Milestones

The Milestones module can be used to keep track of milestones for a particular programme, project or sub-project. Three dates are tracked for a milestone:

• The original (or baseline) date for completion
• The forecast date for completion
• The actual date of completion

These three dates are used to calculate the variance for the milestone:

If	Variance
Actual date is specified	Variance is the difference between the actual date and the original date
No actual date is specified but a forecast date is specified	Variance is the difference between the forecast date and the original date
Otherwise	Variance is not set

You can also set the percentage completion or progress for a milestone. A workflow can also be selected for each milestone. When you add the milestone you can select the Standard Milestone Workflow or you can add a new workflow for milestones specific to your organisation. Milestones have a calculated field called Overdue. Here are the calculations used for this field: If the progress is 0 and:

• It is FORECAST OVERDUE : this means the calculated forecast date (and time) is less than the current time.
• It is ORIGINAL OVERDUE : this means the calculated original date (and time) is less than the current time.
• It is LATE: this means the calculated forecast date is more than the calculated original date.
• It is not OVERDUE, and it is not LATE: this means the status is NOT STARTED

If the progress is more than 0 and:

• It is FORECAST OVERDUE : this means the calculated forecast date (and time) is less than the current time.
• It is ORIGINAL OVERDUE : this means the calculated original date (and time) is less than the current time.
• It is LATE: this means the calculated forecast date is more than the calculated original date.
• It is not OVERDUE, and it is not LATE: this means the status is ON TRACK

If the progress is 100: this means the status is COMPLETED

Milestones have a calculated field called Calculated Forecast Date. Here are the calculations used for this field: Calculated Forecast Date:

• If the Milestone has an Actual date
  • Calculated Forecast Date = Actual date
• else if the Milestone has a Forecast date
  • Calculated Forecast Date = Forecast date
• else if there is a linked object the Calculated Forecast Date will come from there.
• if there is still no Calculated Forecast Date found then:
• If the Milestone has an Original date
  • Calculated Forecast Date = Original date
• else if there is a Non task group parent with a Start Date
  • Calculated Forecast Date = Non task group parent Start Date
• else if there is a Non task group parent without a Start Date but with an End Date
  • Calculated Forecast Date = Non task group parent End Date

Milestones have a calculated field called Calculated Original Date. Here are the calculations used for this field: Calculated Original Date:

• If there is an original date
  • Calculated Original Date = Original Date
• else if there is a linked object the Calculated Forecast Date will come from there.
• If there is still no Calculated Forecast Date found then:
• If there is a non task group parent with a start date:
  • Calculated Original Date = Non task group parent Start Date
• If there is a non task group parent without a start date but with an end date:
  • Calculated Original Date = Mon task group parent End Date