I believe that missing a milestone is really a bad thing in industry. While working at General Dynamics Electric Boat, milestones are set and those are part of a contract. When you don’t meet those milestones, it could cost the companies millions (each day you are behind) and it makes it look like our competitors can do a better job (Newport News). This costs the company money and can lead to losing future contracts and people losing their jobs. It also has led to the current employees losing benefits (or so they say). Missing milestones really has a negative effect on all the employees at the company and it doesn’t matter if they were directly involved or not. It’s the same company and we are all in the same boat. When meeting a milestone you are not just doing it for your project, you are doing it for the current and future employees of that company as well.