## Sort Critical Tasks by Duration

Because critical tasks are the ones that affect project length, the longest critical tasks have the biggest effect. When it’s important to maintain or shorten the project length, you’ll want to focus first on shortening the critical tasks with the longest duration. You can do this most easily by sorting critical tasks by duration.

To sort critical tasks by duration

1. On the View Bar, click Gantt Chart .
2. On the Project menu, point to Filtered for, and then click Critical.
3. On the Project menu, point to Sort, and then click Sort by.
4. In the Sort by box, click Duration, and then click Descending.
5. Click Sort.

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