This simple project plan template is a great starting point for building your project tracking template. I often use this by copying and pasting into OneNote. From OneNote I can share the notebook or email the page as a PDF. This template is concise, and focused on getting the project done.
After the project is done dig into your wins and misses using this Simple Project Postmortem Template.
Project Name:
Start date: mm/dd/yyyy
Due date: mm/dd/yyyy
Description:
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(Optional)Roles and responsibilities:
1. Stakeholder / Role / Responsibility
2. Stakeholder / Role / Responsibility
3. Stakeholder / Role / Responsibility
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Project success will be determined by the following conditions:
1. Condition
2. Condition
3. Condition
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(Optional)Project constraints, risks, or roadblocks.
1. Constraint, risk , or roadblock.
2. Constraint, risk , or roadblock.
3. Constraint, risk , or roadblock.
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Resources required to complete this project:
1. (Person, information, or item needed.)
2. (Person, information, or item needed.)
3. (Person, information, or item needed.)
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Milestone 1 [Complete by: mm/dd/yyyy]
Description:
Tasks
[ ] Task description. [Delegated to: name, Due mm/dd/yyyy]
[ ] Task description. [Delegated to: name, Due mm/dd/yyyy]
[ ] Task description. [Delegated to: name, Due mm/dd/yyyy]
[ ] Task description. [Delegated to: name, Due mm/dd/yyyy]
[ ] Task description. [Delegated to: name, Due mm/dd/yyyy]
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Milestone 2 [Complete by: mm/dd/yyyy]
Description:
Tasks
[ ] Task description. [Delegated to: name, Due mm/dd/yyyy]
[ ] Task description. [Delegated to: name, Due mm/dd/yyyy]
[ ] Task description. [Delegated to: name, Due mm/dd/yyyy]
[ ] Task description. [Delegated to: name, Due mm/dd/yyyy]
[ ] Task description. [Delegated to: name, Due mm/dd/yyyy]
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Milestone 3 [Complete by: mm/dd/yyyy]
Description:
Tasks
[ ] Task description. [Delegated to: name, Due mm/dd/yyyy]
[ ] Task description. [Delegated to: name, Due mm/dd/yyyy]
[ ] Task description. [Delegated to: name, Due mm/dd/yyyy]
[ ] Task description. [Delegated to: name, Due mm/dd/yyyy]
[ ] Task description. [Delegated to: name, Due mm/dd/yyyy]
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Copy and paste additional milestone blocks as needed.
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