Milestones

Milestones Professional is a software solution designed for creating presentation-ready project schedules. According to the vendor, it is particularly useful for project managers, schedulers, and project coordinators who need to efficiently plan, organize, communicate, and track projects. The product is suitable for companies of various sizes, from small businesses to large enterprises, and finds application in industries such as construction and information technology.

Key Features

Presentation-Ready Bars and Symbols: According to the vendor, Milestones Professional offers a wide selection of presentation-ready bars and symbols that can be customized to visually represent project milestones and tasks.

Customizable Date Ranges: The product provides built-in and customizable date ranges, allowing users to accurately track and manage projects according to their specific requirements. Additional features such as fiscal year options, colorizing, and logarithmic views are said to enhance the precision of project tracking.

Clear and Concise Project Reports: Milestones Professional enables users to generate one-page project reports that provide a comprehensive overview of project progress. The reports can be customized with up to 20 columns, including text, values, calculations, and indicators. According to the vendor, users can emphasize important tasks using symbols or color indicators, and utilize Datagraphs to track costs and resources. The product also offers features like a legend, customizable symbol text and notes, built-in Summary options, Baseline options, and Status features to enhance the clarity and effectiveness of project reporting.

Seamless Integration with Microsoft Project and Primavera: Milestones Professional allows users to transform schedules from Microsoft Project, Microsoft Project Server, or Primavera into presentation-ready reports. Users can import and customize reports from these software packages and update the presentation schedule with the latest dates from Microsoft Project or Primavera.

View Multiple File Formats: According to the vendor, Milestones Professional supports the viewing of MPP, XER, and XML files directly within its graphical user interface. This eliminates the need to have Microsoft Project or Primavera installed on the system, providing convenience and flexibility.

Effortless Data Transfer: Users can easily copy information from other Windows software packages and paste it directly into Milestones Professional. The Refresh feature allows for easy updating of the schedule when changes occur in the source spreadsheet, ensuring data accuracy and efficiency.

Efficiently Manage Multiple Projects: Milestones Professional offers master scheduling capabilities to streamline the management of large or multiple projects. Users can merge sub-schedules into a single master schedule for a top-level view of their projects. The product also allows for symbol links between schedules to effectively manage multiple projects, and hyperlinks within the schedule to quickly access related objects.

Visualize Project Progress: Users can add stoplight indicators, percent-complete pie charts, and status symbols to project schedules to gain instant visibility into project progress. According to the vendor, these visual elements provide a quick and intuitive understanding of project status, enabling effective decision-making.

Comprehensive Project Metrics: Milestones Professional enables users to display key project metrics such as cost, earned value, and other performance indicators. The product offers built-in Earned Value calculations for accurate project performance tracking. Users can also perform mathematical calculations and utilize DataGraphs and ValueSets to visualize project values over specific time periods.

Effortless Report Sharing: Users can easily share project reports through various methods. They can send schedules to colleagues or allow them to view schedules using the free Milestones Viewer. The product also allows for the creation of PDFs or HTML pages for convenient sharing. Users can publish schedules for Internet/Intranet use or copy schedules to PowerPoint or other documents for inclusion in presentations or reports.