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
From the Projects Planner, hover over the Project Timeline on a specific date until a '+' button appears
Click the + button
Select the type of milestone you are adding. Keep reading below for more details about different types of milestones in Runn.
Enter the milestone name in the Name field
(Optional) Add a note about the milestone in the Note field
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.