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Gantt chart templates: fifteen editable project schedules
Fifteen editable Gantt chart templates for software, construction, events, launches, research and more. Each has tasks, dependencies and milestones, and the dates follow when you change a duration.
A Gantt chart lays a project's tasks out against time. These fifteen templates are complete plans you can edit: set each task's length in working days, say what it waits for, and the dates are calculated. Change one duration and everything that depends on it moves.
Start with the project Gantt chart if you want a general plan: sixteen tasks in four phases with four milestones. For delivery work there are schedules for a software project, a website project, an implementation plan and a product roadmap, plus a product launch and a marketing campaign.
For physical and organised work, see construction, event planning and a procurement project. For study and people work, there are a research project, a thesis, employee onboarding, a training plan and a content calendar.
None of the templates carries a calendar date, so each starts from the day you open it. A Gantt chart shows the order and timing of work, not who is overloaded or what it costs; the controls around a project, such as change requests, risks and closure, are collected in project delivery.
Templates in this family
- Project Gantt chart template: plan, schedule and milestones — An editable project Gantt chart template: 16 tasks in four phases with dependencies, milestones and a critical path. Change a duration and every later task moves with it.
- Software project Gantt chart template: discovery to release — An editable software development Gantt chart: discovery, design, build, QA, deployment, release and a post-release review, with dependencies and milestones. Change a duration and the dates follow.
- Product launch Gantt chart template: plan, prepare, launch — An editable product launch Gantt chart: positioning, build, marketing assets, sales enablement and launch day, with the dependencies that decide the date. Change a duration and the launch date moves.
- Marketing campaign Gantt chart template: brief to report — An editable marketing campaign Gantt chart: strategy, content production, creative review, launch, distribution, optimisation and reporting, with milestones and dependencies.
- Construction Gantt chart template: design to handover — An editable construction schedule Gantt chart: design, permits, procurement, site preparation, structure, building services, finishes, inspection and handover, with dependencies and milestones.
- Event planning Gantt chart template: from budget to follow-up — An editable event planning Gantt chart: budget, venue, speakers, registration, promotion, logistics, event day and follow-up, with dependencies and milestones. Change a duration and the dates follow.
- Website project Gantt chart template: audit to go-live — An editable website project Gantt chart: audit, sitemap, wireframes, design, build, content, QA and go-live, with dependencies and milestones. Change a duration and the dates follow.
- Research project Gantt chart template: question to publication — An editable research project Gantt chart: literature review, ethics approval, data collection, analysis, writing and submission, with dependencies and milestones. Change a duration and the dates follow.
- Thesis Gantt chart template: proposal to defence — An editable thesis Gantt chart for a master's or doctoral thesis: proposal, literature, data, analysis, writing chapters, supervisor review, submission and defence, with dependencies and milestones.
- Implementation plan Gantt chart template for system rollouts — An editable implementation plan Gantt chart: requirements, configuration, data migration, integration, testing, training, cutover and hypercare, with dependencies and milestones. Change a duration and the dates follow.
- Employee onboarding Gantt chart template: first 90 days — An editable onboarding Gantt chart for a new hire's first 90 days: pre-boarding, first week, role training, first project and review. Change a duration and the schedule moves.
- Training plan Gantt chart template: needs to evaluation — An editable employee training plan Gantt chart: needs analysis, content, pilot, delivery in waves, assessment and evaluation, with dependencies and milestones. Change a duration and the dates follow.
- Product roadmap Gantt chart template: four quarters — An editable product roadmap Gantt chart: four quarterly themes with initiatives, dependencies and release milestones. Change a duration and every dependent initiative moves.
- Procurement project Gantt chart template: need to contract — An editable procurement project Gantt chart: requirements, market engagement, tender, evaluation, negotiation, award and contract, with dependencies and milestones. Change a duration and the dates follow.
- Content calendar Gantt chart template: four-week cycle — An editable content calendar Gantt chart for a monthly content cycle: planning, briefs, writing, design, review, scheduling, publishing and performance review, with dependencies and milestones.
