Smartsheet
A spreadsheet that grew up into a full project and work management platform
What it is
About Smartsheet
Smartsheet lets teams manage schedules, budgets, and resources using a familiar grid interface enhanced with Gantt views, automated workflows, dashboards, and approval processes. It's popular with project managers who want more structure than a spreadsheet but less overhead than heavyweight enterprise scheduling tools.
What you can do with it
Capabilities
Build Gantt-chart project schedules and track dependencies
Automate approvals, reminders and status update requests
Create real-time dashboards for programme reporting
Manage budgets and resource allocation in a grid view
Collaborate on shared sheets with role-based permissions
How to learn it
Learning Resources
Smartsheet University's free official courses
Smartsheet's own help centre and template gallery
YouTube tutorials from certified Smartsheet partners
Practise by rebuilding an existing spreadsheet-based project tracker
Pro Tip
Use Smartsheet's automation rules (e.g. auto-reminders on overdue rows) early — it's what actually differentiates it from a plain spreadsheet and saves the most admin time.
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