The three key items you need in the project management plan are: 1) task list with task durations called a Work Breakdown Study (WBS) to complete the project; 2) network diagram depicting the order the tasks are to be completed; and 3) the critical path, including length, within the network diagram for the project. Each task has a defined start and stop, and you are free to come up with those dates...just make them somewhat realistic. Once you have a detailed task list containing all the tasks, to include their durations, then you construct the networking diagram. This diagram provides a visual of how the tasks are sequenced in the most efficient manner to complete the project in the minimal amount of time. There will be some tasks you can do in parallel so take advantage of that when creating the network diagram. After the network diagram is constructed, you should see multiple paths and one of these is deemed the critical path. The length of this path will be the shortest amount of time you can finish the project if all tasks on the path take their full duration to complete. If any task on the critical path slips