The purpose of this assignment is to give you an opportunity to demonstrate your ability to prepare and conduct a status report for a project you are working on in this course.

• You need to clearly understand the communication needs and expectations of your target audience. For example, the communication needs of senior executives or the project sponsor will be very different from those of your fellow project teammates.
• Structure your report to focus on the critical points or key attributes of the project. For instance, your report can show your project performance status (completed, not completed, in-progress, not started, etc.).
• Use an easy-to-read format when creating your report (charts, graphs, bullets points, etc.).
• Request for feedback and comments from your audience after your report has been shared. This feedback will help you measure their level of understanding and acceptance of the report.

Imagine that your project is a couple of days or week into your execution stage, and you want to notify your project sponsor and the customer of your team's progress and performance on some of the key project deliverables that are currently due. On your report, the stakeholders would like to see items that have been completed, in-progress, not started, and overdue. Be sure to also include the owners of these tasks and any other critical information that you will like to share with the stakeholders.

• topic, e.g., Progress Status Report for XYZ project;
• the reporting period;
• status of key project deliverables (Work - not started, started, in-progress, completed, not completed, etc.);
• any risks, concerns, or critical questions for your team or project stakeholders;
• next steps and actions items (showing task owners, due date, and any other important information);
• open issues or risks with your mitigation/contingency plan;
• any change requests made within the reporting period;
• achievements; and
• any other important information for your customer or the key stakeholders.