Project 2013 Introduction

Lesson 3 – Working with Tasks

Project 2013

E NTERING A M ILESTONE T ASK

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Discussion

A milestone task indicates that a goal should be reached in a particular phase of a project, such as “End Planning”. Since a milestone task marks an event or progress in your project, it is not allotted a specific duration. Instead, you designate a task as a milestone by entering a duration of zero days for the task. A milestone task is shown on the Gantt chart as a filled diamond shape with the date of the task beside it. You enter a milestone task just as you do other tasks.

Entering a milestone task

NOTE You can also set a milestone using the Project Guide. From the Tasks pane, select the List the tasks in the project link, select the task you want to mark as a milestone, and then click the Make selected task a milestone check box in the List Tasks pane.

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Procedures

1. Switch to the Gantt Chart view. 2. Select the field in which you want to enter the milestone task. 3. Enter a name for the milestone task. 4. Select the Duration field. 5. Enter a duration of 0 days for the milestone task. 6. Press [Enter] .

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