Project planning
Break a project into verifiable milestones
By SI100x · Published
A milestone should describe a result that you can demonstrate. Smaller verifiable milestones make it easier to notice a missing dependency before the whole project depends on it.
Try this exercise
- Start with a read-only screen using invented data. The next milestone can add one controlled input and its visible result.
- Add persistence, validation and permissions where the project requires them. At each stage, check a normal case and a failure before building more features on top.
- Keep notes about what each milestone proves and what it does not. A local form demonstration, for example, does not prove that a production email provider delivered a message.
Check your result
Each milestone should end with a working checkpoint and an honest list of limitations. Use the evidence to choose the next task instead of treating the number of completed files as progress.
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