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tim RodriguezMember for 20 years 5 months
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We are trying to manage the critical path on a project and there are some tasks that the project manager does not want on critical path. The first task that we tried to get off of critcal path proved to be a problem. We removed the predecessors to the task and it remained critical. We removed the successors to the task and it remained critical. It is unconstrained, un-linked, stand alone, only 7 days long in a several month project, and still remains critical. And the total slack remains at 0 no matter what we do.
What am I doing wrong?
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    Alexandre Faulx-Briole ·
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    Hello,
    it is a difficult question to answer without having the file on screen.
    do you have resources being assigned on tasks and presumably THIS task? what about calendars?
    where is the task situated in the project duration?
    If you want to send me your files, just give me a Personal Message.
    Alexandre
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    tim Rodriguez ·
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    Alexandre,
    Thanks for your reply. In the interim time period between my original post and now.....I realized that when we converted the file from P3, some resource calendars came over as well. These calendars were driving activities critcal. So thanks again for the reply!
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