Some of you know that I sell a bundle of Project Management Excel Templates. The bundle includes 24 ready to use templates for Gantt Charts, Timesheets, Project Dashboards, Status Reports, Time Line Charts, Issue Logs, To do Lists and more.
Launching these templates is one of the best moves in my life. They have been very well received by project managers all over the world. Since the launch, 300 people purchased a copy of these templates and made their project management much more smoother and simpler. Personally, I have become confident of running online business while maintaining my core principles (which are knowledge, passion, love and humor).
You too can get a copy of these templates and simplify everyday tasks : Please click here.
What do other bloggers think of these templates?
I have asked my friends and fellow Excel bloggers to review these templates and tell me what they think.
Here is what Debra Dalgleish, Microsoft Excel MVP, Author and Blogger at Contextures.com has to say,
Instead of struggling to create your own Excel project management template, you can use this set of templates from Chandoo at Pointy Haired Dilbert.
Chandoo sent me a complimentary copy, so I could test the Excel project management template collection. I’m very impressed by the quality of the templates, and highly recommend them.
Don’t waste any more of your precious time! Order the Excel project management template collection, and get up and running right away. Chandoo has done all the hard work and set up the complex formulas. You just have to fill in your data, and get to work.
[Read her complete review of the templates]
Here is what Jimmy Peña, Excel and Outlook Blogger at Code for Outlook and Excel has to say,
Excel’s robust feature set is unmatched; and these templates take advantage of new features in Excel 2003 and 2007 to provide you with workbooks you can use to manage any project in your organization. You’ll save time and money, and maybe have a little fun while doing it!
The templates rely on the Lists feature (introduced in Excel 2003), conditional formatting and other visualization techniques to ensure a consistent and professional look.
[Read JP’s full review of the templates]
How to get a copy of Project Management Templates?
Like most things on PHD, I have a 7 step tutorial for this too,
- Visit Project Management Templates Page.
- See the templates (click on the thumbnails in that page).
- Select the version you want (we have 3 flavors – Excel 2007+, Excel 2003 and Both) and click on “Add to cart” button.
- Check out and Pay using your credit card or bank account thru Secure PayPal site.
- Download the templates instantly.
- [Optional] Join PHD’s Project Management E-mail List to get free updates.
- Be awesome 🙂
The template set is reasonably priced at $30. That is $1.25 per template @ 24 templates. If you buy the combo of Excel 2007 and 2003, you get 47 templates for just $45.
As a free bonus, you get a 16 page e-book on Making Better Charts and qualify for free future upgrades for 6 months (there is an upgrade coming in April).
Do you own a copy? Tell me what you think,
If you own a copy of the project management templates, just take a minute and tell me what you think. If you loved the templates, just send a smiley using comment box. If you want to tell us how you are using these templates to manage your project, please chime-in.
PS: You can get 6 free templates by reading project management using excel series of posts.
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11 Responses
Ciao Hui,
Collecting Excel tricks under the title “Notable Excel Websites (Non-MVP) Edition” is a brilliant idea…
Thank you in the name of all The FrankensTeam.
On our site there is a box with a picture and text highlighting:
This is a no-MVP site
we think ourselves “bad boys” a bit 🙂
For those who would like to know why our site is a no-MVP site, enough to click on the link:
http://goo.gl/lxDszY
Thank you again!
Thanks a lot
I really enjoyed this (newsletter). I must admit that I rarely read an Excel newsletter (and I subscribe to quite a few) all the way though, but this grabbed my attention and before I realized it, I was engrossed in it. I must also admit that most of this I don’t understand, yet. But, it excites me when I do learn something new in Excel. I can’t wait to see how much of this I can implement into my (constantly-evolving) ‘House Budget’ & ‘Family Medical’ worksheets that I have developed over the past few years! I sure hope to see more of these type of newsletters in the future! Thanks!
Thanks for doing this Hui! I appreciate being included.
I like Tom’s tip a lot. I posted about a tool I wrote to automate this at http://yoursumbuddy.com/tables-edit-query-dialog/
EXCELLENT !
Hui, This post is Superb! More over I have always been a fan of Roberto’s work and have learnt a lot from him.
Here are some of my recent contributions
1. Customising markers in a chart – http://www.goodly.co.in/customize-markers-in-a-chart/
2. Charting Hacks to work faster – http://www.goodly.co.in/5-charting-hacks-to-help-you-work-faster/
3. 7 Date formulas to make life easy – http://www.goodly.co.in/date-formulas-in-excel/
4. Customised scrollbar using VBA – http://www.goodly.co.in/customized-scroll-bar-in-excel/
5. Adding Direct Legends – http://www.goodly.co.in/customized-scroll-bar-in-excel/
Hope everyone enjoys!
I like the Excel Ninja Menus.
1. Select a cell or range then move till the 4-way cross appears. Right-Click and drag the selection to another place in the worksheet then, like a ninja, a menu full of skills and throwing stars pops up allowing me to do all kinds of awesomeness.
2. When you click the fill box on a Date and right click and drag it down, a lot of amazing Date options pop up.
I also brand my Excel to remind myself that I’m awesome. In my personal macro workbook I place the following code.
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
Application.Caption = “SuperKrishna’s Awesomeness”
End Sub
My favorite tip goes along with #17. If you try to copy subtotaled data (and in earlier Excel versions filtered data),when you paste it all the data displays instead of just the summarized data.
To get around this, select your summarized data, click on Find and Select tab and then select Go to Special. Click Visible cells Only and click OK. Now paste and you will see that only the summarized data has been copied.
You can also go CTRL+G and then click the Special icon at the bottom of the dialog box.
What a great idea, Chandoo! I’d love to be included in your next edition:) Perhaps a VBA exclusive version?
@Ryan
I will review this concept about 6 months out from the original post and be sure to keep your site in mind
Hui…
That sounds great, Hui:) I just realized I gave credit to Chandoo for the idea and I should have attributed it to you.
Sorry about that!