Keys to Success in Using Miniature Milestones

Here are the keys to success in using Miniature Milestones:

  • Initiate its use at an appropriate time, either early in the project or in response to a crisis.

  • Keep the milestones small, a day or two in duration.

  • Be sure that your list of milestones is exhaustive.

  • Foster accurate milestone-progress reporting.

  • Regularly assess progress, and recalibrate or replan if you start to slip off the milestone schedule.

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