Milestone Overview (Program) MOD009E6M | Project and Portfolio Management

Introduction

Planning → Programs panel → Click on the ID of the required program → Program panel → Further... → Milestone Overview

Alternative Introduction

There are several ways to access the desired planning object or portfolio panel and its associated modules:
- via Quick Access in the user menu (My Objects and Favorites)
- via the Global Search function in the user menu (Direct Entry)
- via links on planning objects or portfolios in various modules

Information

The module provides an overview of all master milestones and milestones of the selected program and its projects.
You also have the option to define one of the program master milestones displayed here as a main milestone.
- Main milestones are used as reference points for the interval calculation of the master milestones to the other master milestones.

Details

Summary tasks (phases), milestones, and master milestones are displayed graphically as a bar chart and master milestones are additionally displayed as gates on a horizontal axis directly below the time scale.
On each master milestone symbol, the WBS code of the master milestone and the time interval to the main milestone date are specified (in weeks).
The calculated duration (Calc. start to Calc. end)
- of the program is visualized by a dotted frame
- of projects is visualized by a bar in the color of the project code.

Legend Program

Symbol	Meaning	Color	Comment
	Calculated dates of the programs		Calc. start and Calc. The end of a program is calculated by clicking on the Calculate Schedule button.
	Gates	Gate without delay Gate with delay Main gate/main milestone	A gate is a master milestone of the planning objects. Without delay means: Total float >= 0 With delay means: Total float < 0 Gates are only displayed in the Schedule module if the Schedule with gates checkbox has been activated in the Project Core Data module in the core data module of the respective planning object

Symbol

Meaning

Color

Comment

Calculated dates of the programs

Calc. start and Calc. The end of a program is calculated by clicking on the Calculate Schedule button.

Gates

Gate without delay

Gate with delay

Main gate/main milestone

A gate is a master milestone of the planning objects.
Without delay means: Total float >= 0
With delay means: Total float < 0

Gates are only displayed in the Schedule module if the Schedule with gates checkbox has been activated in the Project Core Data module in the core data module of the respective planning object

Project

Calculated dates

The color of the bar is determined by the code of the planning object.
Code A

Code B

Code C
Code D

Code E

Calc. start and calc. The end of a planning object is calculated by clicking on the Calculate Schedule button.
The Code of the planning objects is set or changed in the respective core data module.

Master Milestones

without delay
with delay

Tasks are defined as master milestones in the Schedule module.

Master milestone delay

Master milestone delay exists if Calc. end of a master milestone is later than its Latest end.

Task

Master Milestones

without delay

with delay

Tasks are defined as master milestones in the Schedule module.

Calculated dates of the summary tasks

A summary task is a task in the structured schedule consisting of sub-tasks which are summarized here. Information on the summary task, such as duration and dates, is determined automatically from the sub-tasks.