Milestone

Breakdown of goals into deliverables, milestones and activities:

• A deliverable is a result of the project
• An activity defines a number of tasks
• A milestone defines a certain state (done, exectuted, etc.)

Milestones should be:

• Specific
• Measurable
• Assignable
• Realistic
• Time-framed

The five key points of using project milestones include the following:

1. Define milestones early in the project and include them in the Gantt chart to provide a visual guide
2. Keep milestones small and frequent
3. The set of milestones must be all-encompassing
4. Each milestone must be binary, meaning it is either complete or incomplete
5. Carefully monitor the critical path