The Actual Project Milestone Creation Wizard is used to define a new milestone for the selected project.

To open the Actual Project Milestone Creation Wizard

  1. Open an AcV-2 (MODAF), Lr Lines of Development (NAF 4.0), NPV-1 (NAF), PV-2 (DoDAF 2.0), or Projects Roadmap (UAF).
  2. Select a project.
  3. Do one of the following:
    • On the diagram toolbar, click Add New > Actual Project Milestone.
    • On the selected project shortcut menu, click Add new Actual Project Milestone.
  4. Select one of the available milestone kinds:
    • In Service
    • Deployed
    • No Longer Used
    • Out Of Service
    • Other
    The Actual Project Milestone Creation Wizard opens.


The wizard consists of five steps:

Actual Project Milestone name, kind, and date specification

In this step, you can specify the name of a new Actual Project Milestone you are creating.

You can select one of the Actual Project Milestone kinds, which are:

  • In Service
  • Deployed
  • No Longer Used
  • Out Of Service
  • Other

Also, you can set the Actual Project Milestone date and time that indicates the position of the milestone in the project time frame. For more information about the date and time, see Date and Time Settings dialog.

Actual Project Milestone type specification

You can select one (or both) of the given milestone types:

  • DLOD Milestone
  • DOTMLPF Milestone

You can create your own milestone type as well using the Creation Mode and selecting the Create button.

Version Released specification

You can select an existing Versioned Element to assign it as the Version Released property of the Actual Project Milestone. You can also create a new Versioned Element in this step.

Version Withdrawn specification

You can select an existing Versioned Element to assign it as the Version Withdrawn property of the Actual Project Milestone. You can also create a new Versioned Element in this step.

Project status specification at a particular Actual Project Milestone

After creating a new Actual Project Milestone, you can apply the project status according to the selected milestone type. Each milestone type can have specific project threads and status indicators.


DLOD Milestone typeDOTMLPF Milestone type
Project threads
  • Equipment
  • Logistics
  • Infrastructure
  • Organization
  • Doctrine/Concepts
  • Information
  • Personnel
  • Training
  • Doctrine
  • Organization
  • Training
  • Materiel
  • Leadership
  • Personnel
  • Facilities
Status indicators
  • DLOD Absent
  • Not Required
  • No Outstanding Issues
  • Manageable Issues
  • Critical Issues
  • Materiel Solution Analysis
  • Technology Development
  • Engineering and Manufacturing Development
  • Production & Deployment
  • Operations & Support

You can also define your own milestone type with a custom set of project threads and status indicators.

To create a project thread and status indicator

  1. In the Project Thread area, click the Add button.
  2. Specify the thread name.
  3. In the Status Indicator area, click the Add button.
  4. Specify the indicator name.
  5. Click the Fill Color button.
  6. In the Color dialog select the color and click OK.
    The project thread and status indicator are created.

To create a second thread with the same status indicators, select a previously created thread select the Creation Mode, and click the Clone button. A new thread with previously defined status indicators is created.