The purpose of a project report is to serve as a basis for decision-making and in determining whether the project is being carried out according to plan. This article allows you to have the exact guidelines of how to build a project report successfully.
The types of project reports in project management are the following:
This type of project report provides a summary of the status of the project in terms of the highlights of the main or the overarching project, as well as what the team expects to accomplish in the coming weeks or months, the percentage of project completion, and its financial status, since the client, top management and other stakeholders will be interested to know whether the budget allocated for the project is enough or if it has been used judiciously.
This type of report presents data on key performance indicators, metrics for the overall performance and progress of the project, or highlights specific issues and challenges that may need attention from the top management and other stakeholders. It provides information on all the tasks, its status, the percentage of the overall completion of the whole project and it aims to provide all this information to the reader in a single view. By tracking progress of each task being carried out by the team and the overall project itself, a project tracking report is a valuable project that strengthens communication between the units involved in a project.
This specific report tracks actual project progress, including its performance based on the identified metrics and in terms of risks, issues, changes. Aside from that, it also presents a summary of the project status, budget, and deliverables.
It contains a brief discussion of the progress of a project during the reporting period covering all its aspects. It is generally helpful in maintaining and handling all the data related to the project, in a way that is easy to understand and manage.
This particular report provides a comprehensive account of the aspects and important details of the project and the action taken by the team to accomplish the tasks involved or to achieve its performance targets.
Project reports may also be delivered on a periodic basis such as daily, weekly, and monthly.
There are also the following specific types of project reports:
Progress report is another popular type of reporting, it might not be always about a project or business progress but it may also document an individual’s progress. Check best practices and free templates for daily progress reports, weekly progress reports, and monthly progress reports (click each link to check the relevant articles with free templates).
If you just need a general-purpose project report sample, here are a few great templates:
You can also use the following templates on ProsperForms:
