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How to Create Key and Milestone Tasks

You can create tasks and milestones from scratch, or you can copy task definitions (start and finish dates, and estimating, forms, risk, and issue information) from a project template and edit them. You can create tasks from the Project Tasks: Task List page or the Project Tasks: Work Breakdown Structure page. You do not have to create a task hierarchy using the Project Tasks: Work Breakdown Structure page, though that is its primary purpose.

Do the following to create key and milestone tasks:

1. Create the task:
   • From the task list.
   • From a project template.
   • From the WBS.
2. Define the task's properties.
3. Design a task hierarchy.
4. Assign staff to the tasks.
5. Create task dependencies.