Introduction
You can track project milestones using the Infobar section in the Gantt module in BigPicture PPM for monday.com. Just navigate to the selected milestone by clicking on the "Target" icon next to the milestone on the list.
Convert tasks to milestones
Milestones can be interpreted as:
Markers of reaching an identifiable stage in any task or project.
Software release life cycle states.
On the timeline, milestones are represented as diamonds (???). The milestone duration is always one day.
Convert a single task to a milestone
To convert a task to a milestone or vice versa:
Right-click on the selected task (on the task list)
Choose “Convert to milestone”.
Use the ". . ." button in the vertical dialog.
You can also use inline editing to turn a task into a milestone.
You cannot convert a parent task to a milestone.
Start/end date recalculation
If the task duration is more than 1 day, its end date is set as the milestone start and end dates. The milestone duration is always one day so the start date is the same as the end date.
During the conversion, the end date is synchronized with the start date. The end date becomes the milestone position.
Changing the start date does NOT impact the end date. After refreshing the page, the start date is automatically set to the same date as the end date.
Changing the end date impacts the start date. After refreshing the page, the start date is automatically updated to be the same as the new end date.
Convert multiple to milestones / tasks
Use the multi-select option to select a few tasks and milestones and right-click to "Convert all to...":
Milestone
Task
When you select a milestone and a task and right-click "Convert all to.. > Task":
A milestone is converted into a task
A task remains unchanged because it is already a task
Convert a task with one date to a milestone
When a task with one date (“Start Date” or “End Date”) is converted to a milestone, the “Start Date” becomes the same as the “End Date”.
Create a basic task as a milestone
Click the + (plus icon) > Create task > Basic task.
Fill in the task information.
Activate the toggle switch.
Milestone overview - Infobar
You can show the list of milestones using Gantt's Infobar:
Only milestones expanded on the Gantt chart are visible on the list.
If a user wants to see only milestones from selected parent tasks, they need to expand those parent tasks and collapse parent tasks they are not interested in.
If a user wants to see all the milestones in the program, they need to expand all of the tasks by clicking "Expand all" on a tree root column header.