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Creating a Task and Finding Critical Tasks

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Written by Sophia Colapietro

Create a task in the Gantt view

  1. Click Gantt in the left rail.

  2. Click a blank row in the Name column and type the task name.

  3. Click outside the cell. The task gets a row number, and icons appear in the info column.

To add a task between existing rows, select a row and use Actions > Insert above or Insert below.

Create a task in the Board view

  1. Click Board in the left rail and open a board.

  2. Click Create Tag at the bottom left.

  3. Enter the task's details and click Add Task. The task appears as a tag in planning at the bottom of the board.

Tasks sync both ways. A task you add in the Gantt view appears on your board, and a tag you add on a board appears in the Gantt view.

Assign a resource

Create resources in the Resources view, or double-click a task to open Task Properties and use the Resource tab. Pick a resource type, such as a worker or material, then assign it to the task. For materials, such as paint, you can change the number of units the task needs.

Find the critical tasks

The critical path is the chain of tasks with zero slack. If any of these tasks is delayed, the whole project finishes late. A task has one day of slack if it can slip one day without delaying the project.

gantterAi™ works out the critical path for you from your task dates and predecessor links. You don't mark tasks as critical by hand. To see them:

  1. Go to View > Highlight Critical Tasks.

  2. Critical tasks turn from blue to red in the Gantt chart.

To change whether a task is critical, change its links or dates. See How To Highlight Critical Path.

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