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Process · Milestone to invoice

Milestone to invoice

A milestone names the deliverable, owner, due date and amount that support billing. Its engagement link makes the invoice action part of the same commercial commitment as service work and contract value. Review the deliverable before asking the invoice workflow to act.

Step by step

  1. Milestone planning Engagement Manager

    Engagement Manager creates the milestone against an engagement with owner, due date and amount.

    • Defines due work and commercial amount
    • Updates Milestones, Engagements, Team members
  2. Deliverable submission Engagement Manager

    Engagement Manager checks the deliverable summary and moves the milestone from Pending to Submitted.

    • Presents the deliverable for decision
    • Updates Milestones, Record attachments
  3. Milestone approval Delivery Director

    Delivery Director reviews the delivered result and approves it for billing.

    • Records approval for billing
    • Updates Milestones
    ApprovalA person approves before the work moves on.
  4. Milestone invoicing Finance Manager

    The invoice workflow checks that an Approved milestone has an amount and engagement, moves it to Invoiced and writes an operation receipt.

    • Advances valid approved work
    • Updates Milestones, Operation receipts
  5. Payment scheduling Finance Manager

    Finance Manager records the related payment with invoice number, amount and due date for collection follow-up.

    • Establishes invoice and due-date follow-up
    • Updates Milestone payments, Milestones
Engagement Manager
Prepares the deliverable; Delivery Director decides approval; Finance Manager handles invoice and payment records; Admin checks permissions.

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