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Like most project management software packages, Microsoft Project automatically determines a critical path and marks those bars and arrows in a predetermined color (the default is red). Tasks with slack time are illustrated in blue.
Understanding the critical path and slack resources in a project are indispensable to the project manager. Knowledge of such project parameters influences the people management decisions to be made by the project manager. Emphasis can be placed on the critical path tasks, and if necessary, resources might be temporarily diverted from tasks with slack time to help get one or more critical tasks back on schedule.