- Excel Gantt chart template: a task table that draws and reschedules itself — An Excel-friendly Gantt chart template: a 14-task budget-cycle plan as a table you can copy into Excel and paste back, with dependencies, milestones and calculated dates that Excel cannot do natively.
- CSV Gantt chart template: the file format and the schedule it draws — A CSV Gantt chart template: a 14-task data migration plan, the CSV that describes it (Task, Group, Duration, Depends on) and the calculated schedule. See exactly what to type, quote and paste.
- New product introduction Gantt chart template: design to first shipment — An editable Gantt chart for introducing a new physical product: requirements, design freeze, prototype and test, tooling, pilot run, qualification and a go-live decision, with dependencies and milestones.
- Software release Gantt chart template: code freeze to production — An editable software release Gantt chart: feature complete, code freeze, regression, performance and acceptance testing, release sign-off, deployment, smoke test and early monitoring, with dependencies and milestones.
- Hiring plan Gantt chart template: from approved role to start date — An editable hiring plan Gantt chart: headcount approval, job description, sourcing, screening, interviews, work sample, references, offer, notice period and start date, with dependencies and milestones.
- Process implementation Gantt chart template: pilot, go/no-go, rollout — An editable Gantt chart for putting a redesigned process into use: baseline, sign-off, SOP updates, training, a pilot, a go/no-go gate, rollout and stabilisation. Change a duration and the dates follow.
- Change management Gantt chart template: people, comms, training, rollout — An editable change management plan on one timeline: stakeholder analysis, communications, training, process and system changes, a pilot, a go/no-go and stabilisation. Edit a duration and the dates follow.
- CAPA Gantt chart template for corrective and preventive action plans — An editable CAPA Gantt chart: containment, evidence and root cause, an approved action plan, corrective and preventive actions, an effectiveness check window and closure review, with dependencies and milestones.
- QMS implementation Gantt chart template for an ISO 9001 style project — An editable Gantt chart for implementing a quality management system: gap analysis, policy, process mapping, procedures, training, internal audit, management review and the external audit as waits.
- RFP project Gantt chart template for a buyer-side tender — An editable RFP project Gantt chart for the buyer: requirements, drafting and legal review, issue, the supplier question window, a fixed response period, parallel evaluation, demos, negotiation, award and handover.
- Production ramp-up Gantt chart template with yield and rate gates — An editable production ramp-up Gantt chart: line readiness, first articles, a yield gate, a staged rate ramp with staffing and supplier volume, a rate gate and handover to operations, with dependencies.
- Equipment installation Gantt chart template with FAT and SAT — An editable equipment installation Gantt chart: foundations and utilities, vendor build and FAT, delivery and rigging, install and connect, commissioning, site acceptance test and handover, with dependencies.
- Maintenance shutdown Gantt chart template: freeze to restart — An editable maintenance shutdown Gantt chart: scope freeze, long-lead parts, contractors, a readiness gate, the shutdown window and restart, with dependencies, overlaps and milestones.
- Renovation Gantt chart template: design to handover — An editable renovation Gantt chart: design, permits, strip-out, structure, first fix, plaster, second fix, finishes and snagging, with trades that overlap and wait on deliveries.
- Construction handover Gantt chart: snagging to final certificate — An editable construction handover Gantt chart: snagging, commissioning, as-built drawings and O&M manuals, training, practical completion and a defects period, with dependencies and milestones.
- Project recovery plan Gantt chart template for a late project — An editable project recovery Gantt chart: assess what is left, cut scope, rebuild the plan from the remaining work, shorten the critical chain and deliver the priority scope first, with dependencies and milestones.
- Cloud migration Gantt chart template with waves and cutover — An editable cloud migration Gantt chart: discovery, dependency mapping, a landing zone built in parallel, migration waves, cutover rehearsal, hypercare and decommissioning, with dependencies and milestones.
- Data migration Gantt chart template from profiling to sign-off — An editable data migration Gantt chart: profiling, mapping, cleansing, trial loads, reconciliation, a source freeze, the final load and sign-off, with dependencies, overlaps and milestones.
