What Is a Milestone List?
A milestone list is a project management document that identifies all project milestones. A milestone is a significant event or a point in a project. It represents nothing more than a moment in time; hence, when scheduling, milestones should be assigned zero duration.
Typically, a milestone list indicates whether the milestone is mandatory or optional. An example of a mandatory milestone includes one required by contract. An optional milestone might be one based on historical information.
The template provided below captures the mandatory and optional information. It also provides for the milestone name, milestone number and a description of the milestone.
Who Creates the Milestone List?
The milestone list is generated by the project manager. Like many project documents though, input should be obtained from members of the project team.
Inputs to the milestone list include the schedule management plan, scope baseline, enterprise environmental factors and organizational process assets.
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What Are the Inputs?
Inputs to the milestone list include the schedule management plan, scope baseline, enterprise environmental factors and organizational process assets.
How Is It Used?
The milestone listed certainly isn’t the most important project management document; however, it is useful for sequencing activities and it’s an input to building the schedule network diagram.
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