This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.

In this episode you will learn:

- The four types of activity dependencies (Finish-to-Start, Finish-to-Finish, Start-to-Start, Start-to-Finish) and how they are applied in project schedules.

- How to perform a forward pass to find Early Start and Early Finish dates and a backward pass for Late Start and Late Finish dates.

- The formula for calculating float (or slack) and why it's a measure of schedule flexibility.

- The definition of the critical path as the longest path in the network diagram, which has zero float.

- Common PMP exam traps, such as questions involving near-critical paths and complex dependency wording.

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