You are managing a construction project to build a new office building. During the planning phase, you need to determine the total project duration by analyzing the sequence of activities and their dependencies. You have identified all activities, estimated their durations, and mapped out their logical relationships. What technique should you use to calculate the longest path through the project and identify the minimum project duration?

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The correct answer is A. The critical path method (CPM) is the correct technique for calculating the longest path through the project network and determining the minimum project duration. CPM identifies which activities have zero float and must be closely monitored. Resource leveling (option B) is used to balance resource usage and would not directly calculate project duration. While Monte Carlo simulation (option D) can analyze schedule risk, the scenario asks for determining the longest path and minimum duration, which is the specific purpose of CPM. Fast tracking (option C) is a schedule compression technique used after the schedule is created, not for initial duration calculation.

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