You have just completed a Degree in Project Management and are currently planning to renovate a local secondary school. All 7 buildings on the school premises are in need of a major painting. Discuss the project dependencies and list the tasks on the critical path.

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You have just completed a Degree in Project Management and are currently planning to renovate a local secondary school. All 7 buildings on the school premises are in need of a major painting.

Discuss the project dependencies and list the tasks on the critical path.

Discuss the critical path tasks, and methods used to shorten the critical path.

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Step 1: Define the terms Project management and critical path.

Project management

This can be defined as a scientific approach to managing projects for an organization. Project management provides several tools and techniques to define, plan, measure, and control different elements and variables related to projects.

Critical path

This path is the longest path followed to complete the project. Activities that lie on this path are called as critical activities, delays in which can cause delays in the entire project completion time.

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