---
title: "Create a milestone"
description: "Turn a task into a milestone and link the tasks that lead up to it."
url: "https://okido.io/en/docs/planning/create-a-milestone"
chapter: "Planning: milestones, sprints, reports"
chapterUrl: "https://okido.io/en/docs/planning.md"
plans: ["Starter", "Pro", "Business"]
roles: "Everyone in the organization"
language: "en"
edition: "2026-10-23"
---

# Create a milestone

> Turn a task into a milestone and link the tasks that lead up to it.

A milestone marks a moment your project works toward, such as the client approving the designs or the website going live. Link the tasks that have to be finished first: the milestone shows how many of them are done, and OKiDO warns you when the remaining work no longer fits before its date.

## Turn a task into a milestone

1. Open the task that stands for the moment, for example "Booking flow signed off". Give it a **Due Date**: that is the date of the milestone.
2. Choose **More actions** (the three dots at the top), then **Convert to milestone**.
   ![The task menu with the option to convert the task into a milestone](https://okido.io/docs/screenshots/en/convert-to-milestone.webp)

The task is now a milestone. On the board it has an amber border and a target icon, and in the task a **Milestone** panel shows its progress.

## Link the tasks that lead up to it

1. Open a task that has to be finished before the milestone.
2. In the panel on the right, under **Milestone**, choose **Add to milestone**.
3. Choose the milestone.
   ![Choosing the milestone a task leads up to](https://okido.io/docs/screenshots/en/milestone-select.webp)

Repeat this for each task that leads up to the milestone. A task belongs to one milestone at a time. The button in the task now reads **View milestone**: choose it to link the task to another milestone, or choose **Remove from milestone** to unlink it.

> **Tip:** No milestone yet? In the same list, choose **Create new milestone**, type its name and choose **Create & Add**. OKiDO creates the milestone and links the task in one go. Give the new milestone a due date afterwards.

## Follow its progress

Open the milestone. Its **Milestone** panel shows the share of its tasks that are done, with the tasks listed below it. Click a task in the list to open it.

![A milestone with half of its tasks done](https://okido.io/docs/screenshots/en/milestone-progress.webp)

Every milestone from all your projects is also on the **Milestones** page, with a warning when the remaining work no longer fits before its date. See [Track milestones and spot risk](https://okido.io/en/docs/planning/track-milestones-and-risk.md).