PROJECT TIMELINE

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Project Timeline Template
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Jul 5, 2013
Feb 16, 2009
Sep 30, 2004
May 14, 2000
Dec 27, 1995
Aug 10, 1991
Mar 24, 1987
Nov 5, 1982
Jun 19, 1978
Jan 31, 1974
Sep 14, 1969
Apr 28, 1965
Dec 10, 1960
Jul 24, 1956
Mar 7, 1952
Oct 20, 1947
Jun 3, 1943
Jan 15, 1939
Aug 29, 1934
Apr 12, 1930
Nov 24, 1925
Jul 8, 1921
Feb 19, 1917
Oct 3, 1912
May 17, 1908
Dec 30, 1903
Aug 12, 1899
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Project Start 1/1/17 columns used to create the chart

CATEGORY TASK START END COLOR Start Blue Red Green Brown Orange Purple

Concept Dev. Market Analysis 1/1/17 1/15/17 Blue 1/1/17 15 0 0 0 0 0

Feasibility 1/15/17 2/5/17 Blue 1/15/17 22 0 0 0 0 0
Rough Prototypes 2/6/17 2/26/17 Blue 2/6/17 21 0 0 0 0 0
Cost Estimates 1/20/17 3/1/17 Blue 1/20/17 41 0 0 0 0 0
System Design Architectures 2/1/17 2/15/17 Red 2/1/17 0 15 0 0 0 0
Sub-systems 2/5/17 2/22/17 Red 2/5/17 0 18 0 0 0 0
Refine Design 2/23/17 3/5/17 Red 2/23/17 0 11 0 0 0 0
Make-buy analysis 3/6/17 3/9/17 Red 3/6/17 0 4 0 0 0 0
Detail Design Complete Definition 3/10/17 4/9/17 Green 3/10/17 0 0 31 0 0 0
Materials 3/10/17 3/20/17 Green 3/10/17 0 0 11 0 0 0
Tooling 3/20/17 4/9/17 Green 3/20/17 0 0 21 0 0 0
Quality Control Def. 4/10/17 4/15/17 Green 4/10/17 0 0 6 0 0 0
Test & Refine Field Testing 3/20/17 4/4/17 Brown 3/20/17 0 0 0 16 0 0
Regulations 3/20/17 4/19/17 Brown 3/20/17 0 0 0 31 0 0
Refine Processes 4/5/17 4/20/17 Brown 4/5/17 0 0 0 16 0 0
Produce Key Customers 4/21/17 4/26/17 Orange 4/21/17 0 0 0 0 6 0
 Evaluate 4/21/17 5/2/17 Orange 4/21/17 0 0 0 0 12 0
Begin Full Production 5/3/17 5/3/17 Orange 5/3/17 0 0 0 0 1 0
Other Economic Analysis 1/1/17 2/28/17 Purple 1/1/17 0 0 0 0 0 59
Legal / Regulatory 1/1/17 4/19/17 Purple 1/1/17 0 0 0 0 0 109
Sales Plan / Train 3/1/17 4/29/17 Purple 3/1/17 0 0 0 0 0 60
Insert new rows above this one

Margin Margin
MILESTONE LABEL DATE
Bottom Top
Milestone 1 3/2/17 50% 95%
Milestone 2 4/1/17 25% 95%
Milestone 3 5/4/17 10% 95%
Milestone 4 30% 95%
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About
This project timeline template is designed to be simple to edit while still containing
some useful features, such as choosing colors for different phases or categories of
tasks, and optionally
The timeline displaying
in this template wasmilestones as vertical
created using lines.
a stacked bar chart. Each color is a
different data series. Choosing a value in the Color column controls whether the
value for the data series is zero or not. You can see how this works by analyzing the
formulas used in the data table.
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Instructions

Edit the X-axis Min / Max Bounds

You will need to edit the bounds for the x-axis for your particular timeline. Right-click
on the axis and select Format Axis. Dates in Excel are stored as numbers, but you
Adding MorecanRowsenter a date in the Minimum or Maximum bound and it will automatically convert
to the correct numeric date value.
When you insert new rows, you should insert a blank row, then copy formulas down
in the columns with the gray background.
Move the Timeline Chart
If it is more convenient, you can move the timeline chart to the right of the data table
so that you can more easily see the changes to the chart as you change the data
Milestonestable.
The milestone lines can be modified in the table below the main data table. Edit the
labels and the dates and use the margin values to adjust the height. Each milestone
is
Justa separate
clear the data
date series
value ifthat
youuses an want
do not XY Chart type with
to display data labels to display the
the milestone.
labels on the chart.
If you need to add more milestones, you will need to manually add new data series
yourself (you can't just insert new rows to add new milestones).
Modifying Colors
The Color choices in the Color column are based on the Theme Colors, and the chart
series have been set to the theme colors as well. So, if you change the theme colors,
or
The if you want tobox
drop-down manually change
in the Color the colors
column for the
is based onseries in the labels.
the column chart, you willedit
If you needthe
to update the column labels.
column labels, the choices in the drop-down box will update also. To edit the drop-
down boxes, select the cells you want to edit and go to Data > Data Validation.
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Additional Help
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