1 START 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2 Define event objectives 1 3 5 7 5.00 0.00 5.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

3 Select team leaders 2 3 5 7 5.00 5.00 10.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

4 Prepare event budget 3 10 15 30 18.33 10.00 28.33 0.00 0.00 0.00

5 Book a venue 4 10 20 6 12.00 28.33 40.33 0.00 0.00 0.00

6 Develop marketing plan 3 4 20 30 40 30.00 28.33 58.33 50.00 80.00 21.67

7 Research vendors 4 15 20 30 21.67 28.33 50.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

8 Obtain permits 7 55 60 80 65.00 50.00 115.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

9 Secure accommodations for staff 3 4 5 7 10 7.33 28.33 35.67 0.00 0.00 0.00

10 Confirm suppliers 7 15 20 30 21.67 50.00 71.67 50.00 71.67 0.00

11 Review contracts 10 20 30 40 30.00 71.67 101.67 71.67 101.67 0.00

12 Create and distribute invitations 6 10 25 30 40 31.67 71.67 103.33 80.00 111.67 8.33
13 Task 13 11 5 10 15 10.00 101.67 111.67 101.67 111.67 0.00

14 Task 14 11 12 13 1 3 5 3.00 111.67 114.67 111.67 114.67 0.00

15 Task 15 11 14 5 10 15 10.00 114.67 124.67 114.67 124.67 0.00

16 Task 16 14 15 1 3 5 3.00 124.67 127.67 124.67 127.67 0.00
17 Task 17 13 15 16 1 3 5 3.00 127.67 130.67 127.67 130.67 0.00

18 Task 18 11 12 13 14 16 17 1 3 5 3.00 130.67 133.67 130.67 133.67 0.00

19 Task 19 12 18 1 3 5 3.00 133.67 136.67 133.67 136.67 0.00

20 FINISH 18 19 0.00 136.67 136.67 136.67 136.67 0.00

Days: -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 130 135 140 145
27
START 26
Define event objectives 25
Select team leaders Critical Flexible Events 24
Prepare event budget 23
Book a venue 22
Develop marketing plan 21
Research vendors 20
Obtain permits 19
Secure accommodations for
staff 18
Confirm suppliers 17
Review contracts 16
Create and distribute invita-
tions 15
Task 13 14
Task 14 13
Task 15 12
Task 16
11
Task 17
10
Task 18
9
Task 19
8
FINISH
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Weeks:
EVENT MANAGEMENT CRITICAL PATH TEMPLATE
Complete non-shaded fields START DATE
and Activity Descriptions, only.

FINISH DATE DURATION

excluding wknds & holidays
12/30 in days
0.00

– CRITICAL ACTIVITIES DURATION in days

MOST EARLY EARLY
PREDECESSOR ACTIVITIES OPTIMISTIC PESSIMISTIC EXPECTED LATE START LATE FINISH
LIKELY START FINISH
ID ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION PA – enter separately in columns MIN AVG MAX DURATION ES EF LS LF SLACK
1 START 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

3 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

5 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

6 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

7 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

8 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

9 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

10 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

11 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

12 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

13 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

14 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

15 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

16 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
17 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

18 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

19 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

20 FINISH 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Days: -5 0 5 10 15 20
20
19
START
18
Critical Flexible Events
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
FINISH
0
Weeks:
Enter Non-Working Holidays, below.

DATE DESCRIPTION
01/01/20 New Year's Day

01/20/20 Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday

02/17/20 Washington's Birthday
05/25/20 Memorial Day

07/04/20 Independence Day

09/07/20 Labor Day

10/12/20 Columbus Day
11/11/20 Veterans Day
11/26/20 Thanksgiving Day
12/25/20 Christmas Day

01/01/21 New Year's Day

01/18/21 Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday

02/15/21 Washington's Birthday

05/31/21 Memorial Day
07/04/21 Independence Day

09/06/21 Labor Day

10/11/21 Columbus Day

11/11/21 Veterans Day

11/25/21 Thanksgiving Day
12/25/21 Christmas Day

01/01/22 New Year's Day

01/17/22 Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday

02/21/22 Washington's Birthday
05/30/22 Memorial Day

07/04/22 Independence Day

09/05/22 Labor Day

10/10/22 Columbus Day

11/11/22 Veterans Day
11/24/22 Thanksgiving Day

12/26/22 Christmas Day observed

01/02/23 New Year's Day observed

01/16/23 Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday

02/20/23 Washington's Birthday

05/29/23 Memorial Day

07/04/23 Independence Day

09/04/23 Labor Day

10/09/23 Columbus Day

11/11/23 Veterans Day
11/23/23 Thanksgiving Day

12/25/23 Christmas Day

01/01/24 New Year's Day

01/15/24 Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday
02/19/24 Washington's Birthday
05/27/24 Memorial Day
07/04/24 Independence Day

09/02/24 Labor Day

10/14/24 Columbus Day
11/11/24 Veterans Day

11/28/24 Thanksgiving Day

12/25/24 Christmas Day

01/01/25 New Year's Day

01/20/25 Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday
02/17/25 Washington's Birthday
05/26/25 Memorial Day
07/04/25 Independence Day

09/01/25 Labor Day

10/13/25 Columbus Day

11/11/25 Veterans Day

11/27/25 Thanksgiving Day

12/25/25 Christmas Day

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