In addition to tracking tasks to be completed, you might want to track an important event for your project, such as when the pre-production phase of the project will end. To do this, you will create a milestone.
Milestones are significant events that are either reached within the project (such as completion of a phase of work) or imposed upon the project (such as a deadline by which to apply for funding). Because the milestone itself doesn’t normally include any work, milestones are represented as tasks with zero duration.
In this exercise, you create a milestone.
1. Click the name of task 6, Production.
2. On the Insert menu, click New Task.
Project inserts a row for a new task and renumbers the subsequent tasks.
Tip | You can also press the key to insert a new task above the selected task. To insert multiple new tasks, select multiple tasks first, and then press Insert. Project will insert the same number of new tasks. |
3. Type Pre-Production complete! and then press the key to move to the Duration field.
4. In the Duration field, type 0d and then press the key.
The milestone is added to your plan.
Tip | You can also mark a task of any duration as a milestone. Double-click the task name to display the Task Information dialog box, and then click the Advanced tab. Select the Mark task as milestone option. |