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. [[File:C1.PNG|25px] 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.