Reviewing Milestones and Submilestones

Use

You can review milestones and submilestones as a Milestones and Submilestones table, an Impact Diagram, a Fishbone Diagram or a Gantt Chart. The color-coded status is based on a comparison of the actual end date and target end date.

Prerequisites

You are displaying the Milestones tab in the Initiatives Summary.

Procedure

You can do the following to review milestones and submilestones in the Initiatives Summary:

Task	Navigation	More Information
Review an initiative's milestones and submilestones	Select the initiative.	None
Display the Milestone and Submilestones table	Select the Milestones tab.	None
Display an impact diagram to see how an initiative impacts the performance of a KPI over the initiative's time period.	Select the Impact Diagram tab.	See Impact Diagram.
Display milestones in a Fishbone Diagram	Select the Fishbone tab.	The Fishbone Diagram shows you the milestones and submilestone details in a diagram that helps you understand relationships. The milestones are displayed by their target end date. The left-most milestone has the target end date furthest away from the initiative's target end date. The right-most milestone has the closest target end date to the initiative's target end date.
Display submilestones in the Fishbone Diagram	Click the Submilestones= `<number>` link on the milestone node in the Fishbone Diagram .	If a milestone has submilestones, a Submilestones= `<number>` link appears under the milestone node. The number identified in the link shows the number of submilestones for the milestone. The left-most submilestone has the target end date furthest away from the milestone's target end date. The right-most submilestone has the closest target end date to the milestone's target end date.
Display milestones in a Gantt Chart	Select the Gantt Chart tab.	Display dates and values by resting the cursor over a bar. You can see the start date, target date, and completed date, if available.
Sort the milestones and submilestones	Click a column heading in the table.	None
Review the schedule status	See the Status column.	The schedule status shows whether the milestone or submilestone is on schedule. In the Prioritization Matrix, a plot for the schedule status appears on the schedule (X) axis in the quadrant that represents behind schedule (far-left quadrants), on time (middle quadrants), or ahead of schedule (far-right quadrants). A milestone's schedule status is determined differently based on whether using a rule-based status or overriding the status. For information about how the schedule status is determined, see Milestone and Submilestone Schedule Status.