http://13.50.150.85/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=MTA_%28Milestone_trend_analysis%29MTA (Milestone trend analysis) - Revision history2026-07-17T14:32:21ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.3http://13.50.150.85/index.php?title=MTA_(Milestone_trend_analysis)&diff=117139&oldid=prevLuisa.buchta: /* Definition of Milestone and Trend analysis */2022-03-19T14:10:28Z<p><span class="autocomment">Definition of Milestone and Trend analysis</span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A Milestone is defined as a significant point or event in a project, program or portfolio, that marks the completion of key activities. <ref name="PMBOK">Project Management Institute, The Standard for Project Management and A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK guide), 7th ed. 2021<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</del>.</ref> <ref name="PM Engineering">Nicholas, John M, Steyn, and Herman, Project Management for Engineering, Business and Technology, 6th ed. New York: Routledge, 2021.</ref> Those key activities can be from different natures like completing a work package, a delivery step or a management stage. <ref name="Prince2">AXELOS, Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 2017 Edition, 2017th ed. TSO, 2018.</ref> In addition a milestone must be defined, understood, measurable and quantifiable. <ref name="Process Improvement">R. K. Wysocki, Project Management Process Improvement. 2004.</ref> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A Milestone is defined as a significant point or event in a project, program or portfolio, that marks the completion of key activities. <ref name="PMBOK">Project Management Institute, The Standard for Project Management and A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK guide), 7th ed. 2021.</ref> <ref name="PM Engineering">Nicholas, John M, Steyn, and Herman, Project Management for Engineering, Business and Technology, 6th ed. New York: Routledge, 2021.</ref> Those key activities can be from different natures like completing a work package, a delivery step or a management stage. <ref name="Prince2">AXELOS, Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 2017 Edition, 2017th ed. TSO, 2018.</ref> In addition a milestone must be defined, understood, measurable and quantifiable. <ref name="Process Improvement">R. K. Wysocki, Project Management Process Improvement. 2004.</ref> </div></td></tr>
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</table>Luisa.buchtahttp://13.50.150.85/index.php?title=MTA_(Milestone_trend_analysis)&diff=117138&oldid=prevLuisa.buchta: /* Limitations */2022-03-19T14:08:59Z<p><span class="autocomment">Limitations</span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Another limitation is the fact that it does not provide sufficiently differentiated results for complex projects, although it is supposed to be used for long and complex projects to have better insights into the schedule. <ref name="Wrike"> </ref> It can be said that the trend curve itself isn’t enough, but comments are important to identify the problem further.<ref name="Wanner">R. Wanner, Projektcontrolling: Projekte erfolgreich planen, überwachen und steuern, 1st ed. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Another limitation is the fact that it does not provide sufficiently differentiated results for complex projects, although it is supposed to be used for long and complex projects to have better insights into the schedule. <ref name="Wrike"> </ref> It can be said that the trend curve itself isn’t enough, but comments are important to identify the problem further. <ref name="Wanner">R. Wanner, Projektcontrolling: Projekte erfolgreich planen, überwachen und steuern, 1st ed. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It becomes clear, that the amount of data that is needed to do MTA is relatively low. It consists of the pre-defined milestones at the beginning of the project and the deadline forecasts for the awarded milestones as of the respective cut-off date. Those dates don’t require more information since it is based on the assessment of the project manager.<ref name="Project_Phases"> </ref> <ref name="Goal directed"> </ref> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It becomes clear, that the amount of data that is needed to do MTA is relatively low. It consists of the pre-defined milestones at the beginning of the project and the deadline forecasts for the awarded milestones as of the respective cut-off date. Those dates don’t require more information since it is based on the assessment of the project manager. <ref name="Project_Phases"> </ref> <ref name="Goal directed"> </ref> </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There are a lot of different tools which help to implement a MTA, like Microsoft Project or Microsoft Excel. <ref name="Levenfeld">E. Levenfeld, “Understanding the Milestone Trend Analysis Technique (part 1),” LinkedIn, Jan. 14, 2015. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/understanding-milestone-trend-analysis-technique-part (accessed Mar. 14, 2022).</ref> It is highly recommended to use a tool for MTA since it saves a lot of time and effort by automating the task. Also, because the other alternative of drawing on paper doesn’t fit modern reporting standards anymore. The important basic information that all the different tools have in common and use to generate the MTA graph is a simple table. It contains information of the status date which will be the current date or the so called reporting date and the date of the milestone is necessary. <ref name="How to"> </ref> Such a table is presented in Table 1. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There are a lot of different tools which help to implement a MTA, like Microsoft Project or Microsoft Excel. <ref name="Levenfeld">E. Levenfeld, “Understanding the Milestone Trend Analysis Technique (part 1),” LinkedIn, Jan. 14, 2015. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/understanding-milestone-trend-analysis-technique-part (accessed Mar. 14, 2022).</ref> It is highly recommended to use a tool for MTA since it saves a lot of time and effort by automating the task. Also, because the other alternative of drawing on paper doesn’t fit modern reporting standards anymore. The important basic information that all the different tools have in common and use to generate the MTA graph is a simple table. It contains information of the status date which will be the current date or the so called reporting date and the date of the milestone is necessary. <ref name="How to"> </ref> Such a table is presented in Table 1. