Assign target dates and set formal milestones
Applies delivery judgement to place named deliverables on a calendar — choosing target dates, gate points, and milestone framing given client constraints and team capacity.
In / outDeliverable list + dependency constraints + client and team constraints → dated milestone schedule
You might say…
“Setting milestones isn't arithmetic — someone needs to make a judgement call about what's realistic given this client and this team.”
What it does
Applies judgement to place named deliverables on a calendar — choosing target dates, gate points (mid-point review, final delivery, sign-off), and milestone framing given client constraints and team capacity. Used once deliverables and their dependencies are known but before the timeline is computed and rendered.
Trigger: Use once deliverables and their dependencies are known but before the timeline is computed and rendered, to make the substantive scheduling decisions.
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