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
 * The Critical Path, a podcast by Horace Dediu
 * 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
 * Critical Path Project, a video archive
 * Critical Path Project, early source of HIV/AIDS information founded by Kiyoshi Kuromiya