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Another important part of the topic is how MTA works. This section is about the graphical background of the chart and the data that is necessary to use it. As already mentioned, enough milestone dates must be available to perform MTA in the first place. This is also important for the graphical background of the chart, that’s why it is stressed again in this section. <ref name="PMHandbook"> </ref> </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Another important part of the topic is how MTA works. This section is about the graphical background of the chart and the data that is necessary to use it. As already mentioned, enough milestone dates must be available to perform MTA in the first place. This is also important for the graphical background of the chart, that’s why it is stressed again in this section. <ref name="PMHandbook"> </ref> </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>File:MTA angelehnt an projectphases.png|Figure 3: MTA chart, own figure, following <ref name="Project_Phases"/></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>File:MTA angelehnt an projectphases.png|Figure 3: MTA chart <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with trend line</ins>, own figure, following <ref name="Project_Phases"/></div></td></tr>
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</table>Luisa.buchtahttp://13.50.150.85/index.php?title=MTA_(Milestone_trend_analysis)&diff=117130&oldid=prevLuisa.buchta: /* Graphical Background and Functionality */2022-03-19T14:04:59Z<p><span class="autocomment">Graphical Background and Functionality</span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The MTA uses a simple graphical methodology where the horizontal axis represents the reporting time and the vertical axis the milestone dates. <ref name="Project_Phases"> </ref> <ref name="PMHandbook"> </ref> This is also the reason why there is no information on the lower right side of the chart, since the dates progress, which leads to its typical triangle shape. <ref name="Levenfeld">E. Levenfeld, “Understanding the Milestone Trend Analysis Technique (part 1),” LinkedIn, Jan. 14, 2015. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/understanding-milestone-trend-analysis-technique-part (accessed Mar. 14, 2022).</ref> Once the line of a work package hits the angle bisector the task is done. <ref name="Controlling von Projekten"> </ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The MTA uses a simple graphical methodology where the horizontal axis represents the reporting time and the vertical axis the milestone dates. <ref name="Project_Phases"> </ref> <ref name="PMHandbook"> </ref> This is also the reason why there is no information on the lower right side of the chart, since the dates progress, which leads to its typical triangle shape. <ref name="Levenfeld">E. Levenfeld, “Understanding the Milestone Trend Analysis Technique (part 1),” LinkedIn, Jan. 14, 2015. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/understanding-milestone-trend-analysis-technique-part (accessed Mar. 14, 2022).</ref> Once the line of a work package hits the angle bisector the task is done. <ref name="Controlling von Projekten"> </ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">two </del>different example graphs show how a MTA could look like. Design wise each MTA can differ a lot. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The different example graphs show how a MTA could look like. Design wise each MTA can differ a lot. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In Figure 3 the different dots are connected to each other with a line, whereas Figure 3 only shows the symbols, which are also different to each other. To make it graphically even more interesting it is also possible to already include bigger symbols with the different milestone stages in the top horizontal axis as it can be seen in Figure 4. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In Figure 3 the different dots are connected to each other with a line, whereas Figure 3 only shows the symbols, which are also different to each other. To make it graphically even more interesting it is also possible to already include bigger symbols with the different milestone stages in the top horizontal axis as it can be seen in Figure 4. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The two different example graphs show how a MTA could look like. Design wise each MTA can differ a lot. In Figure 3 the different dots are connected to each other with a line, whereas Figure 3 only shows the symbols, which are also different to each other. To make it graphically even more interesting it is also possible to already include bigger symbols with the different milestone stages in the top horizontal axis as it can be seen in Figure 4. It should be mentioned that Figure 3 and 4 show MTA charts that have already been performed for a longer period of time. When initially starting the MTA only the dates on the very left side are visible as it can be seen in Figure 2.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The two different example graphs show how a MTA could look like. Design wise each MTA can differ a lot. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Another important part of the topic is how MTA works. This section is about the graphical background of the chart and the data that is necessary to use it. As already mentioned, enough milestone dates must be available to perform MTA in the first place. This is also important for the graphical background of the chart, that’s why it is stressed again in this section. <ref name="PMHandbook"> </ref> </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Another important part of the topic is how MTA works. This section is about the graphical background of the chart and the data that is necessary to use it. As already mentioned, enough milestone dates must be available to perform MTA in the first place. This is also important for the graphical background of the chart, that’s why it is stressed again in this section. <ref name="PMHandbook"> </ref> </div></td></tr>
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