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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Critical Path</Title>
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	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>The critical path is the optimum route from the time that the first activity can be started up to and including termination of the last activity. SSA ERP will then take account of the activity itself, and the mutual relations between the activities and the present slacks. Actually, an activity belongs to the critical path if the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs/tipcs4101m000#tipcs400.totf" role="formfield">Total Float</GUIRef> field and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs/tipcs4101m000#tipcs400.fref" role="formfield">Free Float</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs/tipcs4101m000" role="session">Activities (tipcs4101m000)</GUIRef> session are both zero.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>The critical path can be visualized on the planning board by selecting the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom5100s000#tccom500.stcp" role="formfield">Critical Path</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom5500m000" role="session">Planning Board Groups (tccom5500m000)</GUIRef> session and specifying the color by clicking a color in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Color</GUIRef>
			<GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom5100s000#tccom500.cocp" role="formfield">Critical Path</GUIRef> list.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>If the planning board data is modified, the critical path may change. If you want to view this you must regenerate the network planning by means of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs/tipcs4210m000" role="session">Generate Network Planning (tipcs4210m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
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