Feature Focus: Milestone Commentary and Page Duplication

A completion percentage tells you where something stands. It does not tell you whether that number reflects three weeks of steady progress or three weeks of a team quietly working around an issue nobody has flagged yet. This May, two new StrategyBlocks features address exactly that: Milestone Commentary and Individual Page Duplication. Here is what they do and why we think you will find them useful.

Milestone Commentary: context where the work actually happens

In StrategyBlocks, most block owners track progress using a 0-100% slider updated as work advances. A Milestone block takes that further. Instead of a single percentage, owners define a specific checklist of steps, each carrying a configurable weight toward total completion. Steps can be tackled in any order and linked through dependencies, where one step ties to the end date of another. It is a precise and flexible way to track delivery on complex or repeatable tasks.

Until now, though, each step was binary. Done or not done.

Milestone Commentary adds a layer of real-time context to that. From May, a comment icon will sit beside every milestone step in the Progress and Milestones screen, available at any point regardless of completion status. Block owners will be able to flag an issue on a delayed step, add context to a completed one, or surface a dependency risk before it becomes a delay. Those comments will display in milestone dashboard objects, so the detail reaches the people who need it without anyone having to chase it down.

The result is execution reporting that answers two questions rather than one: not just “where does this stand?” but “what is actually happening, and what does the team need?” For anyone who has sat in a review meeting wondering what a stuck milestone actually means, that context will make a real difference.

Individual page duplication: less setup, more reporting

StrategyBlocks is well known for its highly visual, free-form custom dashboards, and teams use them in every shape and size. A single-page dashboard works well as a high-level snapshot. For executive briefings, portfolio reviews, or monthly board reports, teams often build comprehensive multi-page dashboards that tell a complete strategic story across several interlinked pages.

Individual Page Duplication means a layout that works in one context can be replicated cleanly for another. Users will be able to duplicate the previous page of a dashboard directly, then use the page reorder controls to position it wherever it belongs in the report structure. Whether that means applying a consistent financial layout across multiple divisions or maintaining a standard format for monthly reviews, reporting setup stays proportionate to the actual complexity of the work.

What these features add

Both features extend what StrategyBlocks already does well: making strategic execution visible, trackable, and easy to report on. Milestone Commentary adds the context layer that turns a progress update into a genuinely useful signal. Page Duplication removes the manual overhead from reporting so teams spend their time on analysis rather than formatting.

Both will be live in your StrategyBlocks environment next month. Log in to find Milestone Commentary in the Progress and Milestones screen, and Individual Page Duplication in your dashboard editor.