Schedule - CPM

The Schedule - CPM task plan table is used to view the schedule of a task plan so that you can identify the critical path and take steps to find room in the task plan (if needed) to help ensure that the tasks that are on the critical path are completed on-schedule.

Schedule - CPM Fields	Description
Critical	Indicates whether a task is on the critical path. The critical path is based on the longest possible sequence of tasks, factoring in their start dates, finish dates, dependencies, and constraints, and then comparing the calculated finish date of the last task in the sequence to the planned finish date for the task plan. A task on the critical path must be finished on time in order for the task plan to be finished on time.
Finish	The date on which a task is scheduled to finish.
Free Slack	The amount of time in a task plan where a task can be delayed without causing a successor task (or the task plan itself) to be delayed.
Late Finish	The date by which a task must finish before it causes another task (or the task plan itself) to be delayed.
Late Start	The date by which a task must start before it causes another task (or the task plan itself) to be delayed.
Name	The name of a task (or a task plan).
Start	The date on which a task is scheduled to start.
Total Slack	The amount of time in a task plan where a task can be delayed without causing another task (or the task plan itself) to be delayed.