Milestones are used to highlight important events related to a project, such as critical work that has been completed, decisions made, or goals met. In Microsoft Project, milestones have no duration, and you can create as many as you want. This video demonstrates creating a milestone task, how to recognize a milestone task, as well as how to link your milestone to a specific task.
A milestone is a great way to show a key point in a project.…A chunk of work completed, a decision made, or even better, a customer approval…the triggers a payment.…Milestones are incredibly easy to create in Project.…You can create as many as you want, because they don't have any duration, they…won't affect your project schedule.…So to create a new milestone, select where you want to put it in the schedule.…In this case, I want to put it right above Choose new location.…So I click that cell and then on the TASK tab, go to the Insert section and click Milestone.…
The Project inserts a new milestone and you can see the duration is set to 0 days, …you can see there is a diamond in the timescale and that's the indication it's a milestone.…We're going to type a new name, Requirements approved.…Well it doesn't have a date, so we want to link this to the task that shows that…this milestone has been achieved.…Well, that's reviewing the requirements with management.…So in this case you select both and then on the TASK tab in Schedule section,…
Author
Bonnie Biafore
Released
4/18/2013- Choosing the right Project edition
- Creating and saving projects
- Setting up calendars
- Creating individual and recurring tasks
- Linking and timing tasks
- Assigning tasks to resources
- Viewing your data differently with sorting, grouping, and filtering
- Fine-tuning the project schedule
- Understanding baseline, schedule, and actual values
- Reporting on the project status
- Sharing projects<br><br>
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Skill Level Beginner
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome57s
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1. Working with Project
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Using the Ribbon4m 19s
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Finding commands3m 49s
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2. Setting Up Project Files
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Setting up calendars2m 45s
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Setting basic options5m 27s
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3. Creating Tasks
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Creating a manual task2m 31s
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Creating a milestone task1m 25s
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Creating a recurring task4m 18s
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Creating a summary task4m 8s
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Displaying summary tasks2m 30s
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4. Linking and Timing Tasks
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Linking tasks5m 51s
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Adding lag or lead time2m 46s
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Viewing tasks and task links4m 57s
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5. Creating Resources
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Understanding resources2m 16s
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Creating a work resource8m 45s
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Creating a cost resource3m 21s
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6. Assigning Tasks to Resources
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Finding overallocations3m 56s
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7. Working with Views
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Choosing a view4m 50s
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Working with a table3m 1s
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Using the Timeline view5m 17s
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Sorting tasks and resources4m 27s
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Grouping tasks and resources4m 45s
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Modifying task bar layout2m 48s
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Modifying text formatting2m 52s
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8. Fine-Tuning the Project Schedule
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Reviewing the critical path3m 53s
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Splitting a task2m 7s
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Adjusting a work contour2m 53s
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Leveling resources4m 54s
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Inactivating a task2m 41s
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9. Tracking and Managing a Project
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Adding tasks to a baseline5m 54s
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Updating the schedule8m 45s
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Assigning overtime4m 35s
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Updating costs2m 15s
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Rescheduling unfinished work3m 45s
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10. Viewing and Reporting Project Information
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Using earned value5m 12s
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Printing views and reports4m 22s
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11. Sharing Projects
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Saving to other formats5m 27s
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Importing and exporting5m 47s
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Conclusion
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Next steps56s
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