A milestone is a significant event within the Project.
Milestones can be written and updated through integration with an external plan or you can add milestones directly through Power Framework.
Accessing and Maintaining Milestones
From within a Project, click on the Milestones tab to see the list of milestones associated with the Project.
Double-click to the left of the Title of a milestone in order to open it for editing.
Adding a Milestone
To add a milestone, click above the list of milestones.
Milestones from External Tools
Tasks maintained in external planning tools can populate the Milestone table (through scheduled updates). These milestones will continue to be connected to events in the external schedule, but they may still be manually edited e.g. to further categorise them or adding comments – in other words, augmenting information that cannot be sourced from the external tool.
Explaining the Milestone Form
The following explains the fields in this form:
| Field | Comment |
| Title | The milestone name |
| Milestone Type | Categorize the milestone – will be used by reports to filter milestones. |
| Vendor | External vendor associated with the milestone, if applicable – will drive governance of vendor performance. |
| Milestone Rag |
The milestone’s Red/Amber/Green rating, calculated as follows:
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| Escalation Level | Escalate to Programme or Portfolio – will be used by reports to filter milestones. |
| Baseline Due Date | Use to store the original Due Date of the milestone. |
| Due Date | The current Due Date of the milestone. |
| Forecast Completion Date | Date when this milestone is predicted to be completed. |
| Closed Date | Date milestone was closed. |
| Location | If applicable, enter the location related to the milestone (e.g., site, region, city) – can be used for showing events on a map as part of the reporting. |
| Origin | Will indicate the source of the milestone if created through Project Tool integration. If this is the case then this milestone will continue to be updated from the external project plan through integration. |
| Comment | Any comments e.g. update on progress. |