Microsoft Office Project for Mere Mortals®: Solving the Mysteries of Microsoft Office Project

Chapter 5. Sequencing the Work: Creating the Critical Path

	A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
	--Andre Gide

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• Linking Tasks

• Using Task Relationships and Linking to Sequence the Work

• Using Leads and Lags to Reflect Realistic Scheduling Situations

• Using the Predecessors and Successors Columns Effectively

• Using Task Relationships to Develop the Critical Path

• The Project Schedule Building Methodology So Far

• Summary

• Practice: Linking Tasks, Using Leads and Lags, and Using the Network Diagram

• Case Study: Creating Task Relationships

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Now you know all about working with tasks, ...