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What is a milestone
Extended interpretation of milestones: landmark events in the process of historical development.

Milestone Kilometers are stone tablets that indicate the mileage of expressways and suburban roads. Set one every kilometer, calculate the mileage and mark the location.

Explanation: roadside signs are regarded as monuments. Metaphor is an event of great significance in history.

Source: Mao Zedong's Struggle for Building a Great Socialist Country: "This meeting marks the new victory and development of our people since the founding of 1949."

Successful Olympic bid is a milestone in China's sports career.

Extended data:

Milestones mark the completion of phased work in the project, marking the end of the previous stage and the beginning of the next stage. Process tasks are described by conclusive symbols, and the starting point and end point of tasks are clearly defined.

A series of starting points and ending points constitute a milestone to guide the progress of the whole project. Milestones define the exit criteria for completing the current stage and the conditions and prerequisites for starting the next new stage, and have the following characteristics.

1. The hierarchy of milestones, with child milestones defined below the parent milestone.

2. Milestones may be different for different types of projects.

3. The number of milestones of different scale projects is different, and milestones can be merged or decomposed.

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