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Rocket Program Schedule

This program summary, designed in OnePager, illustrates an aerospace company's two concurrent rocket development projects at an executive level. This timeline can be used by clients or executives to understand the overall status of the company's rocket programs.

Program-level schedule for multiple rocket development projects undertaken by an aerospace contractor.


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Rocket Program Schedule Elements

The program schedule uses:

  • Automatic color-coding of each task by the program phase imported from the project plan
  • Grouping of all the related tasks into a timeline for each rocket
  • Percent complete sliders to illustrate each rocket's progress
  • Comment boxes to highlight important developments in each program

This program schedule schedule was built in OnePager, project timeline and Gantt chart software from Chronicle Graphics that imports project information from Excel or Microsoft Project.

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Sample Files

This rocket program schedule was built using the following files, which you can download in Microsoft Project, Excel, Primavera P6, or Smartsheet format if you'd like to create something similar:

Smartsheet Samples

Rocket Program Schedule (Smartsheet).xlsx (Excel for import into Smartsheet)

Rocket Program Schedule (Smartsheet).tat (OnePager Template for Smartsheet)


Smartsheet Instructions

To build a Rocket Program Schedule like the example above, follow these instructions:

  1. Download the sample files above. The Excel file contains all of the activities, and will be imported into your Smartsheet account, while the OnePager template will help define the layout of the timeline itself. Save both files to your desktop.

  2. To import the Excel file into Smartsheet, first log into your Smartsheet account.

  3. In Smartsheet, click on + Start a New Project, and then from the Import tile, choose Microsoft Excel:

    Import from Excel into Smartsheet

  4. Point Smartsheet to the Excel file that you downloaded above and press Continue. On the Import Settings, review the name of your sheet, and then click Import::

    Finish importing from Excel into Smartsheet

  5. Now that the sample project has been imported into your Smartsheet account, go to your desktop, and click the OnePager button.

  6. On the OnePager start screen, click NEW to build a new timeline.

  7. Go to Select > BROWSE Smartsheet, log into your Smartsheet account, and then point OnePager to the example project.

  8. We need to change OnePager's default template to the one downloaded above. To do this, click on Change, and then BROWSE FILES to the OnePager template (*.tat) file. This OnePager template contains all of the data-driven formatting (styles, layout, etc.) that make the Gantt chart look the way that it does.

  9. Once the custom OnePager template has been selected, click on Create New Chart to build your timeline. It should look similar to the example at the top of this article.

  10. If you want to add notes or comments as shown in the example, click on a task and milestone, and then go to Insert > Comment.

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Primavera P6 Samples

Rocket Program Schedule.xer (Primavera P6 Plan)

Rocket Program Schedule (Primavera).tat (OnePager Template for Primavera P6)


Primavera P6 Instructions

To build a Rocket Program Schedule like the example above, follow these instructions:

  1. Download the sample files listed above. There is one Primavera P6 file and one OnePager template file. Save both files to your desktop or to your downloads folder.

  2. Click the OnePager icon on your desktop.

  3. When the start screen appears, click NEW to build a new chart.

  4. Go to Select > BROWSE Primavera P6 Files, and then point OnePager to the Primavera P6 XML file that you downloaded from above.

  5. With the Primavera P6 file ready for import, we need to change OnePager's default template to the one downloaded above. To do this, click on Change, and then BROWSE FILES to the OnePager template (*.tat) file. This OnePager template contains all of the data-driven formatting (colors, layout, etc.) that give this Rocket Program Schedule its specific look.

  6. With the template loaded, click on Create New Chart to build your chart. It should closely match the example at the top of this article.

  7. If you want to add notes or comments as shown in the example, click on a task and milestone, and then go to Insert > Comment.

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Microsoft Project Samples

Rocket Program Schedule.mpp (Microsoft Project Plan)

Rocket Program Schedule (Project).tat (OnePager Template for Microsoft Project)


Microsoft Project Instructions

To build a Rocket Program Schedule like the example above, follow these instructions:

  1. Download the sample files listed above. The Microsoft Project file contains the schedule itself, and the matching OnePager template file has most of the settings that drive the look and feel of the project timeline based on the data from Microsoft Project. Save both files to your desktop.

  2. Open the Microsoft Project plan.

  3. Once the project plan is open, go to Add-Ins and click the OnePager button.

  4. When the start screen appears, click NEW to build a new chart.

  5. Change OnePager's default template to the one downloaded above. To do this, click on Change, and then BROWSE FILES to the OnePager template (*.tat) file. This OnePager template contains most of the data-driven formatting (colors, layout, etc.) that give this rocket program schedule its specific look.

  6. With the template loaded, click on Create New Chart to build your chart. It should closely match the example at the top of this article.

  7. If you want to add notes or comments as shown in the example, click on a task and milestone, and then go to Insert > Comment.

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Excel Samples

Rocket Program Schedule.xlsx (Excel Plan)

Rocket Program Schedule (Excel).tat (OnePager Template)


Excel Instructions

To build a Rocket Program Schedule like the example above, follow these instructions:

  1. Download the sample files listed above. There is one Excel file, which contains the dates and durations, followed by a OnePager template file. Save both files to your desktop or to your downloads folder.

  2. Click the OnePager icon on your desktop.

  3. When the start screen appears, click NEW to build a new chart.

  4. Go to Select > BROWSE Excel Files, and then point OnePager to the Excel file that you downloaded from above.

  5. With the Excel file ready for import, we need to change OnePager's default template to the one downloaded above. To do this, click on Change, and then BROWSE FILES to the OnePager template (*.tat) file. This OnePager template contains all of the data-driven formatting (colors, layout, etc.) that give this rocket program schedule its specific look.

  6. With the template loaded, click on Create New Chart to build your chart. It should closely match the example at the top of this article.

  7. If you want to add notes or comments as shown in the example, click on a task and milestone, and then go to Insert > Comment.

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