Status Report with Plan on a Page, RAIDs & Burn Down Chart (Excel XLSM)

BENEFITS OF DOCUMENT

1. Provides a quick and easy way of assembling a status report without building one from scratch, that incorporates all the main headings
2. A portable format in MS Excel that can be used for both internal and external stakeholder reporting for the project
3. Can be adjusted for a PRINCE2 waterfall or Agile Scrum Sprints project as appropriate to your needs.

DESCRIPTION

This product (Status Report with Plan on a Page, RAIDs & Burn Down Chart) is an Excel template (XLSM), which you can download immediately upon purchase.

Example MS Excel Editable Weekly Status Report (internal external reporting) including Plan on a Page and RAIDs log etc. for software delivery.

Tab 1: Contains the main status report which includes; Project summary, progress in this reporting period, lowlights and highlights in this reporting period, tasks for the next reporting period, main issues and risks, client assigned action for this reporting period and next, milestones

Tab 2: A RAID log for the project listing all Risk, Issue, Dependency, Decision and Action.

Tab 3: A pivot table of the RAIDs log which summarizes totals for RAID entries and categories.

Tab 4: A spreadsheet plan on a page of the current project status by Gantt bar task and phase.

Tab 5: A screenshot of the POaP if you have a plan in MS PowerPoint format instead of MS Excel (to incorporate here).

Tab 6: An Agile Sprint Burn down table if this is an Agile Scrum project, to be tailored as required.

Tab 7: An Agile Sprint Burn down chart for Tab 6, to show graphically the current view of the Sprint.

Tab 8: A current organization chart screenshot to show the current resources involved in the project

Source: Best Practices in Project Management, Progress Report Excel: Status Report with Plan on a Page, RAIDs & Burn Down Chart Excel (XLSM) Spreadsheet, i_Pro_PM_Templates