The irreducible epistemic atoms underlying the curriculum. 4,828 atoms across 8 types and 2 molecules
Identify the critical path (longest chain of dependent tasks) as the minimum project duration, recognizing that no amount of parallelization or additional resources can compress completion time below this constraint.
For each pair of adjacent workflow steps, ask 'Does step B require the completed output of step A?' - if no, the steps can run in parallel; if yes, they must be sequential.