Weekly Progress Report template

Standard

This is the report that Keane uses for each project:

To:Week ending:
From:Client:
Project name:Project number:
  1. Tasks completed this week:
  2. Explain variances from schedule:
  3. Tasks to complete next week:
  4. Time lost this week (Specify how):
  5. Conditions which may cause future lost time:
  6. Comments/Suggestions:
Productivity Management in the Development of Computer Applications, Keane, Inc., &copy 1984, Pg. 119

My version

For regular staff however I have changed this slightly to a weekly email template, mostly because they are working on a multitude of projects:

To:Me
Subject:Weekly progress report for week ending Friday, CCYY-MM-DD
From:Employee
  1. This week’s plan (What were you planning to do this week):
    • Project 1
      • Task 1
      • Task 2
      • Et cetera…
    • Project 2
      • Task 1
      • Task 2
      • Et cetera…
  2. This week’s accomplishments (Tasks completed this week):
    • Project 1
      • Task 1
      • Task 2
      • Et cetera…
    • Project 2
      • Task 1
      • Task 2
      • Et cetera…
  3. This week’s problems (Explain variances from plan, why and how you lost time):
    • Project 1
      • Problem 1
      • Problem 2
      • Et cetera…
    • Project 2
      • Problem 1
      • Problem 2
      • Et cetera…
  4. Next week’s plan:
    • Project 1
      • Task 1
      • Task 2
      • Et cetera…
    • Project 2
      • Task 1
      • Task 2
      • Et cetera…
  5. Conditions which may cause future lost time:
    • None, or broken down by project if there are project issues
  6. Comments/Suggestions:
    • None
  7. Future items (Upcoming vacations, seminars, other calendar items on the radar that I should be aware of):
    • Task 1
    • Task 2
    • Et cetera…