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Sprints & milestones
Sprints and milestones are two ways to give a project shape over time. They're often confused, so here's the simple distinction:
Sprint vs milestone
A sprint is a time-box of work — a window in which the team commits to a set of tasks. A milestone is a single dated checkpoint — a meaningful point on the timeline. A milestone can sit across several sprints.
Sprints
A sprint groups work into a defined window. Each sprint has:
- A name
- An optional goal — what the sprint is trying to achieve
- A start and end date
- A status: Planned, Active, or Completed
Once a sprint is active, you can filter the board by it to focus the team on just that sprint's work, rather than the whole backlog.
Milestones
A milestone marks a significant date — a launch, a deadline, a phase boundary. Each milestone has:
- A title and optional description
- A date
- A colour to make it easy to spot
Milestones appear as markers on the Gantt chart, so the whole team can see the key dates a project is working towards alongside the tasks themselves.
Using them together
Use sprints to organise how the work gets done in cadences, and milestones to mark when the things that matter are due. Together they turn a list of tasks into a plan with rhythm and checkpoints.
Ask the Associate
Planning from scratch? The Associate can propose a timeline from your project brief — phases and a sensible sequence of work — giving you a starting plan to refine rather than a blank chart.
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Last updated: 2026-05-31