The target audiences of this article are team/project leads and project/program/delivery managers.
For example, “MS Project” shows you critical path/s in a project by a RED colored duration, while other project management tools might show it differently.
But as a vigilant project manager, it’s your job to take note of critical path/s in your project to monitor and manage the same.
• Create a list of all tasks/subtasks with WBS technique along with deliverable milestones in a project.
• Take note of tasks of lengthier duration as compare to rest of tasks to identify what all tasks are of longer duration.
There are some components and formulas as described below, which can also help you to identify a critical path under this analysis.