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Calculate Critical Path

Critical path is a set of tasks in a project for which any delay or expansion lengthens the project or causes project deadlines to slip. The critical path determines the project's earliest finish date.

Autoschedule uses the critical path value to determine the tasks that drive the project deadlines and constraints. The critical path is calculated using the dependency sequence and task duration. If you choose to schedule subnets, a separate critical path is calculated and displayed for each subnet and for each task that does not have dependencies.

To calculate the critical path, autoschedule your project or select Tools, Critical Path. You can view the project's critical path in a CPM Network view.

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How Critical Path is Calculated

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