The expected duration of the non-critical path BCDEGH can be found by summing the durations of its individual activities B, C, D, E, G, and H. From the information provided in the search results, particularly the example in
, the durations of activities are:
- B: 4 weeks (inferred from the EST calculations)
- C: 3 days (or weeks depending on context, but likely weeks for consistency)
- D: 5 days/weeks
- E: 6 weeks (inferred from EST and LFT)
- G: 4 weeks (from example in
)
- H: duration not explicitly given, but since BEH is noted as the critical path, H is critical, so its duration is part of the critical path, not the non-critical path.
However, since BCDEGH includes H, which is on the critical path (BEH), the path BCDEGH is not a non-critical path if it includes H. If we consider BCDEG (excluding H), it is a non-critical path. Using the durations from the example:
- B: 4 weeks
- C: 3 weeks
- D: 5 weeks
- E: 6 weeks
- G: 4 weeks
Summing these gives: 4 + 3 + 5 + 6 + 4 = 22 weeks. Therefore, the expected duration of the non-critical path BCDEG is approximately 22 weeks. If H is included, since BEH is the critical path, the duration of BCDEGH would be longer and likely the critical path duration. In summary:
- The critical path is BEH.
- The non-critical path BCDEG has an expected duration of about 22 weeks.
- Including H would make the path critical.
This aligns with the principle that the critical path is the longest path determining project duration, and non-critical paths have shorter durations with some float
