Reporting and Progress Tracking

Purpose

Reporting must support decision-making without creating unnecessary overhead.

Good reporting shows progress, risk, blockers, decisions, and next steps.

Weekly Delivery Report

The weekly delivery report should include:

• overall status

• progress this period

• planned work next period

• milestone status

• risks

• issues

• dependencies

• decisions required

• change requests

• commercial or acceptance matters

• support required from customer

Status Definitions

Green

Delivery is on track.

No material intervention required.

Amber

Delivery is at risk.

Management action or customer decision may be required.

Red

Delivery is materially off track.

Immediate escalation required.

Progress Measures

Use a balanced view of progress:

• completed deliverables

• accepted milestones

• backlog movement

• user research findings

• technical progress

• risk reduction

• test evidence

• defect trends

• readiness indicators