- ERP implementation Gantt chart template with build and test cycles — An editable ERP implementation Gantt chart: fit-gap, module-by-module build, two data load cycles, integration and two UAT cycles, cutover rehearsal, go-live decision and hypercare, with dependencies.
- Consulting project Gantt chart template with client review waits — An editable consulting project Gantt chart: contract and access, kick-off, discovery, client review waits, design workshops, steering meeting, deliverable acceptance, final readout and handover, with dependencies.
- Year-end close Gantt chart template for finance teams — An editable year-end close Gantt chart: cut-offs, subledger close, reconciliations, accruals, review and audit hand-off in working days. The same shape works for a monthly close.
- Budget planning Gantt chart template for the annual budget cycle — An editable budget planning Gantt chart: guidance issue, department submissions, review rounds, consolidation, leadership review and approval, with dependencies and milestones in working days.
- Supplier onboarding Gantt chart template with trial period — An editable supplier onboarding Gantt chart: due diligence, risk assessment, contract, systems setup, a first order and a trial period, with dependencies and milestones for approval, signature and sign-off.
- Contract renewal Gantt chart template with notice period — An editable contract renewal Gantt chart: review, benchmark, negotiate, approve and sign, with the notice period as a fixed wait, dependencies and milestones for the renewal route and confirmation.
- SEO project Gantt chart template: audit, fixes, content, links — An editable SEO project Gantt chart: audit, keyword research, technical fixes, content, publication, outreach and a measurement wait, with dependencies and milestones. Durations are illustrative.
- Conference planning Gantt chart template: venue to follow-up — An editable conference planning Gantt chart: venue contract, call for speakers, programme, sponsors, registration, operations, the event days and follow-up, with dependencies and milestones. Durations are illustrative.
- Audit preparation Gantt chart template with mock audit — An editable audit preparation Gantt chart: scope, evidence request list, collection, document review, gap closure, a mock audit, audit support days and finding responses, with dependencies and four milestones.
- Business continuity programme Gantt chart template with exercises — An editable Gantt chart for implementing a business continuity programme: impact analysis, risk assessment, recovery strategies, plans, training, tabletop and technical exercises, remediation and a maintenance cycle.
- Clinical trial Gantt chart template with site activation waves — An editable clinical trial Gantt chart: ethics and authority approval, site activation in three waves, overlapping enrolment and follow-up, database lock and the study report, with gates and start-to-start links.
- Computer system validation Gantt chart template with IQ, OQ and PQ — An editable computer system validation Gantt chart: validation plan, requirements, risk, configuration, IQ/OQ/PQ scripts written alongside the build, deviations, traceability review, report and release.
- Medical device development Gantt chart with design reviews and V&V — An editable medical device development Gantt chart: design inputs, design and development, verification, validation and design transfer, with a risk file kept in step and milestones for each gate.
- Analytical method validation Gantt chart with overlapping runs — An editable Gantt chart for laboratory method validation: protocol, reference standards lead time, overlapping validation runs, out-of-spec investigation, report and approval, with four milestones.
- Regulatory submission Gantt chart template with response window — An editable regulatory submission Gantt chart: gap analysis, parallel module authoring, internal review, publishing, submission and a window for answering questions, with dependencies and milestones.
- Client implementation Gantt chart template: kickoff to handover — An editable Gantt chart for a vendor implementing its product for a customer: kickoff, requirements, configuration, data migration, UAT, go live and hypercare, with client-side inputs shown as explicit gates.
- CRM implementation Gantt chart template with a data quality gate — An editable CRM implementation Gantt chart: sales process mapping, dedupe and cleanup before migration, pipeline and field setup, email, calendar and marketing links, UAT, a pilot team, wider rollout and an adoption check.
- Digital transformation Gantt chart template with selection gate and pilots — An editable digital transformation Gantt chart: current-state assessment, target operating model, technology selection, parallel pilots, change and training, phased rollout waves and stabilization, with milestones at each gate.
- Factory setup Gantt chart template: empty building to first approved production — An editable Gantt chart for setting up a new factory or production site: permits, building works, long-lead equipment, utilities, installation, commissioning, validation and training, up to the first approved production.
