Activity: Report Status

Purpose Provide regular updates on project status for review by the Project Review Authority (PRA) Escalate issues beyond the project manager's authority for resolution by the PRA
Steps Prepare Status Assessment
Input Artifacts: Risk List Project Measurements Issues List Status Assessment	Resulting Artifacts: Status Assessment
Frequency: Ongoing
Role: Project Manager

Workflow Details:

Project Management

Monitor & Control Project

Purpose

The contents of the Artifact: Status Assessment are drawn from the Issues List and the Project Measurements that result from the Activity: Monitor Project Status. The Status Assessment should address the following:

Technical progress:	Work completed during this reporting period (e.g. tasks completed, artifacts delivered). Highlight any slippage. For the current iteration, report any possible change in scope or quality (in terms of discovered defects that will not be rectified) required to keep the iteration to the planned end date (i.e. to keep it 'timeboxed').
Budget progress:	Spending to date. Highlight any cost over-runs.
Progress against scheduled milestones:	Were scheduled milestones achieved?
Total project/product scope:	Report on the revised estimate for the project scope based on work done and estimates to complete work in progress.
Personnel/staffing status:	Status of personnel. Report any issues or concerns.
Risk status:	Are any risks becoming realized?
Issues arising:	Project issues requiring PRA resolution. Recommend potential solutions for consideration.
Action items:	A list of action items from previous status assessments and their current status.

The Status Assessment report is usually published to the PRA and reviewed during the PRA Project Review.