While project plan templates share some key criteria and characteristics—such as tasks, assignments, deadlines and milestones—they are customizable and come in a variety of formats, layouts and designs. Below are some project plan templates that can be used depending on your project and industry.

Here are nine free project plan templates with varying use cases:

Basic Project Plan in Word or Excel

Depending on your budget and project planning needs, you may find what you need in Microsoft Word or Excel. In this template, the project plan includes the activity/tasks, assigned party, start and end dates, duration and status. This template is a good option if your project doesn’t have cross-functional and overlapping tasks.

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Agile Project Plan Template in Google Docs

Agile project management is a popular way to track roles, responsibilities, deadlines, budgets, progress and other aspects of a project. Agile project management breaks projects into sub-projects, typically referred to as sprints. At the end of each sprint, the team makes adjustments for the next phase of the project.

This Agile project plan template—which is available on Google Docs—includes all of the key aspects of an Agile project plan. The template separates phases into sprints.

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Weekly Project Plan With Daily Tasks

If your project has daily tasks throughout the week, this simple and user-friendly project plan can provide a good starting point.

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Gantt Project Plan

Many project managers use Gantt charts, which present all relevant information in a horizontal bar graph. This project plan template uses a Gantt chart that breaks down the project by phase and task, and includes start and end dates, responsible parties and status.

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HR Project Planning Template

Human resources teams have several tasks and projects, both short and long term, and this HR-focused planning template can help track those projects. It includes priority indicators, status and assignees for each task. Project managers and team leads can also segregate tasks by phase too.

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Product Marketing Project Planning Template

When launching a new product, marketing teams can use this planning template to plan and track tasks and projects involved with the launch. The template also includes customizable viewing options so you can share with other stakeholders.

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Content Calendar Template

For teams that create and publish content, this content/editorial planning template offers a calendar view to easily see what is being published and when. Teams can also differentiate assignments and content with color coding. The content can be assigned to the responsible person(s).

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Kanban Planning Template

A Kanban board is a helpful project management tool that allows teams to manage tasks, view workflow and facilitate communication. This Kanban board template includes tasks, assignees and status. It separates tasks into categories such as “new requests,” “backlog,” “in progress” and “completed.”

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New Product Planning Template

If your team is planning to design and manufacture a new product, there are several steps involved across several teams—from design and engineering to marketing and sales. This new product planning template provides a road map within and across teams, and it provides a good starting point that can be customized to meet your needs.

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