Actually it is a critical task and Project is properly marking it as such.
Remember that "critical" has a technical definition in project management
and simply means the task's slack time is zero or less. A hammock task
whose end date is the project finish date has zero slack - IF somehow its
end was delayed, the project itself couldn't be considered ended until
whatever the hammock task was doing was finished. Ergo, it's critical.
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Post by KevinBrian, thats right. The task is a "Project Management" task. I have added the
task in in so I can include my time in the estimated and actual cost figures.
My time is not on the critical path but it does span the entire project.
Thats why its a hammock task, linked to the end date.
Thanks
Post by Brian K - Project MVPPost by KevinMike, I like your thinking :-) Problem is MSProject wont colour the real
critical path tasks red.
Thanks
Post by Mike GlenHi Kevin,
Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :-)
A work-around is to format the bar as blue.
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Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :-)
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Post by KevinHow can you remove a task from the critical path? I have a hammock
task that moves with the end date, but its not critical. It moves
with the end date because its a support task that needs to keep going
as long as the project is going. However, because it extends to the
end of the project, MSProject is marking it as a critical task.
Any ideas?
Are you saying that you feel that the tasks Project has marked 'Critical'
are not really critical?
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