Critical path may refer to: *The longest series of sequential operations in a parallel computation; see

analysis of parallel algorithms In computer science, analysis of parallel algorithms is the process of finding the computational complexity of algorithms executed in parallel – the amount of time, storage, or other resources needed to execute them. In many respects, analysis ...

Critical path method The critical path method (CPM), or critical path analysis (CPA), is an algorithm for schedule (project management), scheduling a set of project activities. A critical path is determined by identifying the longest stretch of dependent activiti ...

, an algorithm for scheduling a set of project activities * ''Critical Path'' (book), by Buckminster Fuller *''The Critical Path: An Essay on the Social Context of Literary Criticism'', a 1971 book by

Northrop Frye Herman Northrop Frye (July 14, 1912 – January 23, 1991) was a Canadian literary critic and literary theorist, considered one of the most influential of the 20th century. Frye gained international fame with his first book, ''Fearful Symmetr ...

*''The Critical Path'', a podcast by

Horace Dediu Horace H. Dediu (born February 25, 1968) is a Romanian-American industry analyst with a focus on mobile phones and especially Apple Inc., as well as micromobility. He is known for his analysis of Apple's business strategy and predictions of the ...

* ''Critical Path'' (video game), an interactive movie computer game * Critical Path, Inc., a provider of messaging services *

Critical Path Institute Critical Path Institute (C-Path) is a nonprofit organization created to improve the drug development process; its consortia include more than 1,600 scientists from government regulatory and research agencies, academia, patient organizations, and ...

, an organization for improvement of the drug development process *

Critical Path Project The Critical Path Project (stylized CRITICAL///PATH) is a video archive of interviews with video game designers and developers. Launched on July 23, 2012, Critical Path contains over 1,000 videos of interviews with over 100 developers, conducte ...

, a video archive *Critical Path Project, early source of HIV/AIDS information founded by

Kiyoshi Kuromiya Kiyoshi Kuromiya (, May 9, 1943 – May 10, 2000) was a Japanese-American author and civil rights, anti-war, gay liberation, and HIV/AIDS activist. Born in Wyoming at the World War II–era Japanese American internment camp known as Heart Mo ...

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