Microsoft Project MPP (.mpp) template examples for download

Mark Whitfield’s IT Project Management (PM) toolkits provide highly comprehensive, fully editable Microsoft Project (.mpp) templates designed to manage and track complex delivery lifecycles. His premium packages bridge the gap between traditional structured governance (like Waterfall and PRINCE2) and modern Agile execution.

MS Project mpp Template file example
Microsoft Project MPP Template file example

You can preview and purchase the complete toolkit via Mark Whitfield’s Project Management Templates Hub or download specific formats from his dedicated Project Planning Template Examples Page.

Core MPP Template Examples & Formats

Mark Whitfield’s templates feature color-coded logic and structured notes embedded directly into task rows to help PMs easily map out dependencies:

  • Detailed SDLC Project Plan (.mpp): Built specifically for Software Development Life-Cycles, incorporating essential stage-gate structures, development sprints, testing phases, and release checkpoints.
  • PRINCE2 7th Edition Delivery Template: Structurally maps out every required stage, activity, and artifact mandated by the framework (e.g., initiating, directing, managing stage boundaries, and closing).
  • Agile & Hybrid Scrum Frameworks: Blends fixed governance milestones with flexible, rolling 2-week Agile sprint schedules, sprint reviews, and retrospective tasks.
  • Gantt Plan on a Page (POaP): High-level visual schedules perfect for stakeholder reporting, summary timelines, and executive board meetings.

Key Features of His Project Plans

  • Color-Coded Tasks: Uses dedicated text colors (e.g., Blue for new artifacts, Black for traditional stages, and Purple for updates) to simplify visual navigation.
  • Annotated Task Notes: Key rows contain descriptions of the required activities or outputs right inside the MPP file notes section.
  • Embedded Best Practices: Pre-configured with dynamic WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) codes, baseline options, and calendar tracking for public holidays and resource leave.

What is Included in the Broader Toolkit?

If you opt for his full premium download bundle, it features over 200 tailored Microsoft Office files accumulated from 24+ years of enterprise PM experience. Alongside the core .mpp files, you receive companion assets on the Mark Whitfield Premium Delivery Templates Page including:

  • Comprehensive RAID Logs: Excel sheets tracking Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies, and Change Requests.
  • RACI Trackers: Matrices defining Accountabilities, Responsibilities, and Communication lines.
  • Financial & Budget Trackers: Sheets featuring rate lookups, project forecasting, actuals tracking, and variance charts.
  • Agile Trackers: Templates for burn-down/burn-up metrics and resource allocation logs.

MS Project MPP (.mpp) template examples for download

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Author: Mark Whitfield

Welcome to my site! After graduating in Computing in 1990, I accepted a position as a programmer at a Runcorn based software house specialising in electronic banking software, namely sp/ARCHITECT-BANK on Tandem Computers (now HPE NonStop). This was before the internet became more prevalent and so the notion of enabling desktop access to company accounts for inter-account transfers and book keeping was still quite a cutting edge idea (and smartphones only ever hinted at in Space 1999). The company was called The Software Partnership (which was taken over by Deluxe Data in 1994). I spent 5 years in Runcorn developing code for SP/ARCHITECT for various banks like TSB, Bank of Scotland, Rabobank and Girofon (Denmark) to name but a few. I then moved onto a software house in Salford Quays for further bank facing projects. After a further 23 years in the IT industry and now a Senior IT Project Manager (both Agile and Waterfall delivery), I thought I would echo out my Career Profile in this corner of the internet for quick and easy access.

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