What goes in each phase of a 30-60-90 day plan?

Days 1-30 are for learning: people, systems, and where the actual problems are. Days 31-60 are for contributing something small end to end. Days 61-90 are for owning a piece of work outright, including its outcomes.

Should I share the plan with my manager?

Yes, ideally in week one. Its value is the conversation it starts about priorities. Publishing gives you a link you can drop into a one-to-one doc.

Is this only useful for new jobs?

No. The same shape works for an internal move, a new team you've inherited, or the first quarter of a turnaround. The phases are about learning before owning, which applies to all three.

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30-60-90 day plan template

The point of a 30-60-90 is agreeing with your manager on what "going well" looks like before you're three months in and guessing. This version is a dated timeline rather than a slide, so the checkpoints are real days and you can send it as a link after your first week.

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The milestones

Roughly 13 weeks end to end. Weeks are relative to the first milestone — set your own dates once it's open in the editor.

When	Milestone	Phase
Week 0	Day one	Learn
Week 3	Met every direct stakeholder	Learn
Week 4	Day 30 review	Learn
Week 8	First project shipped	Contribute
Week 9	Day 60 review	Contribute
Week 12	Owning a workstream	Own
Week 13	Day 90 review	Own

What to put on it

Day one, and the review dates at 30, 60, and 90.
The people you need to have met by the end of month one, as one milestone rather than twelve.
A first shipped thing in month two — small and real beats large and hypothetical.
The workstream you intend to own by day 90.
Anything with a hard external date: certification, on-call rotation, first board meeting.

Questions

What goes in each phase of a 30-60-90 day plan?: Days 1-30 are for learning: people, systems, and where the actual problems are. Days 31-60 are for contributing something small end to end. Days 61-90 are for owning a piece of work outright, including its outcomes.
Should I share the plan with my manager?: Yes, ideally in week one. Its value is the conversation it starts about priorities. Publishing gives you a link you can drop into a one-to-one doc.
Is this only useful for new jobs?: No. The same shape works for an internal move, a new team you've inherited, or the first quarter of a turnaround. The phases are about learning before owning, which applies to all three.

Make it yours in about a minute.

The template opens as a draft in your browser. Edit the dates, publish when it's right, and share the link — it unfurls as a preview of the actual timeline in Slack, Teams, Discord, and iMessage.

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