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Individual Activity can be on Critical Path?

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Mohammad Osama Ali Senior Planning Engineer| Parsons Corporation Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
How can a single activity inside a project Schedule can be on critical path considering start and finish date of project equivalent as start and finish date of activity Without having dependency?
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Eric Simms Senior Program Manager Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Yes, a single activity can be on the critical path; I just tried it in MS Project. Here's what I did:
Task A = 1 day
Task B = 2 days; Predecessor is Task 1
Task C = 1; Predecessor is Task 1
Task D = 3; Predecessor is Task 2
Task E = 7 days
Tasks A and E start on the project start date.

When you look at the network diagram, the only task on the critical path is Task E.
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1 reply by Mohammad Osama Ali
Nov 13, 2017 2:14 PM
Mohammad Osama Ali
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Sir,

In primavera these activities named as out of sequence activity or open end activities.
Usually this method is not acccepted by client through primavera.

I understand Msproject does agree onthis but in primavera its is better to make it WBS and break into micro level with depedencies.
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Mohammad Osama Ali Senior Planning Engineer| Parsons Corporation Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Nov 13, 2017 1:51 AM
Replying to Eric Simms
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Yes, a single activity can be on the critical path; I just tried it in MS Project. Here's what I did:
Task A = 1 day
Task B = 2 days; Predecessor is Task 1
Task C = 1; Predecessor is Task 1
Task D = 3; Predecessor is Task 2
Task E = 7 days
Tasks A and E start on the project start date.

When you look at the network diagram, the only task on the critical path is Task E.
Sir,

In primavera these activities named as out of sequence activity or open end activities.
Usually this method is not acccepted by client through primavera.

I understand Msproject does agree onthis but in primavera its is better to make it WBS and break into micro level with depedencies.
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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Switch to MS Project ;-)
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1 reply by Mohammad Osama Ali
Dec 03, 2017 3:45 AM
Mohammad Osama Ali
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Kindly let me know difference between Primavera and Ms Project.
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Vincent Guerard Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
Not clear on you question.

Activity and Project have the same start and finish date! The activity is the critical path.
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1 reply by Mohammad Osama Ali
Dec 03, 2017 3:47 AM
Mohammad Osama Ali
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Sir ,
I meant how can a single activity without having any dependencies inside a schedule gives u a critical path consider start date of activity same as start date of project and finish date of an activity same as finish date of Project.
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Mohammad Osama Ali Senior Planning Engineer| Parsons Corporation Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Nov 13, 2017 3:46 PM
Replying to Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
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Switch to MS Project ;-)
Kindly let me know difference between Primavera and Ms Project.
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Mohammad Osama Ali Senior Planning Engineer| Parsons Corporation Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Nov 13, 2017 8:30 PM
Replying to Vincent Guerard
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Not clear on you question.

Activity and Project have the same start and finish date! The activity is the critical path.
Sir ,
I meant how can a single activity without having any dependencies inside a schedule gives u a critical path consider start date of activity same as start date of project and finish date of an activity same as finish date of Project.
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Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina
If not having a dependence then it does not belongs to a path. No matter the path is critical or not.
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1 reply by Mohammad Osama Ali
Dec 03, 2017 2:29 PM
Mohammad Osama Ali
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Agreed
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Mohammad Osama Ali Senior Planning Engineer| Parsons Corporation Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dec 03, 2017 8:05 AM
Replying to Sergio Luis Conte
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If not having a dependence then it does not belongs to a path. No matter the path is critical or not.
Agreed

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