By default, tasks are critical if Total Slack is less than or equal to 0 days as shown for Tasks 6-8 in the following illustration: If, however, you need to redefine the number of days that slack is less than or equal to for a task to be flagged as critical, you can do so… Continue reading Critical Slack
The critical path, as defined by academia, is known as the longest and the shortest, i.e. the longest path through the network but the shortest amount of time in which the project can be completed as shown for Tasks 6-8 in the following illustration: If, however, there is a need to review the critical nature… Continue reading Multiple Critical Paths
By default, Microsoft Project flags tasks as critical if Total Slack is less than or equal to 0 days. And Microsoft Project calculates critical to the project finish date (10/16) as shown in the following illustration: But what if the current estimated finish date of the project, which Microsoft Project flags as critical, is not… Continue reading Critical Items
By default, Microsoft Project notifies of overallocation on a day-by-day basis. Although that may be sufficient for some projects, other levels of sensitivity may be more appropriate such as week-by-week, or month-by-month. In the following illustration, Bradley Beck and Wendy Wheeler are overallocated as defined by the default leveling sensitivity setting of Day by… Continue reading Resource Leveling Options – Leveling Sensitivity
Microsoft Project provides many options for resolving overallocation at the Project, Task, Resource and Assignment levels of the Microsoft Project Data Model. In this Milestone Minute we will focus on the assignment level of the data model through the Assignment Delay field. In the following illustration, Bradley Beck and Wendy Wheeler are overallocated as they… Continue reading Resource Overallocation Part 11 – Leveling controlled at the Assignment Level
