Workflow made better with Miro’s timeline maker
Plan, organize and track work all in one place with a timeline maker. Communicate timeframes, context, priorities, and deadlines, and create workflows that bring projects to life.
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Create a timeline fast
Make your own timeline in just a few clicks and add structure to your project, tracking deliverables at a glance.
Why Miro is the best online timeline maker
The single source of truth
Turn your canvas into a single source of truth for updates, and keep it as a living document.
Simplify your process
Say goodbye to the usual back-and-forth and streamline your workflow with a visual timeline.
Customize it
Create your timeline from scratch or add one to an existing project using our ready-made Timeline Template.
Get everyone involved
Invite everyone to work with you and get buy-in from stakeholders with a well-structured timeline.
Celebrate successes
Make a timeline to feature what has been achieved and the next steps to project completion.
Easy collaboration
Miro allows you to create your timeline, share it, and lead projects with others in real time or async.
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How to create a timeline
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Start with the essentials
Choose Miro’s timeline builder, edit date settings, action items, and style. To create a timeline with our Timeline Template, edit and organize key points on the timeline, dates, and deliverables.
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Define project or roadmap stages
Gather all the information you need to organize your timeline chronologically, highlighting deliverables, initiatives, and DRIs.
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Make it yours
Add your brand style and customize your timeline colors, fonts, and media.
Integrated with your favorite tools
Ideas, inspiration, and intel in full view. Visualize marketing campaigns and client and prospect info to take action, and track tasks and status updates for the team.
Connect Miro to 1OO+ of your favorite collaboration tools
“Miro helps solve one of the major gaps in product design: how to manage tasks across product designers whose projects are in different tools.”
Jane Ashley
Head of Design at DocuSign
Timeline maker FAQS
There are two different ways to use timelines. When managing projects, create a timeline to guide people on your project roadmap, what is planned, and how it will be delivered. If you add a timeline to a presentation, it works as a visual chronological map, showing the order of events and progress.
A project timeline shows all the practical details about your project deliverables, such as deadlines, assignees, and action items.
A project timeline should include dates, deadlines, task description or title, the duration of the task (if needed), assigned person, and dependencies.
You can use many programs, including Miro’s free built-in online timeline maker. The most important thing is to evaluate whether the software you choose can easily be used with other project management tools or if you can manage your project right where you build your timeline. Miro’s collaborative platform allows you to create a timeline, manage projects and collaborate efficiently with team members in real-time or async all in one place. Try it for free and see if it fits your needs.
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