<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125064369819123296</id><updated>2011-04-22T04:06:35.177+05:30</updated><category term='effective schedule'/><category term='Critical path'/><category term='MS Project'/><title type='text'>Namita's MS Project Made Easy</title><subtitle type='html'>Welcome to Namita's MS Project Made Easy Blog. 


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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ol style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;has zero slack/float&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;is longest duration path&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;keeps changing with any change in your network - IS DYNAMIC&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;How do you see the critical path in MS Project&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;Format -&gt; Gantt Chart Wizard&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;In Gantt chart, the critical activities are displayed as "Red" bars and non critical activities are displayed as "Blue" bars. The key is to keep an eye on the "red bars" all the time !&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,0)"&gt;Coming up next-&lt;/span&gt; Why do we need to know about critical path? Why is it important for our project schedule?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7125064369819123296-7678877693767043619?l=namitasabcons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://namitasabcons.blogspot.com/feeds/7678877693767043619/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://namitasabcons.blogspot.com/2008/12/considerations-for-effective-schedule.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7125064369819123296/posts/default/7678877693767043619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7125064369819123296/posts/default/7678877693767043619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://namitasabcons.blogspot.com/2008/12/considerations-for-effective-schedule.html' title='Considerations for effective Schedule - Critical Path'/><author><name>Namita</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08441396907527002827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-xZX5juf9iM/SVnsXtweFaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kk2sa-A_1CI/S220/new.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
