Project Planning Templates

Projects fail in the planning gap — the space between "we should" and "who does what by when." This collection gathers AFFiNE's free project planning templates: planning canvases, campaign boards, timelines, and milestone trackers that close that gap on one page.

Each template pairs a plan document with visual boards: duplicate a layout, define scope and owners, break the work into milestones, and track status where the whole team can see it. Docs, whiteboards, and databases live in the same workspace, so the plan and the work stay attached.

Pick the planning format your project needs below.

FAQ

What should a project plan include?

Objective, scope (and explicit non-scope), owners, milestones with dates, risks, and how status gets reported. One page covers it for most projects — plans fail from being unread far more often than from being short.

How do I plan a project timeline?

Work backward from the deadline: place the milestones, then the dependencies between them, then add buffer where the risk is. The timeline templates here make dependencies visual, which is where deadline surprises hide.

Can teams use these templates together?

Yes — duplicate into a shared workspace, assign owners on the plan itself, and let status live on the board instead of in status meetings. The plan everyone can edit is the plan everyone believes.