For example, you could increase resources available for each project activity to bring down time spent on each, but the impact of some of this would be insignificant and a more efficient way of doing this would be to look only at activities on Critical Path. You have a number of options and would need to assess the impact of each on project cost, quality and time required to complete it. In this case, you need to re - plan your project. You may find that you need to complete the project earlier than your Critical Path Analysis says is possible. Development of Management Information System. Development and QA of management reporting. Development and QA of accounting reporting. Installation and commissioning of hardware.Į. Task List: Planning a custom-written computer project TaskĬ. * Please keep in mind that all text is machine-generated, we do not bear any responsibility, and you should always get advice from professionals before taking any actionsįigure 1.
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Calcijation Options for Microsoft Office Project Calculation mode: Automat *: C i4anual calcdation Options for multiple Critical Paths - 2Q02, mPP F Updating Task status update resource status F Move end of Complete parts after status date back to status date and rave Start of rsr - nahhg parts h = cu to status date Move Start of remaining parts before status dote forward to status date r and rove end of roniple - fed parrs Far V. Select Calculate Multiple Critical Paths check box. Choose ToolsOOptions and click the Calculation tab to Display dialog box that is shown in Figure 9 - 20. By default, Project Display only One Critical Path, but YOU can change this default. Figure 9 - 19: When YOU View Multiple Critical Paths, YOU see Critical Tasks within each Network of Tasks in your Project. When YOU View Multiple Critical Paths, YOU can determine which tasks within the Network of Tasks must be completed on time to avoid delaying the Network. If a Network of Tasks contains Slack, like Network 3, some tasks are not critical while others are critical. When a task has NO links, it is critical because its late finish is equal to its early finish. For each unique task, project set its late Finish date equal to its early Finish date.
When YOU Display Multiple Critical Paths, YOU see Critical Paths for each network of Tasks, as shown in Figure 9 - 19. Figure 9 - 18: this Project contains FOUR networks of Tasks. In this Figure, YOU see the following FOUR networks of Tasks: Critical Path for Project appears with a cross - hatch pattern and revolves around tasks in the first two networks. Consider the project that is shown in Figure 9 - 18.
In this case, view your Project with Multiple Critical Paths, where the Project Display separate Critical Paths for each Network of Tasks. You may start wondering, within a given network of tasks, which ones are really critical. Suppose, however, that your project contains lots of subtasks, and within sub - tasks YOU HAVE dependencies. By default, when YOU view only One Critical Path, you re viewing Tasks that must be Complete to finish the Project on time. This feature comes in handy when YOU HAVE lots of tasks that are driving other tasks and YOU want to find out which ones are truly critical to finishing the network of tasks on time. Project enables YOU to view more than One Critical Path in a Project.