The WBS Milestones dialog box displays when you right-click a project or WBS level in the Activity Table of the Gantt chart and select WBS Milestones.
You can also select a WBS level in the Gantt, click , select WBS Details, then click
WBS Milestones.
WBS Milestone Tasks
In the WBS Milestones dialog box, you can set and apply a weight to new milestones to use in calculating the earned value of tasks and your project.
You can scroll forward and backward to milestones shown in the Gantt chart and activity network diagram to view their weights and completion status.
For more detailed information about working with milestones, see:
- view the milestone completion percentage
- add a milestone
- scroll up or down to an activity
- scroll up or down to a WBS
- delete a milestone
To view the milestone completion percentage
The % Complete field within the WBS Milestones dialog box indicates the percentage of tasks that have been completed toward achieving the milestone.
- In the WBS Milestones dialog box, click
Add WBS Milestone.
A New Milestone row displays in the dialog box.
- In the WBS Milestone field, select and delete the (New Milestone) name placeholder and enter a name for the new WBS milestone.
- In the Weight field, enter a number that indicates the significance of the milestone relative to other milestones in the project.
Note: The weight you apply to a milestone in the WBS Milestone dialog box is used to calculate the earned value of the percent of activities completed in achieving the milestone. Selections for calculating the earned value of activities based on completion percentages are available in the Earned Value dialog box.
- Mark the Completed check box if the milestone has been achieved.
To scroll up or down to an activity
In the WBS Milestones dialog box:
- Click Previous Activity
to move up to a previous activity in the Activity Table.
- Click Next Activity
to move down to the next activity in the Activity Table.
To scroll up or down to a WBS
In the WBS Milestones dialog box:
- Click Previous WBS
to move up to a previous WBS in the Activity Table.
- Click Next WBS
to move down to the next WBS in the Activity Table.
To delete a milestone
- In the WBS Milestones dialog box, select the milestone you want to delete.
- Click Delete
.
Controlling placement of the dialog box
You have full control of the placement of the Notebooks dialog box in the Activities page. By dragging and dropping the dialog box or using the controls available in the title bar of the dialog box, you move, dock, or reduce the dialog box to a tab that displays, by default, under or can be moved to the right of the Gantt chart or activity network diagram. See Customize activity views for more information.
Field Definitions
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- Maximize
- Maximizes the dialog box to the full area of the Activity page.
- Restore from Maximized State
- Restores the dialog box to its default size.
- Float
- Resizes and makes the dialog box able to be dragged and dropped within or outside the browser, referred to as Float State.
- Restore from Float State
- Restores the dialog box from Float State and positions it within the window.
Note: Dragging and docking the dialog box creates the same results as Float and Restore from Float State controls.
- Auto-hide
- Hides the contents of the dialog box by reducing the view to a tab. Clicking the tab restores the view of the dialog box.
- Toggle Auto-hide
- Prepares the dialog box for the Auto-hide state. This toggle serves as an state in between the tabbed state and the restored state of the dialog box.
- Exit
- Closes the dialog box.
- % Complete
- Displays the percent of activities that have been completed toward full completion of the milestone.
- Add WBS Milestone
- Adds a row for a new milestone to the WBS Milestone dialog box.
- Delete WBS Milestone
- Removes a selected WBS milestone row from the WBS Milestone dialog box.
- Previous Activity
- Moves up to a previous activity in the Activity Table.
- Next Activity
- Moves down to the next activity in the Activity Table.
- Previous WBS
- Moves up to a previous WBS in the Activity Table.
- Next WBS
- Moves down to the next WBS in the Activity Table.
- WBS Milestone
- Displays the (New Milestone) field as a placeholder for the name of a new WBS milestone. Select and delete the (New Milestone) field, then enter the name of the new WBS milestone.
- Weight
- Provides a field in which to enter the weight of the milestone in relation to other milestones in the same project. The value of the weight can be a random numerical value, for example, 1 out of 10, where 1 has the lowest measure of importance and 10 has the highest measure of importance. The weight is applied in calculating the % Complete.
- Completed
- Provides a check box in which you can indicate the completion status of the WBS milestone. A marked check box indicates that the WBS milestone is complete. An empty check box indicates that the WBS milestone has not been completed.