What is a milestone schedule?.

Milestone schedule — is a timetable of key project milestones that mark important events or achievements during the course of work. Each milestone is a control point after which project progress can be assessed.

Such a schedule helps to:

• Track the completion of main tasks and deadlines
• Coordinate the work of the team and stakeholders
• Manage risks by identifying deviations from the plan early on

An example of a milestone: completion of design, prototype delivery, testing launch, release deployment.