Progress Report
Progress Report
Progress Report
PROGRESS REPORT
Definition
What is a progress report?
It is a report that you have to write to
inform about progress you are making on
your work
2) Work Status
Work completed before this report
Work completed during this time period –
present work
Work you need to complete before you finish
the project – future work
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3) Problem(s) encountered
4) Conclusion
Language:
Complete sentences are required using
different types of tenses
-Present tense: covers most of the documents,
in particular- perfect and progressive tenses
-Future tense: in the ‘future work’
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INTRODUCTION
Topic and purpose of the report:
Very briefly explain the project and what this
Progress Report is for
An overview of what the rest of report is all
about
Time period covered: The date from the
commencement of the project to the present
date
A brief description of the project
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Project Description
-provides some discussion of the intended
audience: to whom the project is intended to,
or who will use the product/result of the
project, as well as why is it important for them
Project scope
-lists the overall tasks related to the project
(delegation of task) then, narrows down to
the task/topic in change (job specification)
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WORK STATUS
It explains what has been completed, what is currently being
worked on, what is planned to be done
-briefly explain the work you have completed before the time
period that this report covers
-for the first progress report, describe the preparatory work that
you have carried out such as setting up committee members,
delegation of tasks or small group discussions
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2) Work completed during this time –
present work
-explain what you are doing at present –
provide details
-in some cases you might even want to
provide some important data you have
obtained so far, the cost and time you
have spent, or trail and error you have
gone through
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3) Work you need to complete before you
finish the project – future work
-what is the next step?
-what do you expect to complete in the
next step?
-what do you still need to do?
-when do you expect to complete the
project?
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PROBLEM(S) ENCOUNTERED
-explain any unexpected developments
-explain what you plan to do to correct
these problems
-how do you plan to correct these
problems?
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CONCLUSION