How to Use Project Status Report Template

The one page project status report template has following sections-

The status report is divided into 5 sections which cover the critical aspects of a project -

Now let us see in detail one by one all these sections and how to use -

Project Summary -

Before actual summary of project, it is necessary to mention project details like its name, Project Code and Project Manager.
Once these information are clear now project summary gives an update on project.
Summary should be short update on terms like issues in project, risks and dependencies, project milestone, etc,.

Key Phases or Schedule Section -

This section is further divided into 4 columns.
Phase name - Project phase name
Progress - What is the progress of the phase. In this template it is measured in % complete.
Status - Status of the key phase which is displayed in RAG format.There is a drop down to select and different colors to indicate status.
Finish - The finish date of the key phase.

Tasks Section -

This section updates the project manager with the status of the tasks by having 3 columns tasks completed, task delayed and task planned.

Budget Section-

This section updates the project manager with the financial status of project. Further it is divided into 3 columns Item description, Forecast and Actual.
The template auto highlights the cell value if the actual amount is greater than forecast
Total value is calculated at bottom.

Risks and Issues section -

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