Critical Path Analysis in Practice

<p><strong>Tavistock Press</strong> was established as a co-operative venture between the <strong>Tavistock Institute</strong> and <strong>Routledge & Kegan Paul</strong> (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. <br> This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by <strong>Routledge,</strong> 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name <em>The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press</em>.<br> Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1968 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.</p> Part I Review of Basic CPA Methods; 1. The Scope of the Method, D. WILLIAMS; 2. Introduction to the Basic Method, D. WILLIAMS; 3. The Method of Potentials, J. A. CARRUTHERS; Part II Early Problems of Implementation; 4. Introducing CPA into an Organization, R. COKER; 5. Optimum Level of Detail, H. WALTON; 6. The Use and Abuse of Computers, D. WILLIAMS; Part III Further Aspects of the Technique; 7. ::; 8. Probabilistic Times, J. A. CARRUTHERS; 9. Probabilistic Networks, C. STAFFURTH; ch0010 Network-based Cost Control, P. M. USHER, D. W. FORSYTH; Part IV Large Networks; 11. Major Problem Areas, E. L. BUESNEL; 12. Network Preparation, H. WALTON; 13. Monitoring, D. J. ARMSTRONG; 14. Communication, E. G. TRIMBLE; 15. Organization, R. C. J. TAYLOR; 16. Education and Training, E. L. BUESNEL; Part V Alternative Approaches to Network Problems; 17. Linear Programming and CPA, S. VAJDA; 18. A Note on the Transportation Formulation of CPA, J. A. CARRUTHERS;