> This is the Markdown of a Backed Help Centre page, https://admin.backed.giving/help/administrator/milestones/reviewing-a-milestone.md. Every page is listed at https://admin.backed.giving/help/llms.txt.

> This page uses Backed's default terms, such as Funding Round and Application Template. An organisation may rename them, so read each as your organisation's own term if you've renamed it.

When an applicant submits a milestone, its reviewers are asked to review it. You decide each
deliverable, then finish the review.

## Review the deliverables

1. Open the milestone and select `Review`. The page shows the `Submission` number and
   `Your approval limit`.
2. Read the `Submitted deliverables`.
3. Under `Decisions`, select `Approve` or `Decline` for each deliverable. For a decline, give a
   `Reason for declining`; the applicant reads it when they are asked to resubmit. Use
   `Undo decision` to change your mind. The page counts how many are decided.
4. Select `Next` once every deliverable is decided.

## Commitments

When the milestone's template binds deliverables to commitments, the `Commitments` table under the
deliverables shows each bound field and committed budget line with its `Source`, `Commitment`,
`Actual` and `Variance`, and the total of each amount column. See
[Commitments beside actuals](commitments.md#review-commitment-actual-and-variance).

## Compare with commitments

`Compare with commitments` checks the submission against what the grantee committed to in the
application, the funding decision and the contract. Select `Compare with commitments` (or
`Compare again`) under the deliverables. Each flag shows what was `Committed` beside what was
`Reported`, with a link to where each came from and, for an amount, the `Difference`.

The flags are AI-generated and advisory. They never approve, decline or ask for a resubmission;
you still decide every deliverable yourself. Mark each flag `Noted` or `Raised with grantee`, with
an optional comment. If the milestone is resubmitted, the page says the comparison read an earlier
submission; compare again to check the new one.

This appears only when `Acquittal comparison` is switched on under `AI assistance` for your
organisation and the milestone's template has `AI comparison` ticked.

## Finish the review

- `Approve Milestone`, when every deliverable is approved. The applicant is told no further review is
  needed.
- `Request Resubmission`, when any deliverable is declined. The applicant is asked to resubmit the
  declined deliverables; the approved ones stay as they are.
- `Request Reviewer`, to ask another administrator to review. They see your decisions as a draft and
  may change them.

If the milestone's amount is above your Milestone Approval Limit, request a reviewer with a higher
limit. If you cannot finish the review, the page says an administrator who may approve or decline
milestones can.

## Complete on behalf

`Complete on Behalf` opens the deliverables for you to complete for the applicant. `Approve Milestone`
then submits your answers and approves every deliverable at once.

## See also

- [Milestones and batches](milestones-and-batches.md)
- [Commitments beside actuals](commitments.md)