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Upcoming Milestones Portlet

The Upcoming Milestones portlet provides a list of all the milestones for a project. This portlet includes the following fields:

Milestone Name

Displays the milestone name. Click the milestone name to view the task properties page.

Finish

Displays the finish date of the milestone.

Schedule %

Displays a stoplight indicating days late as a percentage of the summary task or project timeframe, which is finish date minus start date. If the milestone has a parent task in the WBS, then the parent task’s timeframe is used in the calculation. If the milestone is at the top level of the WBS and does not have a parent task, then the project’s timeframe is used in the calculation.

The calculation takes into account the milestone status and baseline (if one exists). The color of the stoplight indicates if the milestone is on schedule or late.

Stoplights:

• Green. The milestone is ahead of schedule or on schedule.
• Yellow. The milestone is between one and ten percent late.
• Red. The milestone is more than ten percent late.
• White. The schedule percentage is undefined.

Days Late

Displays the number of days late considering the following:

• Whether or not a baseline exists
• Milestone status

If a baseline exists, then days late is calculated as milestone finish date minus baseline finish date. A positive number indicates that the milestone is late according to the baseline. A negative number indicates that it is early according to the baseline.

If a baseline exists and the milestone finish date is the same as the baseline finish date, then the milestone is considered late if it is not completed and it was due before today’s date. In this case, days late is calculated as today’s date minus milestone finish date.

If there is no baseline, then days late is calculated if the milestone is not completed and it was due before today’s date. In this case, days late is calculated as today’s date minus milestone finish date.

Gantt Schedule

Displays a Gantt chart that shows the finish dates of the milestones. The color of the Gantt is based on the schedule percentage as follows:

• Green. The milestone is ahead of schedule or on schedule.
• Yellow. The milestone is between one and ten percent late.
• Red. The milestone is more than ten percent late.
• White. The schedule percentage is undefined.