Start simpleBasic plan and above

Simple Project Plan template

A short phased plan with a handful of dependencies, a Gantt and a board. No governance, no extra fields.

Small teams and first-time project leads.

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3 views
7 fields
4 groups
10 sample tasks
2 milestones
10 dependencies
3 workflow statuses

Plan · Gantt view · opens first

What's included

Four phases, ten tasks, two milestones and the dependencies that make the end date honest. Nothing else: no custom properties, no dashboard, no automations. The right starting point when the plan is small and the team is new to structured tracking. Add properties, views and templates on top whenever the project outgrows it.

Views

Plan (Gantt)
Tasks (Table)
Board

Task fields

Status
Timeline
Owner
Progress
Impact
Dependencies
Est. effort

Groups

Define
Plan
Deliver
Close

Workflow

3 statuses that match the work

Statuses are the board's columns and the filters everywhere else. The one marked complete counts a task as done; edit the list any time.

To Do
In Progress
Done

Built-in dependency logic

10 links, so a slip shows up where it lands

The longest chain in the template. Every link is real: the Gantt draws it, the Impact view scores it, and the simulator moves everything downstream when you delay a task.

Agree scope and goalsDefine
KickoffDefine
Draft the approachPlan
Review with stakeholdersPlan · feeds 2 tasks
Build the first versionDeliver
Test and fixDeliver
Ready to launchClose
Launch and wrap-upClose

Delay Agree scope and goals and Depentra shows the 8 downstream tasks it reaches, the milestones that move, and by how many days, before anyone accepts the slip.

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Use the Simple Project Plan template

Create your account and this template is already selected on the Create project page. Pick a start date, name the project, and the 3 views are ready. Available on Basic and above.

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