The Project Planning and Management template is designed as a generic and affordable Excel based solution to plan and manage any project. Management of the project’s budget as tasks are identified facilitates the processes of business case proposal, valuation analysis, and securing the required funding.
Many of the project management software titles available are very large and complex. This model is 'light', and while it may not have all of the features of a large software title, such as Microsoft Project, it does provide the core features necessary to successfully manage and monitor a project. Furthermore, since it is Excel based, it offers the ability to link data from it to other spreadsheets for financial analysis.
The ability to manage all of the aspects of the project, communicate with project participants and update the plan are a real plus!S. Dawson
The Excel solutions are fully functional for a free 30 day trial period
Requirements
Windows: Excel 97-2010
Mac OS X: Excel 2004 or 2011

This application has made it extremely easy to manage complex projects and their corresponding budgets. My familiarity with Excel allowed for quick adoption and the ability to customize fields with ease.Jason - Capital Business Development
Providing a User Guide for the Project Planning and Management Excel template by Business Spreadsheets