Longest Path (excluding SNETs)

[Wilson]

My boss wants a report detailing the longest path of activities; however, the
4th to last task needs a SNET constraint, and when I filter on critical
tasks, I only get the last 4 tasks.

Any thoughts on how to create a driving path report (to the last task) that
doesn't stop when it arrives at the first SNETs (or any start constraint for
that matter)

 

[Jack Dahlgren]

If the SNET constraint is valid, then there really are only 4 critical tasks
because the others have slack.

There are a number of ways to work around this.

You can change the value for which tasks Project considers critical to a
larger value.
You can put an artificial constraint on the last of the tasks prior to the
SNET constraint or put a lag on the dependency between them. You could insert
a buffer task equivalent to the total slack for the predecessors to the task
with the SNET constraint.

You could use the trace macro I have at my site
http://masamiki.com/project/macros.htm

but the reality is that the way your schedule is modeled there really are
only 4 tasks on the critical path.

-Jack Dahlgren