How to build a Project Management Template in Notion?

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Notion offers a single space where you can think, write, and plan. It is an excellent app for organizing your personal life, managing business projects or even running your company.

The magic of Notion lies in its versatility. Whatever organizational system you need for your day-to-day tasks, you will likely be able to create it in Notion.

Unsurprisingly, Notion’s flexibility has led to its rise as the project management app of choice for a growing number of businesses.

But is Notion actually good for project management?

Of course, you could use Todoist, Asana, or zillions of other apps for that purpose as well. However, the problem with these apps is that they hardly allow for any customization.

In my work as a Notion consultant, I am again and again asked to build a personalized project management system in Notion.

For every company, there are features and functionalities that need to be customized. Still, what I realized is, that the core of almost all project management systems stays the same and consists of 3 different databases that are connected with simple relations.

1. Task List Database