University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health, Dept. of Health Services Policy and Management Courses and Curricula, HSPM J716, CPM Assignment, April 28, 2010

Pathfinder for HSPM J716 CPM Assignment

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Mac users should paste first into Word or some similar word processor. Use Paste Special and pick Unformatted Text. In Word, make your margins narrow enough (the text area wide enough) so that your lines do not wrap. Then copy the two lines of numbers and paste them into the upper box here.
1. In your spreadsheet, copy to the clipboard the block of cells with the start and end node numbers for the activities. This block has two rows, and a column for each activity.
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5. Go back to your spreadsheet and paste my reply in the proper place.

If the lower box doesn't respond after you push the button, check your diagram. Be sure you have only one start node (only one node with no arrow pointing to it) and only one end node (only one node that has no arrow coming out of it). If your diagram is good, verify that your array of numbers really corresponds to your diagram. If those steps don't help, send your spreadsheet, or the numbers you pasted into Pathfind, to me at .

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