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Lesson 25 · Keep it current

Trace what’s holding things up

Fig 25.1Recording, 9 s. Hovering Timeline bars to light up their links.
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Procedure · Timeline

01Open Timeline at weekly zoom.

02Hover over or click a bar. Its links light up: what it’s waiting on, and what’s waiting on it.

03Follow the highlighted arrows back to see which tasks hold up the end date.

NoteAbout the critical path

This isn’t quite the critical path, since a chain can still have some slack. Microsoft’s docs mention a Show critical path filter on the Timeline, but it isn’t in our plan’s Filters panel. Check yours, just in case.

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