Critical Path Tasks & Important Tasks

MinuteMan supports Critical Path project tracking. The Critical Path is commonly defined as the sequence of tasks which directly affect the completion date of a project. Tasks on the Critical Path are the ones to focus on shortening in order to make a project finish sooner. As a simple example, paying for Overnight Delivery vs. Standard Delivery, for a shipment that is on the critical path, can directly shorten a project. MinuteMan recalculates the Critical Path every time an edit is made to the schedule. By default, the Tasks that are on the Critical Task are indicated in red in the Planning, Timeline, and PERT views. This can be changed using the menu entries for Options and Overall and Critical Path; you can elect to mark all tasks as Critical (all red) or no tasks as critical (all are blue or black).

A related feature is the ability to designate certain tasks as "Important" whether they are on the Critical Path or not. There is an Exclamation Point button immediately to the right of the task "Description:"

Field at the top of the screen. Clicking this button toggles whether a task is marked as Important or not. If the task has been marked as Important, the Button will turn red.

Additionally, the menus for Options and Overall and Critical Path include a choice "indicate important tasks" - this means that red will be used to indicate Important tasks instead of Critical Path tasks in each of the Planning, Timeline, and PERT views.