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Compute total float as

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Mon, 2007-10-22 06:18
Payman Shirpay
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I can not realize the difference between Start float and Finish float in the schedule option. as far as I know these two items are same. I was wondering if somebody explain this issue clearly with an example?
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Mon, 2007-10-22 06:56
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Hi,

Start float is the difference between the early and late start dates; Finish float is the difference between the early and late finish dates.

There’s one more option MOST CRITICAL FLOAT, it is the least of the start or finish floats.

:-)

Rav
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Mon, 2007-10-22 06:23
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Karim Mounir
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sometimes it is different when u assign mandatory constraints (whether start/finish).



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