Milestones Professional
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Milestones Professional is a project scheduling software
developed by KIDASA Software, Inc., based in Austin, Texas
, founded in 1989. Milestones Professional is a Windows-based
program designed to create presentation-ready Gantt Chart
s and schedules for users.
The software is designed with mostly presentation in mind, with "Microsoft Project 2003 for Dummies" noting that, "Milestones Professional 2002's strength is in the way it allows you to communicate project information. Using Milestones Professional you can customize schedules to print out and distribute with a handy viewer for those who neither have Project nor Milestones, publish to the internet with an easy-to-use feature, and generate color reports to add an impact to project presentations."
Milestones Professional is also widely used in the aerospace industry. Milestones Professional has been shown to reduce total project costs through automation.
Schedule (project management)
In project management, a schedule consists of a list of a project's terminal elements with intended start and finish dates. Terminal elements are the lowest element in a schedule, which is not further subdivided...
developed by KIDASA Software, Inc., based in Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
, founded in 1989. Milestones Professional is a Windows-based
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
program designed to create presentation-ready Gantt Chart
Gantt chart
A Gantt chart is a type of bar chart that illustrates a project schedule. Gantt charts illustrate the start and finish dates of the terminal elements and summary elements of a project. Terminal elements and summary elements comprise the work breakdown structure of the project. Some Gantt charts...
s and schedules for users.
Product History
KIDASA Software, Inc. was founded in 1989, and released Milestones, Etc. 1.0 in the same year. Since that time, KIDASA has released a new version about once every 2 years, the latest being Milestones Professional 2010. The company also has a lower-priced version with less features, called Milestones Simplicity.The software is designed with mostly presentation in mind, with "Microsoft Project 2003 for Dummies" noting that, "Milestones Professional 2002's strength is in the way it allows you to communicate project information. Using Milestones Professional you can customize schedules to print out and distribute with a handy viewer for those who neither have Project nor Milestones, publish to the internet with an easy-to-use feature, and generate color reports to add an impact to project presentations."
Milestones Professional is also widely used in the aerospace industry. Milestones Professional has been shown to reduce total project costs through automation.