Not able to run the critical path.

[Chandra]

Hi
I have tried to run the Critical path , But because of reasons not known to me everything was not on Critical path which i s not correct.
there are tasks with total float of 0
What may be the problems ..Logic, relationships or any..How to fix it..
Thanks in advance.

 

[J Baird]

Are the "not critical" tasks with 0d Total Float 100% complete? 100%
complete tasks are set to "Critical = No" even if they're slack is 0d,
because they can't change if they're already completed.

For more info:
1) Press [F1]
2) Type in "critical path"
3) Click search
4) Click [All about the critical path]
5) In the screen with the brown left edge, click [What is a critical task?]

Hi,
I have tried to run the Critical path , But because of reasons not known

to me everything was not on Critical path which i s not correct..

 

[Steve House]

In many, in fact most, projects not everything is on the critical path. A
task can be critical in the sense that delaying it will cause another task
to miss a deadline but it still doesn't lay in the critical path for the
project per se. Are you saying that there are tasks that are not marked
critical yet they have a total float of zero? Are you sure you're looking
at total slack and not free slack?

--
Steve House
MS Project MVP
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs

Hi,
I have tried to run the Critical path , But because of reasons not known

to me everything was not on Critical path which i s not correct..

 

[Chandra]

I am just making a proposal schedule.So just need to find out the critical path in the schedule

Please advice

----- J Baird wrote: ----

Are the "not critical" tasks with 0d Total Float 100% complete? 100
complete tasks are set to "Critical = No" even if they're slack is 0d
because they can't change if they're already completed

For more info
1) Press [F1
2) Type in "critical path
3) Click searc
4) Click [All about the critical path
5) In the screen with the brown left edge, click [What is a critical task?

Hi
I have tried to run the Critical path , But because of reasons not know

to me everything was not on Critical path which i s not correct.

 

[Dave W]

Do you have predecessors identified for all (or almost all) tasks? You must
have that to identify a critical path.


--
Dave

I am just making a proposal schedule.So just need to find out the critical path in the schedule.

Please advice.

----- J Baird wrote: -----

Are the "not critical" tasks with 0d Total Float 100% complete? 100%
complete tasks are set to "Critical = No" even if they're slack is 0d,
because they can't change if they're already completed.

For more info:
1) Press [F1]
2) Type in "critical path"
3) Click search
4) Click [All about the critical path]
5) In the screen with the brown left edge, click [What is a critical task?]

Hi,
I have tried to run the Critical path , But because of reasons not

known
to me everything was not on Critical path which i s not correct..

there are tasks with total float of 0.
What may be the problems ..Logic, relationships or any..How to fix it...
Thanks in advance.

 

[Chandra]

Steve,
You are right the tasks with a Total float/ Slack of 0 are not marked Critical.

Please advice

----- Steve House wrote: -----

In many, in fact most, projects not everything is on the critical path. A
task can be critical in the sense that delaying it will cause another task
to miss a deadline but it still doesn't lay in the critical path for the
project per se. Are you saying that there are tasks that are not marked
critical yet they have a total float of zero? Are you sure you're looking
at total slack and not free slack?

--
Steve House
MS Project MVP
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs

Hi,
I have tried to run the Critical path , But because of reasons not known

to me everything was not on Critical path which i s not correct..

 

[Chandra]

Dave
I have all the predecessors and Successors linked to the activities

----- Dave W wrote: ----


Do you have predecessors identified for all (or almost all) tasks? You mus
have that to identify a critical path


--
Dav

I am just making a proposal schedule.So just need to find out the critica path in the schedule

Please advice
----- J Baird wrote: ----
Are the "not critical" tasks with 0d Total Float 100% complete? 100

complete tasks are set to "Critical = No" even if they're slack i 0d
because they can't change if they're already completed

For more info

1) Press [F1
2) Type in "critical path
3) Click searc
4) Click [All about the critical path
5) In the screen with the brown left edge, click [What is a critica task?

Hi
I have tried to run the Critical path , But because of reasons no

know
to me everything was not on Critical path which i s not correct.

there are tasks with total float of 0
What may be the problems ..Logic, relationships or any..How to fi it..
Thanks in advance

 

[Dave W]

What happens when you change the filter to Critical? Do any tasks show?



--
Dave

Dave,
I have all the predecessors and Successors linked to the activities.

----- Dave W wrote: -----


Do you have predecessors identified for all (or almost all) tasks? You must
have that to identify a critical path.


--
Dave

I am just making a proposal schedule.So just need to find out the

critical
path in the schedule.

complete? 100%
complete tasks are set to "Critical = No" even if they're

slack is
0d,

because they can't change if they're already completed.

For more info:

1) Press [F1]
2) Type in "critical path"
3) Click search
4) Click [All about the critical path]
5) In the screen with the brown left edge, click [What is a

critical

task?]

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message

Hi,
I have tried to run the Critical path , But because of reasons not

known
to me everything was not on Critical path which i s not correct..

there are tasks with total float of 0.
What may be the problems ..Logic, relationships or any..How to fix it...
Thanks in advance.