Reporting Progress Or Status Template
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The document provides guidance on what to cover in a status update, including achievements and progress since the last update, key schedule dates and implications, updated cost projections alongside original estimates and reasons for differences, and resources dedicated to the project as well as any constraints or alternative suggestions. It advises listing achievements, key dates, cost numbers and projections, and project resources while keeping the update simple and high-level, being prepared to answer questions, and setting realistic expectations.
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Reporting Progress Or Status Template
- 3. List achievements and progress since last status update was given Address schedule implications Highlight those things that made progress possible
- 5. List top high-level dates Keep simple so audience does not get distracted with details Distribute more detailed schedule if appropriate Make sure you are familiar with details of schedule so you can answer questions
- 7. List new projections of costs Include original estimates Understand source of differences in these numbers – be ready for questions If there are cost overruns Summarize why List corrective or preventative action you’ve taken Set realistic expectations for future expenditures
- 9. Summarize project resources Dedicated (full-time) resources Part-time resources If project is constrained by lack of resources, suggest alternatives Understand that customers may want to be assured that all possible resources are being used, but in such a way that costs will be properly managed