Status Report

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A formal Report on the situation of a Project, Phase, Workpackage or Activity. It is current on the date is was produced. There are various types of Status Report, some to cover routine reporting needs and others for particular situations.

Status Reports that cover regular and routine needs are:

1. a Project Status Report for a non-PRINCE2™ Project. The corresponding name for a PRINCE2™-compliant Project is Highlight Report)
2. a Team Report for a non-PRINCE2™ Project. The corresponding name for a PRINCE2™-compliant Project is Checkpoint Report)
3. Phase/Stage, Workpackage, and Activity Status Tables which are used to consolidate detailed information for items 1 and 2 above
4. a Financial Status Report (FSR)

Status Reports for particular situations are:

an Exception Report (which must include the Project Manager’s Recommendations for how the Exception should be resolved);
an End Phase Report or End Stage Report (which must include the Project Manager’s Recommendations for what happens at the end of the Phase/Stage);
an End Project Report (which can include a final Financial Status Report, a Lessons Learned Report and a Follow-on Actions Report).

Information for the preparation of these reports will come from a number of sources including the Risk, Issues, Quality and Configuration Folders, the Daily Log; the Project Control Folders and the other Project Files.

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Give Advice

Monitor and Report Work Status

Identify Objectives

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The following Product Templates are available:

1(a) For non-PRINCE2™ Bids and Projects:
- a Word skeleton document called "Project Status Report", or,

1(b) For PRINCE2™ Projects:
- a Word skeleton document called "Highlight Report".

2(a) For non-PRINCE2™ Bids and Projects:
- a Word skeleton document called "Team Report", or,

2(b) For PRINCE2™ Projects:
- a Word skeleton document called "Checkpoint Report".

3(a) For non-PRINCE2™ Bids and Projects:
- an Excel worksheet called "Phase Status Table", or,

3(b) For PRINCE2™ Projects:
- an Excel worksheet called "Stage Status Table".

4 For all Bids and Projects:
- an Excel worksheet called "Workpackage Status Table".

5 For all Bids and Projects:
- an Excel worksheet called "Activity Status Report".

6 For all Bids and Projects:
- an Excel worksheet called "Financial Status Report".

7(a) For non-PRINCE2™ Bids and Projects:
- a Word skeleton document called "End Phase Report", or,

7(b) For PRINCE2™ Projects:
- a Word skeleton document called "End Stage Report".

8 For all Bids and Projects:
- a Word skeleton document called "End Project Report", which may include reports produced from:
  - an Excel worksheet called "Financial Status Report"
  - a Word skeleton document called "Lessons Learned Report"
  - a Word skeleton document called "Follow-on Actions Report".

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