Creating a critical path

Before you start setting the critical path, you must create activities, activity lists, and milestones.

  1. Select Tracking and Planning > Critical Path.
  2. Click the New icon.
  3. Specify critical path attributes:
    Name
    Specify a critical path name.
    Description
    Specify a brief description.
    Status
    Select Active or Inactive.
  4. From the Tracking and Planning menu, open the Milestone panel and dock it to any side of the main window.
  5. Drag and drop milestones from the Milestone panel to the Selected Milestones section.
  6. On the Critical path panel, click a milestone and set the due date by selecting a date from the calendar.
    Note: You must define work days, as well as work capacity and start time for each work day, to specify the due dates for milestones.

    See Configuring critical path settings.

    The start date and end date for activity lists and activities in each milestone are displayed.