Microsoft project professional 2007 vs 2010

The first bar will only be drawn if finish is earlier than late finish. The reason for this is that Project draws all bars from left to right. You note that I have two barstyles added and that they both use 'finish' and 'late finish' except in the opposite order. First go to the 'Format' menu and select 'Barstyles. The problem with slack is that it is not always visible in the gantt chart. The difference between the two is the total slack or float. As a result of these calculations you get an early finish date and a late finish date for every task. Project calculates this automatically for you by performing a forward pass calculation - adding up the durations of tasks going forward to determine how early they can finish, and then a backward pass calculation - the same thing but from the project finish date which was calculated in the forward pass. This value shows you the amount of time that a task can move later in time without affecting the finish of the project. The way to do this is to look at the Total Slack (also referred to as Total Float) for the task. Fortunately there is an easy way to tell whether a task starting late is a problem or not. It is very common for people to look at the schedule and see that something did not start on the 'start' date and get concerned.

This is generally a good thing, though it is a bit misleading at times. In Microsoft Project everything is scheduled 'As Soon as Possible' by default.

Microsoft project professional 2007 vs 2010