Critical path

Critical path may refer to:

• The longest series of sequential operations in a parallel computation; see analysis of parallel algorithms
• Critical path method, an algorithm for scheduling a set of project activities
• Critical path drag, a project management metric
• Critical path network diagram, a network diagram highlighting the critical path
• Critical Path (book), by Buckminster Fuller
• The Critical Path: An Essay on the Social Context of Literary Criticism, a 1971 book by Northrop Frye
• The Critical Path, a podcast by Horace Dediu
• Critical Path (video game), an interactive movie computer game
• Critical Path, Inc., a provider of messaging services
• Critical Path Institute, an organization for improvement of the drug development process
• Critical Path Project, a video archive
• Critical Path Project, early source of HIV/AIDS information founded by Kiyoshi Kuromiya

See also

• Critical graph, a graph where every vertex or edge is a critical element
• Critical mass (disambiguation)
• Critical point (disambiguation)