Creating milestones Before you start creating milestones, you must create activities and activity lists. See Creating activities. See Creating activity lists. Select Tracking and Planning > Milestone. Click the New icon. Specify milestone attributes: Name Specify a milestone name. Description Specify a brief description. Status Select Active or Inactive. From the Tracking and Planning menu, open the Activity List panel and dock it to any side of the main window. Drag and drop activity lists from the Activity List panel to the Selected Activity List section. Click Save or Save and Close.