Project Planner Template for A4/A5 and A6 users

I would like to thank Rose for sending in this Project Planner Template for A6 organiser users. I have also adapted it to work with A4/A5 sizes too.

The pages look like this, starting with the first page:

Pages 2 and 3 are a straight forward To-Do list for the project, this allows you to break down the project in to manageable tasks. 

And the last page is a simple grid which you can use in one of several ways. Either a Gantt chart, or you could use it for totalling costs in different categories. 

You can download the files from here: 

• A5 Project Planner .docx .pdf 
• A6 Project Planner .docx .pdf 

To print the files, the A6 file is set to print directly on to A6 size paper, in most cases you will have to put the paper in the feed tray and flip the pages from one side to the other manually. 

The A5 file is sized to A4, so booklet print the file on to A4 paper and then cut the sheet in half and you will have the file in A5 size. Or alternatively print the file on to A5 paper and scale to fit (71%) and like the A6 you will have to print the 'Odd' pages flip the sheets and then print 'Even' pages.

Thank you again to Rose for supplying the original files. 

This work by Philofaxy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. Please download, adapt, use, share, but don't charge or use commercially.

R.I.P.

It's true. My favorite Filofax form -- the Project Planner -- is discontinued. I exchanged email with a really nice man at Madison Signatures, who contacted Filofax in England and confirmed that they have none left in their warehouse. He has one packet left (A5) and is holding it for me. I obtained a packet from a place in Florida earlier this year. They, too, sent me the last one they had.

The Project Planner form is so stone-cold dead that I can't even find a picture of it online to post here. Since I haven't found any project forms in the DIY Planner that I like as well, I'm going to try to print my own on plain A5 paper, probably from Word or Excel. (Now that's DIY!) Luckily, it's a very simple form, which is exactly why I like it.

I also think I've found out the reason for the discontinuance. Filofax has developed some new forms, and a time-management training program to go with them. The replacement form appears to be called Project/Mind. I actually like the looks of this new set of forms, called Professional System, but I don't think these forms are available in the States yet.

Another alternative is this project form developed by a company called DeVilliers. Again, they seem to be available only from U.K. Web sites, so if you're not in the U.K., shipping charges can be a drawback.