Ms Projects Tutorial

Gantt Chart

Select Gantt Chart view from the view menu.

You'll have a spreadsheet where you can now enter information

of all the activities

i.e. task name, duration, start date, end date, predecessors and

various other fields.

You can enter required information in two ways, in spreadsheet

or when you double click on cell you get pop up window in

which you can enter all the information of that particular

activity.

For predecessor activity you need to write activity number.

The SW itself will calculate start and end date.

Now the Gantt Chart is complete.

Find Critical Path

Critical Path Analysis (CPA) helps you to lay out all tasks that

must be completed as part of a project.

CPA helps you to identify the minimum length of time needed to

complete a project

For finding CP list all the activities and enter early start, late

start, early finish and late finish info of all the activities.

You can do this under insert/columns and selecting each terms.

Following screen shot demonstrates how to insert.

Project automatically calculates ES, EF, LS and LF based on the

starting/ending dates you have provided.

Showing Critical Path

You can show the critical path in multiple ways. You can show

critical path using Gantt chart, Detailed Gantt, Network

Diagram, and showing only critical tasks.

In Gantt Chart click on Gantt Chart wizard and choose critical

path and follow the steps.

In Detailed Gantt click on View