Project Timeline Template — Visual Planning — Refront
Create clear project timelines with milestones, dependencies, and deadlines. Share visual roadmaps with your team and clients.
About This Template
A visual timeline communicates project progress better than any spreadsheet. This template creates an interactive timeline from your Refront project data — milestones, sprint boundaries, deadlines, and dependencies — giving everyone a shared understanding of where things stand and what's coming next.
Variations
Milestone Timeline
High-level timeline showing key milestones, delivery dates, and phase transitions. Clean and simple for client communication.
Best for: Project managers communicating project progress to clients and non-technical stakeholders.Detailed Sprint Roadmap
Sprint-level timeline showing feature delivery across sprints with dependencies and parallel workstreams.
Best for: Development teams planning multi-sprint features with inter-team dependencies.Portfolio Timeline
Multi-project timeline showing all active projects on a single view with resource conflicts and milestone overlaps highlighted.
Best for: Agency directors and PMOs tracking multiple projects and their interactions.How to Use
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Create a new timeline view in Refront for your project or portfolio.
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Add milestones with target dates and link them to sprint goals or deliverables.
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Define dependencies between milestones to visualise the critical path.
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Share the timeline with clients through the portal for a shared view of progress.
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As work progresses, the timeline updates automatically based on ticket completion and sprint status.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does the timeline update automatically?
Yes. As tickets are completed and sprints close, the timeline reflects actual progress against planned milestones in real time.
Can clients see the timeline?
Timelines can be shared through the client portal, giving clients a visual view of project progress, upcoming milestones, and any schedule changes.
Can I track dependencies between tasks?
Refront supports milestone and task dependencies. The timeline highlights the critical path and flags at-risk milestones when predecessor tasks are delayed.
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