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Project milestones

What project milestones are, how to manage them, and different types of milestones for your projects.

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What are project milestones?

Project milestones are markers of key events or instances throughout the duration of your project that help to show its progress. They are checkpoints that indicate an achievement or point in time - they are not tasks or assignments. 

Milestones help you know that your projects are advancing. By planning out what your project's milestones are and when you should expect them to happen, they help you to manage your project's scope, budget and time so that you stay on track.

Managing project milestones

Adding milestones

There are two ways that you can add a project milestone:

Project Planner

  1. From the Projects Planner, hover over the Project Timeline on a specific date until a '+' button appears

  2. Click the + button

  3. Select the type of milestone you are adding. Keep reading below for more details about different types of milestones in Runn.

  4. Enter the milestone name in the Name field

  5. (Optional) Add a note about the milestone in the Note field

  6. Click the Create button

Bulk Import/Export

You can read more about this in the following help article.

Editing or deleting a project milestone

New Date

Simply drag and drop the milestone to the new date or click on it to open the calendar feature and make the change there.


​Edit Notes or Icon

Click on the milestone and then on Edit. The Delete option will appear on the left corner of the modal.

Icon for milestones 

There are 6 symbols you can choose from in Runn to identify your different types of milestones.


The $ symbol 

Identify financial deadlines, for example:

  • Payment due

  • Invoice sent to client

The Warning symbol

Identify warnings or events that may impact your project, for example:

  • Scheduled website maintenance

  • 50% of budgeted hours used up

The Start arrow symbol

Identify the beginning of a phase or stage in the project, for example:

  • Project commences

  • Phase begins

The End arrow symbol

Identify the end of a phase or stage in the project, for example:

  • Project completed

  • Phase ends

The Flag symbol

Identify key events or deliverables, for example:

  • Project budget approved

  • Report prepared for project sponsor

Emojis

You can click on the Emoji icon and select the one you want.

  • Yellow for milestones that are delayed

  • Green for completed milestones

Please note that milestone is NOT available in Project Reports. It is only available in using the Classic Report Milestones and is limited to displaying the name, date and notes.

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