Phase of Project or Milestones

Project Phase & Milestone Tracking

Clients often ask how they can measure the number of iterations (back‑and‑forth rounds) made to a survey link from the moment the initial link is shared until final sign‑off.
SurveyTester provides a flexible way to track these stages using Milestones / Phases, which allow teams to measure time, effort, and iteration counts across the project lifecycle.

How to use Milestones and related features to track testing phases, issue cycles, and iteration progress?

You can track each phase of the testing process by creating Milestones that represent each round of changes or review cycles.
Milestones allow you to monitor:

Once you create multiple milestones, Survey Tester gives you several views and tools to analyze project iterations.

4. How to Track Iterations Using Milestones

4.1 Create Milestones for Each Round

Milestones can be created based on:

You can add a new Milestone whenever:

This creates a clear historical timeline of testing iterations.

4.2 What You Will See After Creating Milestones

Once milestones are created, Survey Tester populates multiple features automatically:

a. Filter Issues by Milestone

You can filter issues to see:

This helps quantify the effort per iteration.

b. View Issues Grouped by Milestone

Survey Tester visually separates issues by milestone so you can easily see:

c. Exporting Screenshots by Milestone

When exporting screenshots, you can choose:

This enables milestone-based documentation for vendors, clients, or auditors.

d. Insights → Project Phase

The Insights section provides automatic analytics for each Milestone, such as:

This is the closest tool for calculating iteration effort.

e. Creating Phases Using Issue Statuses

In addition to milestones, you can structure workflow phases using:

Filtering issues by these statuses provides another layer of visibility into testing progress.

This can be used as a secondary or alternative method for tracking iteration loops.

5. Recommended Workflow for Measuring Iterations

In the end, the total number of milestones = total number of iterations.

Combined with timestamps, this gives you a clear record of project effort.

6. Benefits of Using Milestones for Iteration Tracking

✅ Understand total number of revision rounds
✅ Calculate testing time per iteration
✅ Show clear progress and quality improvements
✅ Provide transparency to clients or vendors
✅ Make audits and post‑project reviews easier
✅ Create an organized test history

7. Conclusion

Survey Tester does not directly label iterations automatically, but Milestones provide a powerful and structured way to track every phase, measure time and effort, and count the full number of iteration cycles.

By consistently creating milestones for each test round or build update, teams gain complete visibility from the initial link to final sign‑off.