Milestones Professional

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Milestones Professional
Developer(s) KIDASA Software, Inc.
Stable release
2023 / January 15, 2023 (2023-01-15)
Written in C++
Operating system Windows
Type Project management software
License Proprietary
Website kidasa.com

Milestones Professional is a project scheduling software developed by KIDASA Software, Inc., based in Austin, Texas, founded in 1989. [1] Milestones Professional is a Windows-based program designed to create presentation-ready Gantt Charts and schedules for users.

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Product History

KIDASA Software, Inc. was founded in 1989, and released Milestones, Etc. 1.0 in the same year. [7] Since that time, KIDASA has released a new version about once every 2 years, the latest being Milestones Professional 2023. [8]

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." [9]

Milestones Professional is also widely used in the aerospace industry. [10] Milestones Professional has been shown to reduce total project costs through automation. [11]

Reviews

Milestones Professional has been reviewed at 2020Software.com, [12] Golden Triangle PC Club, [6] Bright Hub, [13] PCMag.com, [14] and InfoWorld [15]

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References

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  2. KIDASA Software, Inc. Create Presentation Reports for Microsoft Project
  3. Project Magazine, 2001 Milestones Professional 2000 Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
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  6. 1 2 Golden Triangle PC Club KIDASA's Milestones Professional 2006 Archived 2010-12-25 at the Wayback Machine
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  8. Kidasa
  9. Microsoft Project 2003 For Dummies Appendix
  10. Wesley E. Spreen, Marketing in the Aerospace Industry (2007), page 39
  11. Microsoft Project User Group (MPUG) Focus: Getting Your Project People on the Same Page Archived 2011-01-09 at the Wayback Machine (Jan 4, 2011)
  12. 2020Software.com Milestones Professional Software Review
  13. Bright Hub Milestones - Review (May 26, 2009)
  14. PCMag.com Milestones Professional 2004 Review and Rating (Sep 24, 2004)
  15. Info World Enterprise Functions Enhance Simple-to-use KIDASA Scheduler (May 5, 1997)