Project Management Reporting

Developed by Dana Rut Gunnarsdóttir - in progress

Proper communication is one of the key components of successful project management. It helps to make sure vital information are exchanged properly and to control and monitor scheduled tasks proactively. Project status reporting is one way to ensure effective communication is maintained throughout all project phases. The main purpose of reporting is to keep the project stakeholders as well as the internal project board informed of the project status at regular intervals.

By having consistent reporting, proactive actions can be taken to an unexpected risk and issues that can affect the project health such as cost, time schedule, resources etc. A documented history of the project can help organizations to establish lesson learned in their future projects by reviewing and evaluating old projects and see where they succeeded and which difficulties the project team was facing. The frequency of reporting varies from project to project depending on various factors such as stakeholders, project size, risk, complexity. However, status reports are only a formal document that summarize the progress of the project and should not replace ongoing project communications between project manager, project teams and other relevant parties.