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Questions tagged [milestones]

This tag is for questions about key deliverables or notable events within a project management schedule.

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Ongoing Development and Maintenance: Should I break it up into small projects, or keep one open project and keep adding milestones?

I have to manage ongoing development and maintenance of a client's web domain. There are many ideas for features to add in the future. I was wondering what the best practice would be for an ongoing project. Should I keep one project open, and keep…
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Is it normal to occasionally have two milestones with the same completion date?

I'm developing a list of milestones for a hypothetical software development project. Two of the milestones I've come up with are: MILESTONE DUE DATE STAKEHOLDER ACCEPTANCE…
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Writing Better Milestone/Touchpoint Follow-Up Emails

I am a technical (software deployment) project manager. I regularly have clients request 15+ minute check-in calls, which I am happy to take. The calls are pre-scheduled and have no set agenda. I take fairly robust notes in Microsoft OneNote, but…
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What is a "Driving Milestone"?

I'm quite new to the whole project management thing. I'm studying Project Libre right now. It seems pretty decent so far. I've found this tutorial on creating and using a milestone block. This way of working definitely makes sense to me. In the…
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How involved should a PM be in ensuring payments for completed milestones?

In a project where payments are due according to a set schedule, what is the role of a PM in ensuring these obligations are met? Example of a payment schedule within an agreement: 50% deposit, 25% upon completion of analysis and 25% upon completion…
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Why didn't we need a prototype for some of the projects?

This is not about why do we need a prototype. Or the opposite of Why don't we need a prototype. It's about why some of the projects that we did without a prototype/not even thinking about one... Most of our projects (small scale IT/software…
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Client doesn't agree to put milestone in project scheduling

When our company has been sent project scheduling to client (which included some milestones like:Advanced Payment , Approval of Phase I, ...), Client rejected the project scheduling and said "Remove Milestones from it" or Provide a document stating…
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Estimating Fixed Price Project Cost Payments via Monthly Milestones

I have spent the last few days searching for an answer on how to use MS Project (2010 in my case) to estimate a project's cost via milestones that are split along a long program (2.5 years). The client wants to pay us via monthly milestones on a…
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Can I have partial acceptance of Work Breakdown Structure packages?

I've got a project based on a WBS with 4 main phases: Project Initiation Planning Implementation Acceptance I would like to do some kind of partial acceptance during implementation for a few already-implemented requirements. Do the necessary work…
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System for high level project status

A head of software R&D would like to see high level information about the projects R&D works on. What is needed : project, milestones, features, risks. Ability to add features or report bugs if needed. Later this can be used even for reports to top…
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How to calculate moving performance target?

As you will see, I'm completely new to PM. I have to write 100,000 words in 6 months. Let's say that is 548 words/day. I would like to know how to calculate a daily target of words needed to complete on time. What method do I use to calculate this…
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Milestone behavior in MS Project

I am working in MS Project with a project someone else set up. This project contains 29 activities which are auto scheduled, has a minimum start date constraint on an activity, and two milestones. The behavior of the milestone is odd. It seems like…
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How to arrange tasks around a fixed milestone?

i am tasked to take over a project that has recently taken off the ground. However, there has been no project plan and we need to create one now. Due to circumstances, I can only fix the next milestone in time and need to arrange tasks around that…
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Is there a theory of management that supports backward/reverse planning?

I have found that project managers/project leaders use this common sense approach to planning. Namely, they already have a deadline, then they set milestones in a backwards order. They apply the same approach on each milestone to figure out what…
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What is the purpose of a milestone?

How is it any different between a goal or a deadline?
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