Progress Reports
Guidelines
Summarize status or progress in one or two statements up front, followed by next action, then details, then comments about attachments. If your progress report covers several projects, format each item individually—summary message, action, details, attachments.
Don’t be negative about your own efforts. Even if progress has been limited, state the progress in positive terms.
Be straightforward about problems or progress inhibitors, but be sure to state how you plan to overcome them. Show confidence rather than defeat by your tone. If you have problems, strain for the proverbial “light at the end of the tunnel.”
Use headings and lists in reporting on multiple items.
If you must have approval or further information from the reader and have mentioned several separate items, you may close with a recap statement of the reader’s total expected actions.
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