Software release Gantt chart template

Design, development sprints, testing and release. Use it for a release that runs from requirements and design through two development sprints and testing to a production release.

It has 3 phases, 7 tasks and 1 milestone, joined by 8 links, and runs for 34 working days on a Monday to Friday week. The template opens below in the free Gantt chart maker, starting today. Change any task, then export a PNG, PDF or CSV or share a link. No account is needed.

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Tasks in the software release template

Durations are in working days. Predecessors use the tool's row numbers: 3 means “starts after row 3 finishes”, and 4SS+2 means “starts two working days after row 4 starts”. A phase shows the span of the tasks inside it.

RowTaskTypeDuration (working days)Predecessors
1DesignPhase8
2RequirementsTask4
3Architecture and designTask42
4DevelopmentPhase20
5Sprint 1Task103
6Sprint 2Task105
7DocumentationTask56FF
8ReleasePhase6
9Test and fixTask56
10Release candidate approvedMilestone07, 9
11Production releaseTask110

Scroll the table sideways to see every column.

How to use this template

  1. 1. Set the dates. Move a task later and the tasks linked after it move with it. Weekends are skipped.
  2. 2. Rename and resize the tasks. Type over any task name or duration, add your own tasks and delete the ones you do not need.
  3. 3. Check the critical path. Tasks in red have no float. A delay to any of them moves the finish date.
  4. 4. Export or share. Download a PNG, PDF or CSV, or copy a share link. The chart also saves in this browser as you work.

If you already have a chart saved in this browser, the tool opens your chart and offers to load this template instead, so nothing is replaced without asking.

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