Milestone chart example

A timeline is a type of chart that visually shows a series of events in chronological order over a linear timescale.

The power of a timeline is that it is graphical, which makes it easy to understand critical milestones, such as the progress of a project schedule.

Benefits of using Timeline / Milestone Chart:

1. It’s easy to check the progress of the project with a milestone chart.
2. Easy for the user to understand the project schedule.
3. You have all the important information in a single chart.

Steps to Create a Timeline / Milestone Chart

Follow the below steps to create a Timeline or Milestone chart:

Step 1: Prepare your Data.

 In the above table:

• The first column is for completion dates of the project stages.
• The second column is for the activity name.
• The third column is just for the placement of the activities into the timeline (up and down).

Step 2: Select “Date” and “Placement” column and then from: 

insert-> chart-> select 2d chart

The following cha

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