Sales & customer success Project timeline template

Customer onboarding

Best for activating one newly contracted customer from sales handoff through an agreed onboarding-complete decision.

Best for activating one newly contracted customer from sales handoff through an agreed onboarding-complete decision.

Put Confirm sales handoff and Onboarding complete on one agreed path.

Customer onboarding: make the handoff from Confirm sales handoff to Onboarding complete visible.

Customer onboarding

Use this Customer onboarding template to make the path from Confirm sales handoff to Onboarding complete visible. The schedule gives the team a shared sequence and keeps Onboarding plan approved, Customer enabled, Onboarding complete easy to find.

Customer onboarding: make the handoff from Confirm sales handoff to Onboarding complete visible.

Best for activating one newly contracted customer from sales handoff through an agreed onboarding-complete decision.

Welcome & align

Confirm sales handoff ? Create onboarding success plan ? Onboarding plan approved

Configure & enable

Configure customer workspace ? Deliver administrator enablement ? Run first-use adoption check ? Customer enabled

Handoff & adoption

Hold onboarding progress review ? Confirm onboarding success criteria ? Transition to customer success ? Onboarding complete

Included schedule

14 rows, 9 links, already sequenced.

Explore the schedule to connect Confirm sales handoff and Onboarding complete.

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Milestone
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
1Day
2Day
3Day
4Day
5Day
6Day
7Day
8Day
9Day
10Day
11Day
12Day
13Day
14Day
15Day
16Day
17Day
18Day
19Day
20Day
Confirm sales handoff
Create onboarding success plan
Configure customer workspace
Deliver administrator enablement
Run first-use adoption check
Hold onboarding progress review
Confirm onboarding success criteria

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Schedule details

Complete schedule table

Put Confirm sales handoff and Onboarding complete on one agreed path.

Work itemTypeScheduleDurationDepends on
Welcome & align Phase Days 1–6 Derived rollup
Confirm sales handoff Task Days 1–2 2 working days
Create onboarding success plan Task Days 3–5 3 working days Confirm sales handoff
Onboarding plan approved Milestone Day 6 Milestone Create onboarding success plan
Configure & enable Phase Days 7–14 Derived rollup
Configure customer workspace Task Days 7–10 4 working days
Deliver administrator enablement Task Days 11–13 3 working days Configure customer workspace
Run first-use adoption check Task Days 12–13 2 working days Configure customer workspace
Customer enabled Milestone Day 14 Milestone Deliver administrator enablement, Run first-use adoption check
Handoff & adoption Phase Days 15–20 Derived rollup
Hold onboarding progress review Task Days 15–16 2 working days
Confirm onboarding success criteria Task Days 17–18 2 working days Hold onboarding progress review
Transition to customer success Task Day 19 1 working day Confirm onboarding success criteria
Onboarding complete Milestone Day 20 Milestone Transition to customer success

Who it helps

  • Teams responsible for Customer onboarding
  • Leaders who need explicit ownership, decisions, and timing across customer-facing work

What is included

  • Welcome & align: Confirm sales handoff, Create onboarding success plan, Onboarding plan approved.
  • Configure & enable: Configure customer workspace, Deliver administrator enablement, Run first-use adoption check, Customer enabled.
  • Handoff & adoption: Hold onboarding progress review, Confirm onboarding success criteria, Transition to customer success, Onboarding complete.

Adapt after creation

  • Add protected details such as Customer credentials, Live customer data, Contract pricing, Support ticket history.
  • Replace relative working days with the real project start date.
  • Assign one accountable owner to each handoff and approval.

How to use this template

Customer onboarding: make the handoff from Confirm sales handoff to Onboarding complete visible.

  1. 1

    Welcome & align

    Sequence Confirm sales handoff, Create onboarding success plan, Onboarding plan approved so the next handoff is clear.

  2. 2

    Configure & enable

    Sequence Configure customer workspace, Deliver administrator enablement, Run first-use adoption check, Customer enabled so the next handoff is clear.

  3. 3

    Handoff & adoption

    Sequence Hold onboarding progress review, Confirm onboarding success criteria, Transition to customer success, Onboarding complete so the next handoff is clear.

Not included

Planning aid

This public planning aid contains no confidential customer, contract, or production material. Add Customer credentials, Live customer data, Contract pricing, Support ticket history only inside your secured project.

  • Contract pricing
  • Customer credentials
  • Live customer data
  • Support ticket history

Template FAQ

Good to know

What does the Customer onboarding template include?

It sequences Welcome & align, Configure & enable, Handoff & adoption around named work, dependencies, and decision points.

Who should use this Customer onboarding plan?

It supports teams responsible for customer onboarding that need a finite and visible delivery boundary.

How should the schedule be adapted?

Set real dates and owners after creation, then add protected details such as Customer credentials, Live customer data, Contract pricing, Support ticket history.

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