Free Schedule Baseline Log Template
Track baseline versus actual milestone dates, per-period variance, and an update narrative with delay causes, so 'are we on schedule?' has a documented answer.
What's Included
This template includes 3 organized sections ready for your project.
Baseline Register
Update Narrative
Variance Summary
Key Features
Everything you need to manage Schedule Baseline Log documentation professionally.
Baseline vs Actual Dates
Record the approved baseline date beside the actual or forecast date for every milestone in one register
Per-Milestone Variance
See the day count each milestone is ahead of or behind its baseline, computed row by row
Status Classification
Flag every milestone as On Track, Behind, Ahead, or Complete for an at-a-glance schedule read
Update-Period Narrative
Write the period narrative that explains what changed, what slipped, and the recovery plan
Delay-Cause Codes
Tag every moved milestone with a cause — weather, RFI, owner change, resource, subcontractor, or design
% Complete Rollup
Roll the register up to a project-wide on-track / behind / ahead count and overall percent complete
Why This Template Is Different
Built by construction professionals who manage real projects.
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Frequently Asked Questions
A schedule baseline is the approved set of planned milestone dates a project is measured against. Recording it lets you compare every subsequent actual or forecast date to the original plan and quantify how far ahead or behind each milestone is.
A schedule update narrative explains what changed this period — which milestones moved, by how many days, and the cause (weather, RFI, owner change, resource, or subcontractor) — so the schedule variance has a documented story, not just numbers.
Yes. Each milestone shows baseline vs actual/forecast, and the Variance Summary tab computes days ahead or behind per milestone plus a project-wide on-track / behind / ahead count and % complete.
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Last updated: August 2026