Meaning, all the tasks have been created, all the resources defines, resources assigned to every task, hours estimates assigned to every resource/task assignment, dependencies defined so that every task has at least one predecessor/successor (except first/last task in schedule), and any constraints must also be added. With that said, you need to define your schedule completely before you can really examine what MS Project sees as the critical path. Tasks on the critical path typically have 0 total slack, meaning there’s no gaps in the work between the tasks on the critical path. The critical path through the project schedule is the Longest sequence of activities in a project plan which must be completed on time for the project to complete on the due date. The OPDEC Critical Path tool is an add-on to Microsoft Project that displays a graphic representation of up to 5 critical paths and their associated.
This is a new feature of Project Professional 2013 and it helps you to quickly check the dependency of a particular task in your Project Plan. The Gannt Chart displays the selected dependencies of that task, see in the below image: Once the ‘Task Path’ is selected, you can select any task in the Project Plan.
To view the Task Path in Microsoft Project Professional 2013, in the ribbon click Format-> Task Path and click the dependency to be highlighted. Microsoft Project can also create the standard forward pass and backward pass views with. This feature helps when you have a complex project plan. The tasks highlighted in red display the critical path, while the blue tasks are not on the critical path. If any task on the critical path is late, the whole project is late. Using task path project 2013, you can quickly see all the predecessors of the selected tasks in the Project Plan. What is a critical path in MS Project The critical path is a chain of linked tasks that directly affects the project finish date. In the blog ‘Seven Project Professional features to keep your project plan up-to-date’, I talked about ‘Task Path and Critical Path’ in brief.