PROJ6003: Project Status Report - Challenges and Types

This report provides a comprehensive overview of project status reports, crucial for keeping stakeholders informed about project progress. It identifies common challenges like incomplete or misrepresented information and discusses the pitfalls of poor reporting. The report details the different types of status reports, including those for the project team, sponsors, and steering committee, emphasizing their respective roles in tracking progress and making informed decisions. It concludes by highlighting the significance of accurate and informative status reports for effective project management, enabling timely corrective actions and guidance from the steering committee. The report references key academic sources on project management and failure.

Project Execution and
Control
(Project Status Report)

Project Status Report
 Project status report
provides crucial
information about
the project on
regular basis to its
stakeholders such
as Project manager,
sponsors, and top
executives of the
project.
 The project status
provides effective
information to the
project manager
about the progress
of the project.

Challenges of Project Status
Report
Incomplete report
Misrepresentation of information
Unauthenticated information
Incorrect Data and Facts
Unrecognized data

Pitfalls of Status Reports
Using incorrect and
misrepresented information
Inadequate information or
too much information
Dependency on Project Staff
Misreport about Project
Status
Ignoring a Mistake

Types of Status Report
There are different types of status
report, but three main status reports
are as follows:
Status Report for Team
Status Report for Sponsor
Status Report for Steering
Committee

Status Report For Team
 The team status
report provides
information about
the work of everyone
who involves in
project completion.
With regular team
status report
issuance the team
members can easily
track their work
progress and get a
better idea where
the work progress is
heading to.

Status Report For Sponsor
The sponsor status
report provides regular
updates and information
about the progress of
project to the project
sponsors. The project
sponsor attends the
periodic meeting with
project managers to get
information about the
project progress and
know how well they
progress and achieve the
goal within budget.

Status Report for Steering Committee
As the name suggests
the steering committee
members of the project
helps, guides and
suggests to the project
team and managers
about the possible
changes in the project
to complete it
successfully. The
status report of the
project provides
information about the
progress of the project
to the steering
committee.

Conclusion
A correct and meaningful status report is
essential to measure the performance of
the project team members as well as it is
also helpful in providing the progress
updates of the project. But it is essential
for a project that the status report must
be informative to its stakeholders that
helps in taking corrective action when
needed and the steering committee can
suggest and guide in right way in order
to complete the project.

References
 Hughes, D. L., Dwivedi, Y. K., Simintiras, A.
C., & Rana, N. P. (2016). Project failure and
its contributing factors. In Success and
failure of IS/IT projects. Berlin, Heidelberg:
Springer.
 Keil, M., Smith, H. J., Iacovou, C. L., &
Thompson, R. L. (2014). The pitfalls of
project status reporting. MIT Sloan
Management Review, 55(3), 57.
 Kerzner, H., & Kerzner, H. R. (2017). Project
management: a systems approach to
planning, scheduling, and controlling.
Hoboken, USA: John Wiley & Sons.

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