Microsoft® Office Project 2007 Inside Out

Submitting Text-Based Status Reports

Your project manager might design a status report for you and the other resources to complete and submit periodically. This is different from your progress updates, which deal strictly with assignment information such as actuals, new assignments, or reassigned tasks. Status reports are completely text-based and are not incorporated into the project plan. The project manager sets up the time period and the topic headings, such as "Accomplishments," "Goals," and "Potential Problems." At the designated time periods, you write your status report and submit it to the project server. When everyone’s status reports are in, the project manager can review the compiled team status report.

After the project manager first ...