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Alex LogieMember for 18 years 8 months
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Hi Planners


I’m new to planning need help from experienced forum members.
A small Schedule I created consist 56 Activities, does not show critical path or critical activities.
I know something isn’t right there, but unable to figure out.

what are the check available to detect the fault?
can some one shed some light on this please



Cheers

Alex
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    L.E.N. Lewis ·
    #1
    Tools | Options | Calculation-tab.
    Put a check mark in the box "Calculate multiple critical paths"

    View | Tracking Gantt

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    Trevor Rabey ·
    #2
    Check the Schedule Table to see the ES, EF, LS, LF, free slack and total slack.

    Run the Gantt Chart Wizard to format Critical Tasks red.

    Check Tools, Options, calculation to see that Critical is defined as zero total slack.
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    Alexandre Faulx-Briole ·
    #3
    Alex,
    Project, Filter for, Critical Task
    1.Is the last task in your schedule a milestone? then MS Project does not display critical milestones in red and not-critical ones in blue as it does for norlmal tasks
    Is the last task milestone a critical one?
    2. Do you have recurring tasks in your schedule?
    then check the Start No Earlier Than date of the last occurence, and the one before last, ... until you find that this occurence is starting later than the last task at the bottom of the schedule
    Hope this help
    Alexandre
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    Alex Logie ·
    #4

    it worked!!

    Thanks a lot for your valuable info


    Alex
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