Interim Milestones

   

Unless the entire delivery schedule is three months or less, a project plan with only four milestones doesn't provide adequate opportunity to manage and control a project. Therefore, interim milestones are established, which each team lead makes a commitment to achieve. This makes issues visible to the management team at scheduled review and coordination points, and Program Management can assess impact on the overall delivery schedule.

Examples of externally visible interim milestones — those announced to the organization at large — include:

Examples of interim milestones internal to the development team include:

Incremental internal releases. These releases are determined by Development, at a maximum of six-month intervals (three-month deliverables are recommended).