Difference between revisions of "Milestones & backlogged tasks"

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Milestone

• A milestone is a reference point that marks a major event or a branching decision point in a project. Milestones have a fixed date and no duration, they are displayed as flags on the Timeline
• If an emerged problem forces you to change the end date of a task, a dependent milestone will not get rescheduled automatically. Instead, the dependency line will turn orange on the Gantt chart, as a warning

   that your project is falling out of schedule.

Create a milestone

• Follow the steps to create a Milestone task

Note: In TMS, to convert the task into milestone by opening the task bar this option is not in TMS. Followed wrike flow We can convert the task into milestone in timeline page

• Click on an existing task to start editing or create a new task.

• In the pop-up window, choose “Milestone” and set the due date for it. Hit the “OK” button to apply the changes

Backlogged tasks

• Click on the task in list view

• If you have a task with no deadline or an idea that you want to keep stored in TMS, By clicking on the “Set date” link

• Choosing that category as "Backlogged" from the date picker menu . Backlogged tasks have no start date and no due date; they are not tied to the timeline and not visible on it. However, you can

   add a time estimate for completion of these tasks

• After making the duration then click on "OK" Button, Changes will get display