Float paths
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The document provides a step-by-step guide for navigating advanced scheduling options related to critical paths in project management. It explains the use of float paths to identify critical activities, mentions potential issues that can prevent proper function, and offers advice on filtering destination activities and managing predecessors. Users are cautioned to avoid data refreshing options that could reset their progress.
Float paths
- 1. 1) F9
- 2. 2) Options
- 4. 4) check as follows v
- 5. 5) Choose the last activity for the villa (handover) v
- 6. 6) Choose the number of the float paths (critical paths) v
- 7. 7) Close advanced options then run (schedule)
- 8. 8) Filter the target number of Float Paths Float path = 1 , indicates the critical path for a series or activity. Float path = 2 , indicates the second critical path for a series or activity. Float path < X, indicates the first (X) number of the critical paths
- 9. 9) Why it doesn’t work ? This option will not work, in two cases: 1- One constraint assigned to the destination activity, with an impacted date exceeding all of the predecessor relationships. In this case, non of the predecessor relationships will be driving, so P6 Can’t detect the proper float path 2- Open relationship, i.e. the destination activity doesn’t have any predecessor.
- 10. 10) What to do ? Carefully filter the destination activity, then use the predecessors’ least free float relation, by GO TO till you reach the start. Be careful while using this method, try to avoid totally any option that may refresh the data. It will clear everything and bring you back to the target activity only.