промежуточный платёж(Should any improvement result in additional requirements for which milestones have already been paid, no additional milstone payments will be incurred. I. Havkin)
основные моменты(работы); укрупнённый график(проекта); целевые ориентиры(Lavrov); срок(Butterfly812); контрольные точки(AD); ориентиры; основные этапы развития(a very important stage or event in the development of something • The company passed an important milestone yesterday, announcing its first profits. • The appointment represents a milestone in her career. • to pass/reach a milestone • sth marks/represents/signals a milestone 2 a time in a project by which particular tasks should be completed: Ideally, planning meetings should be linked to milestone dates. • Milestones and deliverables are defined in the project plan.Alexander Demidov)
A terminal element that marks the completion of a work package or phase(Typically marked by a high-level event such as project completion, receipt, endorsement or signing of a previously-defined deliverable or a high-level review meeting at which the appropriate level of project completion is determined and agreed to. A milestone is associated with a decision that outlines the future of a project and, for an outsourced project, may have a payment to the contractor associated with it)
