Free project template
Side project launch template with every task dated from the day you start
From idea to a first public version in eight weeks, with a launch day and a week of listening after.
- 4 sections
- 19 tasks
- Opens as a list
- Dated from day 1
Side project launch
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.
Week 1: decide
- One sentence: what it is and who it is forDay 1High
- Set the launch dateDay 1Urgent
- List everything it could do; keep the three things it mustDay 3
- Name it and register the domainDay 5
Weeks 2 to 6: build
- Draft the launch post nowDay 10If you cannot write it, the idea is not clear yet.
- Build sessionEvery Tuesday 20:00
- Build sessionEvery Saturday 9:00
- First thing working end to endDay 22High
- Show it to three people and watch them use itDay 29
- Fix the three biggest things they hitDay 36
- Landing page upDay 43
Week 7: prepare
- Finish the launch post and the screenshotsDay 47
- List where to post itDay 48
- Set up a way to hear from usersDay 49
- Freeze the scopeDay 50High
Week 8: launch and listen
- LaunchDay 57Urgent
- Reply to everyone who says anythingDay 58
- Write down every piece of feedbackDay 61
- Decide the next three thingsDay 64
About this template
Side projects die in the polishing. This plan gets one to a first public version in eight weeks by fixing the launch date first and cutting scope to fit it, then spends a week listening to whoever showed up.
Tips from the template
- Set the launch date and do not move it; move the scope.
- Write the launch post in week two, before the thing exists.
- The listening week matters more than the launch.
How to use it in Palby Planner
- 1Open Tasks and choose Templates.
- 2Find Side project launch 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.