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Topic: Updating task status updates resource status
By default, the option Updating task status updates resource status is selected in Microsoft Project. For example, when a % Complete value is entered, Microsoft Project will automatically enter a % Work Complete value when work is scheduled...
In case you did not know it, Microsoft Project has Auto Save capabilities. From the File tab, select Options, and then click the Save tab. In the Save projects section, select Auto save every # minutes (enter a minutes value between 1 and 120) as shown in the following illustration:
Choose to...
By default, tasks are critical if Total Slack is less than or equal to 0 days as shown for Tasks 6-8 in the following illustration:
If, however, you need to redefine the number of days that slack is less than or equal to for a task to be flagged as critical, you can do so through the option ...
The critical path, as defined by academia, is known as the longest and the shortest, i.e. the longest path through the network but the shortest amount of time in which the project can be completed as shown for Tasks 6-8 in the following illustration:
If, however, there is a need to review the...
By default, Microsoft Project flags tasks as critical if Total Slack is less than or equal to 0 days. And Microsoft Project calculates critical to the project finish date (10/16) as shown in the following illustration:
But what if the current estimated finish date of the project, which Microsoft...