Here, we’ll be showing how to display critical path tasks in Microsoft Project. The critical path is the sequence of tasks that take the longest to reach the project goal. The steps below can be used to display your project’s critical path. Follow these, and you’ll know which tasks threaten the final completion date of the project. Create tasks to display the critical path: Enter three tasks Make the second task twice as long (in duration) as the first task Link the first task to the last task Link the second task to the last task At this point, the tasks should look like this. Both the first and second tasks link to the last one. Two tasks, links to final task Group the tasks by critical path: Choose Project, Group By, Critical Or, choose ‘Critical’ from the ‘Group By’ dropdown in the toobar After choosing this menu item the tasks will be grouped differently. All the tasks that are not in the critical path will be displayed first (in the in ‘Critical: No’ group). All the tasks in the critical path will be in the second group (‘Critical: Yes’). Tasks grouped by ‘Critical’ Format the Gantt column: Right-click in the Gantt column Choose Gantt Chart Wizard Click Next Click the ‘Critical path’ option Click Finish Click Format It Click Edit Wizard After formatting the Gantt column, the task bars in the critical path will turn red. Critical path task bars are red –ray