SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PROJECT SCHEDULING AND TRACKING
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Scheduled start or completion of major deliverables and key external interfaces
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Activity start and end dates of critical tasks
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Expected durations of the critical path
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Dependencies between complementary projects
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Detailed explanation-1: -A milestone chart is used instead of a bar chart for any situation where you want to report in a less detailed way. Since bar chart can scare people with their complexity and often show too much detail to worthwhile on a management level, milestone chart are more effective for reporting to management.
Detailed explanation-2: -A milestone chart is used to depict key events along a timescale graphically. Gantt charts are used to project the relation between the task and the time associated with it.
Detailed explanation-3: -It is a modification over the original Gantt chart (Bar Chart). MIlestone is key events of main activities represented by the bar. Therefore they give an idea about the completion of sub-activities. Controlling can be better achieved with the help of milestone charts.