Then, a pop-up window appears, as shown below.Just select the task which you want to mark as milestone.So, zero duration is nothing but a milestone.įor your kind information, we can also mark current task as milestone manually. Upon finishing, the task duration automatically becomes zero.
#Ms project milestones how to#
I have explained how to create a new milestone task, but here is one question - Why can’t an existing task be a milestone? On the GanttChatt, the milestone appears as a diamond shape. Just click on "New milestone" and type "Sample" (Taskname) and press Enter. Then, select "Insert milestone" from task ribbon, as shown below.Īs soon as you click on "Insert milestone", a new task is added to your list.Īnd, you can see that the duration of that particular new task is Zero. Milestones are represented as tasks with zero duration.Ĭlick the task name "Kick-off Meeting" as shown in the above screenshot. Milestones are significant events that are reached within the plan, such as completion of a phase of work. To do this, we will create a milestone task. In addition to entering tasks to be completed, we want to capture an important event for your project plan, such as the end of a Kick-off meeting (task) of the project. This is my work program in Microsoft Project. Let’s begin our discussion by referring to our previous work program. How to Baseline a Project in Microsoft Project 2013įollowing to these articles, I will explain you what the milestone in Project is, how it occurs, and how it looks in Gantt chart.How to Create Project in Microsoft Project 2013.