A weekly project status report template is key to project manager as as it covers the key aspects, schedule, risks and issues.

1. One Page Effective
Project Status Report
A Project Status report is one of the most
powerful tools available to a project manager.

2. Section 1 : Project Details And Summary
Update
 The first section of the project status report template contains the basic
details and a brief summary update of the entire project.

3. Section 2: Project Key Parameters
 The project key parameters within the project status report template
contains the key aspects of the project.
 Each parameter can have 3 statues - on-track, delayed or off-track.
 On-track means everything is fine, delayed means there could be some delays
but still under control and off-track means that aspect of the project is way
off and needs immediate attention.

4. Section 3: Project Schedule
 The project schedule section with the project status report template can be
used to display the key project phases or stage gates.
 You can display the project timeline or individual project phases with start
date and end date with % completion in tabular format. Please see example.

5. Section 4 : Project Risks And Issues
 The project status report template contains a section for project risks and
issues. This section enables a project manager to highlight the key risks and
issues.
 The project manager should avoid from adding all the risks and issues as it
will make the list too long and readers will not get a clear idea.

6. Final Project Status Report
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