Critical task
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Christopher PaulrajMember for 17 years 8 months
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Hi
The free slack for a particular task is 0 days, but still in my programme it doesn’t appear like a critical task, when I go to view-more views- detail Gantt.
Can someone let me know what the reason behind this is? Even I checked in tools menu – options – calculation – tasks are critical if slack is equal or less than 0……..
The free slack for a particular task is 0 days, but still in my programme it doesn’t appear like a critical task, when I go to view-more views- detail Gantt.
Can someone let me know what the reason behind this is? Even I checked in tools menu – options – calculation – tasks are critical if slack is equal or less than 0……..
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Oldest first- 0Darren Kosa ·Hi Chris,
I think you might be confusing Free Slack with Total Slack.
Free Slack (or Free Float) is the time available in a project network before a preceding task(s) delays the start date of succeeding task(s).
Total Slack (or Total Float) is the time available in a project network before a task delays the project end date.
Free Float can be 0days and not on be the critical path, whereas tasks with 0days Total Float will be.
Regards,
Darren
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