A stone milepost (or by extension in other materials), one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median
An important event in a person's life or career, in the history of a nation, in the life of some project etc
A significant accomplishment E*mpac Project milestones are maintained in a key activities list and are used to gauge our pre-go-live progress
A key event that defines the end of a phase or reaching a target or goal Project management systems normally define milestones as activities with a zero duration
An important event in a persons life or career, in the history of a nation, or in the life of some project
a planned target which indicates a specific point of achievement in a project; it is used to monitor progress in a project (see also: Source Book 9 24)
Functional system prototype user testing Functional system prototype heuristics inspection completed, changes agreed and implemented Testers recruited (NB different testers from paper or HTML prototypes) Facilities requirements (ie testing environment) in place
A milestone is an important event in the history or development of something or someone. He said the launch of the party represented a milestone in Zambian history
A milestone is a scheduling event that signifies the completion of a major deliverable or a set of related deliverables A milestone, by definition, has duration of zero and no effort There is no work associated with a milestone It is a flag in the workplan to signify that some other work has completed Usually a milestone is used as a project checkpoint to validate how the project is progressing and revalidate work They are also used as high-level snapshots for management to validate the progress of the project In many cases there is a decision that needs to be made at a milestone However, the milestone is not usually based on the calendar It is usually based on the completion of one or more deliverables
indicators relating to intermediate, time bound, targets or objectives which need to be achieved if the project outputs and purpose are to be achieved a useful aid to monitoring progress
an important event, as in a person's career, the history of a nation, or the advancement of knowledge in a field; a turning point
stone post at side of a road to show distances a significant event in your life (or in a project)
A significant event in the project, usually the completion of a major deliverable
A scheduled event for which some individual is accountable and that is used to measure progress [SEI/CMU-93-TR-25]
Milestones are: - essential to manage and control a project - moments in a project who deliver intermediate results and where the client gives his approval or not - specific moments where a certain phase is ended
According to Webster's, a milestone is a stone or pillar set up to show the distance in miles to or from a specified place, or when used figuratively, a significant event in history In the context of indicators, a milestone is an intermediate goal used to evaluate progress toward a final set target For example, the Minnesota Milestones report outlines 20 goals to achieve over the next 30 years, with more specific Milestones under each (79 in total) that will indicate progress toward that goal
Any significant event in the project life cycle or in the associated reliability or maintainability program which is used as a control point for measurement of progress and effectiveness or for planning or redirecting future effort
A point in time during project execution marking the completion of a deliverable or workpackage Milestones are control points at which progress can be assessed