Free project template
Project tracker template with every task dated from the day you start
Any project from kick-off to wrap-up: scope, owners, milestones, weekly status and a proper close.
- 4 sections
- 23 tasks
- Opens as a list
- Dated from day 1
Project: [name]
Days count from the day you start. In the app, pick a start or a finish date and each task lands on a real day.
Kick-off
- Write the goal and what done looks likeDay 1High
- List what is in scope and what is notDay 2
- Name an owner for each workstreamDay 2
- Agree the deadline and budgetDay 3High
- Hold the kick-off meetingDay 4
Milestones
- Milestone 1: [name] ([owner])Day 15High
- Break it into tasks
- Review it with the team
- Milestone 2: [name] ([owner])Day 29
- Break it into tasks
- Review it with the team
- Milestone 3: [name] ([owner])Day 43
- Break it into tasks
- Review it with the team
Running it
- Weekly status checkEvery Monday 10:00
- What finished last week
- What is late and why
- What is blocked and who can unblock it
- Send a short status note to whoever is paying for itEvery Friday
- Keep a list of risks and decisionsDay 8
Wrap-up
- Hand over the finished workDay 50High
- Hold a short review: what to repeat, what to changeDay 53
- Archive files and close open tasksDay 54
About this template
A general project plan for work that has a start, an end and more than one person on it. Projects slip in the middle, when a milestone has no owner or nobody checks status until it is late.
Sections follow the life of a project. Each milestone is a task with its steps inside, an owner in the title and a date counted from kick-off. A weekly status check runs until you close the project.
Tips from the template
- Rename the milestones to your own and add the owner's name to each.
- Adjust the dates once the real deadline is agreed.
- Delete the weekly status task when the project closes.
How to use it in Palby Planner
- 1Open Tasks and choose Templates.
- 2Find Project tracker and open it. You see every section and task before anything is added.
- 3Pick the day you start, or the day it has to be done by. Every date moves with it.
- 4Press Use template. Rename the project, then work down the list.
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Questions
Yes. Copy it as a checklist or print it, with no sign-up. Using it inside Palby Planner, with the dates filled in, needs an account.
Each task has a day counted from the start: Day 1, Day 3 and so on. In Palby Planner you pick a start date or a finish date, and every task lands on a real day. Tasks that repeat keep repeating.
Yes. It's your project: rename it, add tasks, delete the ones you don't need. Save your version with Save as template and it's there next time.
Describe it in a sentence and the AI in Tasks writes a template for it, with sections and dates you can change before you use it.
Run it with the dates filled in.
The templates are free. The app puts every task on a real date.