Introduction to Project's reporting framework

There are several types of reports that a project manager will share during the course of a project – for example, feasibility reports, quality and testing reports, risk assessment reports, and resource reports. In the context of this book, the report we are referring to is the project status report. The status report is chosen as it is frequent and periodic and touches upon all aspects of project execution – schedule, resources, costs, quality, and more.

The primary objectives of a status report are the following:

• To communicate timely and periodic progress (updates since the previous status report)
• To set expectations on timeframes and quality (publish relevant dates and numbers)
• To highlight the issues you are battling today and risks in the future (seek help and resources if required)
• To alert everyone on upcoming milestones and deliverables (prepare to test and integrate deliverables)
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