Baseline Critical Path

Before crashing, recompute the path lengths and identify the controlling path.

highlighted = computed this step

Path A-B-D

Path A-B-D has baseline length 8.

T_{ABD}=8

Path A-C-D has baseline length 7.

T_{ACD}=7

The longer baseline path is A-B-D, so it controls the project finish.

\text{baseline critical path}=A-B-D

The deadline is shorter than the baseline duration, so the displayed plan needs a reduction.

\text{baseline exceeds deadline}