- Market expansion Gantt chart template with entry gate and entity setup — An editable Gantt chart for entering a new country: research, a go/no-go gate, entity setup, localization, partners, hiring, logistics, launch and a first-quarter review, with dependencies and milestones.
- Merger and acquisition integration Gantt chart with Day 1 and 100-day review — An editable post-deal integration Gantt chart: integration office, Day-1 readiness, finance, HR and payroll, systems, contracts and communications, with milestones for Day 1 and the 100-day review.
- Office relocation Gantt chart template with lease and move weekend — An editable office relocation Gantt chart: lease, design and fit-out, furniture and network lead times, notice at the old premises, IT cutover, move weekend and snagging, with dependencies and milestones.
- Store opening Gantt chart template: signed lease to grand opening — An editable store opening Gantt chart: lease and landlord works, fit-out permits, shop fit, fixtures, POS, stock, store team and a soft opening before the grand opening, with dependencies and milestones.
- Restaurant opening Gantt chart template: licences, build-out and soft opening — An editable restaurant opening Gantt chart: food and alcohol licences, building permit review, kitchen build-out and equipment, inspection, menu, hiring and a friends and family soft opening, with dependencies and milestones.
- Hotel pre-opening Gantt chart template: timeline and critical path — An editable hotel pre-opening Gantt chart: general manager, sales office and pre-selling, three hiring waves, systems, operating supplies, construction handover, permits and mock stays, with dependencies and milestones.
- Franchise opening Gantt chart template with franchisor approval gates — An editable franchise opening Gantt chart for a franchisee's unit: site search, franchisor approval of the site, design and opening, lease, permit, build-out to brand standards, equipment package, hiring and opening crew training.
- Clinic opening Gantt chart template: lease to first patients seen — An editable Gantt chart for opening a medical, dental or physio clinic: registration, payer enrolment, fit-out, clinical equipment, records and staff, with dependencies and milestones up to the first patients seen.
- Pop-up shop Gantt chart template: venue, permits, trading and pack-down — An editable pop-up shop Gantt chart: venue booking, trading and event permits, displays, stock lead time, staff and promotion, two weeks of trading, then pack-down and handing the venue back, with dependencies and milestones.
- Multi-store opening Gantt chart template: three waves, one opening team — An editable Gantt chart for opening several stores in three waves: a standard store kit, staggered leases and fit-outs, one opening team moving from wave to wave, a review after wave 1 and a handover to regional operations.
- Video production Gantt chart template: shoot, picture lock and delivery — An editable video production Gantt chart: script and casting, a shoot, an edit that starts as the shoot wraps, review rounds as tasks, a picture lock gate, then sound, grade and delivery, with dependencies and milestones.
- Animation production Gantt chart template: lock the animatic, then animate — An editable Gantt chart for a short animated film: script and design, storyboard, an animatic lock before costly animation, sequences staggered by start-to-start lags, render time, a mix after picture lock and delivery.
- Podcast launch Gantt chart template: batch recording and directory review — An editable podcast launch Gantt chart: concept and format, batch-recorded launch episodes, cover art, hosting and feed, the directory review wait, buffer episodes and launch day, with dependencies and milestones.
- Book publishing Gantt chart template: from manuscript to publication day — An editable book publishing Gantt chart: developmental edit and copyedit, a cover built beside the text, typesetting and proofreading, print files, retailer metadata, the print run and publication day, with dependencies and milestones.
- Game development Gantt chart template: vertical slice to gold — An editable game development Gantt chart: prototype, a vertical slice gate, code, art and audio in parallel, alpha, beta, a platform certification wait and gold, with dependencies and milestones.
- Album release Gantt chart template: masters, manufacturing and release day — An editable album release Gantt chart: recording, mixing and mastering, a masters gate, test copies and manufacturing lead time, distributor delivery, press and pre-saves, then release day, with dependencies and milestones.
- Magazine issue Gantt chart template: closes, print slot and on-sale date — An editable Gantt chart for one magazine issue: features, ad sales, layout and proofs, a booked print slot, distribution and the on-sale date, with editorial close, ad close and page approval as gates.
