Planning- Project Management Plan
- Change Management Plan
- Project Roadmap
- Scope Management Plan
- Requirements Management Plan
- Requirements Documentation
- Requirements raceability Matrix
- Project Scope Statement
- Work Breakdown Structure
- WBS Dictionary
- Schedule Management Plan
- Activity list
- Activity attributes
- Milestone list
- Network diagram
- Duration estimates
- Duration estimates worksheet
- Project schedule
- Cost management plan
- Cost estimates
- Cost estimating worksheet
- Cost baseline
- Quality management plan
- Quality metrics
- Responsibility assignment matrix (RAM)
- Resource management plan
- Team charter
- Resource requirements
- Resource breakdown structure
- Communications management plan
- Risk management plan
- Risk register
- Risk report
- Probability and impact assessment
- Probability and impact matrix
- Risk data sheet
- Procurement management plan
- Procurement strategy
- Source selection criteria
- Stakeholder engagement plan
Milestone list
The milestone list defines all the project milestones and describes the nature of each one. It may categorize the milestone as optional or mandatory, internal or external, interim or final, or in any other way that supports the needs of the project.
The milestone list can receive information from:
- Project charter
- Schedule management plan
- Scope baseline
It provides information to:
- Network diagram
- Duration estimates
- Gantt chart or other schedule presentation
- Change requests
- Close out report
The milestone list is an output from process 6.2 Define Activities in the PMBOK® Guide – Sixth Edition.
This is developed once and is not usually changed unless there is a significant scope change.
Tailoring tips
Consider the following tip to help tailor the milestone list to meet your needs:
- For some projects you will enter your milestones directly into the schedule tool rather than keep a separate list of
Alignment
The milestone list should be aligned and consistent with the following documents:
- Project charter
- Activity list
- Network diagram
- Duration estimates
- Schedule
| Document element | Description |
| Milestone name | Milestone name that uniquely defines the milestone |
| Milestone description | A description of the milestone in enough detail to understand what is needed to determine the milestone is complete |
| Type |
A description of the type of milestone, such as
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