Sources of Milestones in Project Management
Milestones are significant dates for events in a project schedule. Milestones can some from many areas during the project lifecycle e.g. materials, supply chain, resources availability, fixed duration projects, regulations and legislation.....
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2. Fixed duration
2.1. Transport takes x delivery must be by x
2.2. e.g. duration on critical path
2.2.1. more on the Critical Path
2.3. Process takes fixed time drives other dates
3. Regulatory & legislative
3.1. Financial calendar
3.1.1. end quarter
3.1.2. End FY
3.2. see also fixed dates
3.3. planning deadlines
3.4. audits
3.5. site inspections
3.6. reporting
4. Materials
4.1. Work packages
4.2. Expiry dates
4.3. Retirement dates
4.4. Maintenance schedules
5. Supply chain
5.1. raw material arrival
5.2. inbound and outbound shipments
5.3. order acknowledgement
5.4. product events
6. Resource availability
6.1. hiring
6.2. completion of other projects
6.3. availability of certain skill sets
7. Project lifecycle
7.1. Stage or phase gates
7.1.1. Feasibility end
7.1.2. UAT end
7.1.3. Method driven phases e.g. Prince2 phases
7.1.4. End of build
7.2. Go live dates
7.3. demos and 'show and tells'
7.4. beta dates or proof of concept dates
8. Deadlines
8.1. Grant application deadline
8.2. Tax return deadline
8.3. RFP deadline
8.4. Request for Information deadline
8.5. Conference date/ launch date
8.6. End of tax/business year / end of quarter
9. Project Management Method
9.1. Agile
9.1.1. Scrum
9.1.2. RAD
9.2. Waterfall
9.2.1. Ten Step
9.2.2. PMI
9.2.3. Prince2
10. Other Fixed dates
10.1. Code freeze
10.2. Holidays
10.3. Event dates e.g.
10.3.1. Olympics
10.3.2. Conference dates
10.3.3. Summit
10.3.4. Sporting events
10.3.5. Xmas
10.4. Announcments
11. Natural environment
11.1. Weather
11.1.1. examples
11.1.1.1. storms preventing deliveries during a certain time
11.1.1.2. weather windows allowing flights
11.1.1.3. passes and roads passable only at certain times
11.2. Seasons
11.3. Migrations
11.3.1. migrating birds & animals