Organize your Hierarchy for project management

Your ClickUp Workspace represents your entire company and all its departments.

The flexible Hierarchy permits you to set up your Workspace in several ways. Below are our recommendations for project management.

Get started now using our Project Management template!

Spaces

Create one project management Space to hold all of your Folders.

You can create views at this level to search, filter, sort, and group tasks for a high-level overview.

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Phased project Folders

Create one Folder for each of your phased projects. These are typically multi-step, large scale projects that will take weeks or months to complete.

We recommend creating the following Lists in each phased project Folder to categorize your tasks:

  • Program Management
  • Phase 1: Discovery
  • Phase 2: Implement
  • Phase 3: Launch
  • Phase 4: Post Launch

Cross-functional project Folders

Create one Folder for each of your cross-functional projects. These are typically larger projects involving multiple teams at your company.

In these Folders, we recommend creating one Program Management List and a List for each involved team. For example, your cross-functional project Folder might include the following Lists:

  • Program Management
  • Sales Team
  • PS Team
  • CSM Team

Other Folders and Lists

In addition to your phased and cross-functional project Folders, we recommend creating the following Folders and Lists or a variation of them:

Folder Description Recommended Lists
OKRs Consolidate all of your objectives and key results in one Folder.
  • OKR Planning
  • The current calendar year
Portfolio Access your roadmap and get an overview of the health of your projects.
  • Roadmap
  • Project Health
Simple Projects Access all of your small or less complex projects in one place. Create one List for each project

Use Tasks In Multiple Lists to add tasks to these project management Lists!