Critical path

Critical path may refer to:

• The longest series of sequential operations in a parallel computation; see Analysis of parallel algorithms
• Critical path method, 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
• Critical Path (video game), an interactive movie computer game
• Critical Path, Inc., a provider of messaging services
• Critical Path Institute, an organization for improvement of the drug development process