| Article ID: | iaor19951472 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 45 |
| Issue: | 8 |
| Start Page Number: | 927 |
| End Page Number: | 933 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1994 |
| Journal: | Journal of the Operational Research Society |
| Authors: | Bate N.G. |
| Keywords: | project management |
When multiple work-patterns (also called calendars) are present in a network, it is quite common that there is no critical path spanning the network. This paper explains why this is so. To address the problem, the normal definition of criticality in project networks is split into two-delay criticality, and compress criticality.