Project management templates for Google Sheets
12 ready-made project plans you can bring into Google Sheets in a minute. Every file lists its phases, tasks, durations, priorities and milestones, with a real description on every row.
The files are CSV, the plain spreadsheet format. Sheets imports it with File > Import and it becomes an ordinary sheet in your Drive. No sign-up, no email.
Every file has the same five columns: Phase, Task, Duration (days), Priority, Notes.
The 12 files
Each name opens the template's own page, with every task, the reasoning behind the plan and the option to open it as a project.
- Download for Sheets
14 rows: 12 tasks across 3 phases (Discovery, Build, Launch), then 2 milestones as zero-day rows.
software-product-launch-project-plan.csv, 1.4 KB about 9 weeks - Download for Sheets
11 rows: 10 tasks across 4 phases (Strategy, Creative, Launch, Measure), then 1 milestone as zero-day rows.
marketing-campaign-project-plan.csv, 1.2 KB about 6 weeks - Download for Sheets
15 rows: 14 tasks across 5 phases (Venue, Speakers, Marketing, Logistics, Day-of), then 1 milestone as zero-day rows.
event-planning-project-plan.csv, 1.6 KB about 13 weeks - Download for Sheets
12 rows: 10 tasks across 5 phases (Audit, Data Prep, Import, Validation, Cutover), then 2 milestones as zero-day rows.
microsoft-project-migration-project-plan.csv, 1.3 KB about 4 weeks - Download for Sheets
18 rows: 14 tasks across 5 phases (Discovery, Design, Pilot, Waves, Cutover), then 4 milestones as zero-day rows.
data-migration-cutover-project-plan.csv, 2.6 KB about 9 weeks - Download for Sheets
9 rows: 8 tasks across 4 phases (Set goals, Align teams, Track, Review), then 1 milestone as zero-day rows.
okr-quarterly-planning-project-plan.csv, 985 bytes about 13 weeks - Download for Sheets
16 rows: 13 tasks across 4 phases (Scope & contract, Discovery, Delivery, Handover & close), then 3 milestones as zero-day rows.
client-engagement-project-plan.csv, 2.1 KB about 9 weeks - Download for Sheets
19 rows: 14 tasks across 5 phases (Concept, Feasibility, Development, Validation, Launch), then 5 milestones as zero-day rows.
phase-gate-npd-project-plan.csv, 2.5 KB about 26 weeks - Download for Sheets
28 rows: 22 tasks across 8 phases (Stage 0, Strategic Definition, Stage 1, Preparation and Briefing, Stage 2, Concept Design, Stage 3, Spatial Coordination, Stage 4, Technical Design, Stage 5, Manufacturing and Construction, Stage 6, Handover, Stage 7, Use), then 6 milestones as zero-day rows.
riba-plan-of-work-project-plan.csv, 4.3 KB about 60 weeks - Download for Sheets
23 rows: 17 tasks across 5 phases (Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documents, Bidding and Negotiation, Construction Administration), then 6 milestones as zero-day rows.
aia-design-phases-project-plan.csv, 3.3 KB about 57 weeks - Download for Sheets
23 rows: 18 tasks across 6 phases (Construction Documents Issue, Preconstruction, Construction Administration, Substantial Completion, Closeout Documents, Final Completion and Payment), then 5 milestones as zero-day rows.
construction-closeout-project-plan.csv, 4.2 KB about 38 weeks - Download for Sheets
29 rows: 24 tasks across 8 phases (Customer portal refresh, Finance system upgrade, Data and reporting platform, Security hardening, New market launch, Process automation, Office consolidation, Skills and training programme), then 5 milestones as zero-day rows.
annual-portfolio-plan-project-plan.csv, 3.6 KB about 57 weeks
Open a template in Google Sheets
- Download the file. It saves as
<template>-project-plan.csv. - In Google Sheets, open a blank spreadsheet and choose File > Import.
- Choose the Upload tab and drop the file in.
- Pick an import location (Replace spreadsheet for a blank one), leave the separator on detect automatically, and choose Import data.
Or upload the file to Google Drive and open it with Google Sheets. Either way, the sheet you end up with is a normal Sheets file; the CSV was only the way in.
What is in every file
- Phase: the stage of the plan the task belongs to, or Milestone for the checkpoint rows.
- Task: the work, named as you would write it on a plan.
- Duration (days): how long the task takes. Milestones are 0.
- Priority: Low, Medium, High or Critical. Milestones leave it blank.
- Notes: a real description of the task, and for a milestone the day of the plan it targets.
There are no dates in the files, because a template has none until you pick a start. Paste a file into the Gantt chart generator and it schedules the plan from the durations. Want to read the rows before you download? The project plan template tool shows each plan row by row.
Need a Microsoft Project file instead?
10 of these plans also download as a Microsoft Project file (.xml) from their template page, with every task already dated. Microsoft Project opens it, and so does Onplana Schedule, the free desktop app that edits Project files without Microsoft Project.
Working in the other spreadsheet app? The same files are listed for Excel, with the steps for that app.
Frequently asked
Is this a Google Sheets file I can copy?
No. Each plan is a CSV file, the plain spreadsheet format, and Google Sheets turns it into a normal sheet when you import it. After the import it is an ordinary Google Sheets file in your Drive, yours to edit and share.
Are these Google Sheets templates free, and is there a sign-up?
Free, and no sign-up with us. Each download is a static file on this page: no email, no account, no trial. You only need your own Google account to use Sheets.
Why are there no start and finish dates?
A template has no dates until you pick a start. Each task carries a duration in days instead. Add your own Start column in Sheets, or paste the rows into the free Gantt chart generator, which schedules the whole plan from the durations.
Can I import it into a sheet I already have?
Yes. In the import dialog, choose Insert new sheet(s) to add the plan as a new tab, or Append to current sheet to add the rows under what is there.
Can I manage the whole project in Google Sheets?
For a short plan one person tracks, yes. A grid starts to hurt once tasks depend on each other: move one date and nothing downstream moves with it, there is no critical path, and progress does not roll up to the phase. That is the point where the same plan is worth opening in a scheduler.
When the spreadsheet gets crowded
Every one of these plans also opens as a real project in Onplana, with dependencies, a Gantt chart and the critical path, on the Free plan. No credit card.