If you are a milestone verifier, you can use Explore Search on the Home page to find the milestone tracker (MT) to verify.

You can also add milestones to contracts. For more information, see About contract milestones.

In configurations where Ariba Category Procurement is enabled, you can add milestone items from the Ariba product catalog to requisitions just as you would add items for goods, services, and fees.

Milestones help you monitor time-dependent deliverables, and control payments associated with those deliverables. Milestones are also useful when you need to procure resources for a project from a supplier, but you don't know all the details of the items and contractors you will need. You can add milestone items as placeholders for parts of the project, such as setting up a server, and the supplier can fill in the rest of the details when creating a proposal in response to a collaboration request.

A milestone represents an obligation that must be completed by a supplier to properly fulfill the requirements of the requisition. Milestones are typically tied to due dates, and result in payment upon successful completion. You might use milestones to specify:

• A completion date in the progress of a development project. The milestone could require that a certain amount of progress on a project is completed by a specified date, in order to receive payment for work done to date.
• A review date for tracking the progress of services rendered. The milestone could require the buyer and supplier to review progress to date, confirm that services are on time and according to plan, and review the contract for compliance.
• A tangible deliverable, such as a report, a proposal, or other document to be delivered by the specified date (for a Market Research project, for example).

When creating a milestone, you assign a payment amount for the milestone, and designate a verifier to confirm the milestone is complete before payment will be made.