The metra potential method (MPM) (Méthode des potentiels Métra) was developed by French researcher Bernard Roy in 1958''Éléments de praxéologie : contribution à une science des actes'', Victor Alexandre, Editions L'Harmattan, 2003
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France and of the first French

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. MPM is a means of describing organizing and planning a project. It is an equivalent of the

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method. Using summits for tasks and path for interdependencies between the different tasks, the solution is set are graphically. Using MPM, the length of the critical path is shown directly in the diagram and the critical path itself can be identified easily.

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