Template

Weekly task plan template

Use this structure every Monday (or your week start) to turn intentions into owned commitments. It is designed for a 30–45 minute team session and a 10-minute personal pass—enough rigor to align without burying the week in admin.

Run it in a doc if you like—then consider moving the same rhythm into TeamTasks so owners, due dates, and status stay visible all week.

1. Weekly focus (one sentence)

Agree what “winning this week” means before you touch task lists.

Week of: [YYYY-MM-DD]
Top outcome: [Single measurable outcome]
Non-goals (explicitly not this week): [2–3 bullets]

2. Commitments (max 5 for the team)

Each row must have one owner and a due date. If you cannot name both, it is not a commitment yet—it is a wish.

Commitment Owner Due Definition of done
[Ship / decide / deliver][Name][Day][Observable done]

3. Risks and dependencies

Surface blockers early; do not let them appear first on Friday.

  • Blocked items: [Task] — blocked on [person/system] — escalate to [name] if not cleared by [date]
  • Key dependency: [What you need from another team/vendor] — owner of ask: [name] — needed by: [date]
  • Capacity note: [PTO, on-call, release freeze, travel]

4. Mid-week checkpoint (Wednesday template)

15 minutes. Only three questions.

  1. Which commitment is most at risk?
  2. What single unblock action happens today?
  3. What scope will we cut if we are behind on Thursday?

5. Friday close-out

Capture reality and carry only intentional debt into next week.

Shipped: [bullets]
Carried over (with reason): [bullets + new owner/due]
Learned / process fix: [one concrete change]
Customer or stakeholder signal: [one note]

Run this plan in the app

TeamTasks keeps owners, due dates, and team visibility in one place so your weekly plan does not die in a static document.

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