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Is a milestone task a set date?

  • August 31, 2023
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Hi! I have been looking into adding milestone tasks to a project after creating a milestone pathway. Once a task is assigned a milestone, does the date become set? We are having some trouble with dates adjusting in schedules and would like a way for a few of our deliverable dates to remain fixed in the project and not change if dates around it are adjusted. Thanks!

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Best answer by RandyRoberts

No, a milstone only signifiesa "milestone" in the project timeline. Dates flow on milestone tasks like any other task.

Best practice is to use milestones on parent tasks, so you can group the tasks together under a milestone.

The way to fix a date is to type in the start or planned completion date manually, thereby changing the constraint to Must Start On or Must Finish On.

Task Constraints: https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/workfront/using/manage-work/tasks/task-constraints/task-constraints.html?lang=en

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August 31, 2023

No, a milstone only signifiesa "milestone" in the project timeline. Dates flow on milestone tasks like any other task.

Best practice is to use milestones on parent tasks, so you can group the tasks together under a milestone.

The way to fix a date is to type in the start or planned completion date manually, thereby changing the constraint to Must Start On or Must Finish On.

Task Constraints: https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/workfront/using/manage-work/tasks/task-constraints/task-constraints.html?lang=en

TIP: if this solved your problem, I invite you to consider marking it as a Correct Answer to help others who might also find it of use.
If you like my content, please take a moment to view and vote on my Idea Requests: https://tinyurl.com/mysocalledideas