- Solar farm Gantt chart template: grid connection to handover — An editable solar farm Gantt chart: the utility's connection study, long-lead module and inverter orders, racking, modules and cabling in overlapping waves, then energisation, commissioning and handover.
- Wind farm Gantt chart template with lifting window and cure wait — An editable wind farm Gantt chart: consent and grid waits, roads and foundations with a concrete cure, turbine delivery and the crane lifting window, cables, substation and turbine-by-turbine commissioning.
- Battery storage project Gantt chart with order queue and energisation tests — An editable battery storage Gantt chart: grid connection, permits, enclosure and power conversion unit orders, fire strategy sign-off, factory and site testing, energisation and grid-live tests, with dependencies and milestones.
- EV charging network Gantt chart template with utility power waits — An editable EV charging network Gantt chart: site leases, utility power upgrade waits per wave, hardware order, staggered installation, payments set-up and go-live milestones for three roll-out waves.
- Substation upgrade Gantt chart template: transformer lead time and outage window — An editable substation upgrade Gantt chart: design, transformer and switchgear lead time, the outage approval wait, a fixed outage window, tests before re-energisation and the return to normal operation.
- Smart meter rollout Gantt chart with pilot gate and regional waves — An editable smart meter rollout Gantt chart: a pilot area, back-office data integration, customer notices, installer onboarding and three staggered regional waves, with gates before mass roll-out and exception visits.
- Data center build Gantt chart: power, cooling and staged testing — An editable data center build Gantt chart: power availability, long-lead generators, switchgear and chillers, overlapping fit-out, five staged test levels and handover to operations, with dependencies and milestones.
- Grant application Gantt chart template: partner letters and sign-off lead time — An editable grant application Gantt chart: scope and partner agreement, partner letters, overlapping drafting, budget agreed with finance, internal review, institutional sign-off lead time and submission, with dependencies.
- Grant-funded project Gantt chart template: work packages and deliverables — An editable Gantt chart for a grant-funded project: set-up and recruitment, three work packages gated by deliverables, an interim report with the funder's review, and the final report, with dependencies and milestones.
- Grant reporting Gantt chart template: partner data and funder response — An editable Gantt chart for one grant reporting period: partner data, finance reconciliation, narrative draft, partner review, sign-off, submission, the funder's response wait and queries, with dependencies and milestones.
- Fundraising campaign Gantt chart template: print lead time and matching gift — An editable fundraising campaign Gantt chart: case for support, donor segments, a matching-gift wait, print lead time, mail and email waves, thank-yous and results review, with dependencies and milestones.
- Community programme pilot Gantt chart template: partners, enrolment, cohorts — An editable Gantt chart for piloting a community service: needs assessment, partner agreements, staff and volunteer training, enrolment, two cohorts with a mid-pilot check, evaluation and the decision to scale.
- Public consultation Gantt chart template: review gate and open period — An editable public consultation Gantt chart: draft, legal and policy review, publish, the open period, response analysis, decision-maker review and publishing the outcome, with dependencies and milestones.
- Annual report Gantt chart template: audit wait and board approval — An editable annual report Gantt chart: data collection, year-end close, the external audit wait, narrative drafting, leadership review, a fixed board meeting, then design, print and web, with dependencies and milestones.
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- Gantt chart dependencies: FS, SS, FF, SF, lag and lead explained — How dependencies work in a Gantt chart: the four types (finish-to-start, start-to-start, finish-to-finish, start-to-finish), lag and lead, when to use each and the mistakes that distort a schedule.
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- How to plan a store, restaurant or clinic opening on a Gantt chart — Plan a new store, restaurant, hotel or clinic opening on a Gantt chart: gates for the lease, keys and permits, the long waits that set the date, hiring and stock around them, and an owner for every group.
- Overlapping tasks in a Gantt chart: start-to-start, lag and lead — Overlap tasks on a Gantt chart with start-to-start and finish-to-finish links, lag and lead. See when overlap is real, when it shortens the plan, and when a link changes nothing.