ASSIGNMENT

Instructions

You are an experienced project manager working on a one-year training project called "SkillUp". The project sponsor just retired. The new project sponsor has worked for the organization for 15 years and was just promoted to the director position. This is an important project so the entire executive management committee will be reviewing your status report.

The senior project manager position will be opening up in the near future and you want to make a great impression on the leaders in your organization. This will be a great opportunity to demonstrate your communication, leadership, and project management skills.

Please complete and submit a status report for the month of June 2021 using the attached template and information.

Assignment Requirements:

• All sections of the template must be complete
• Executive summary must:
  • Start with the scope, schedule, and budget information
  • Summarize the key information in the status report (Please do not state the purpose of the document. Write an actual summary.)
• Use the information provided to determine:
  • Accomplishments for the reporting period
  • Expectations for the next reporting period
  • Budget information
  • Status information
  • Change Log (1 change request must be tracked)
• Use your knowledge of the project to track:
  • 1 to 3 decisions
  • 3 risks
• Identify only the names of pretend documents in the appendix

Mandatory Assignment Checklist:

• All sections are complete
• Document is saved and submitted as a Word document and PDF (as back-up)
• Grammar is correct
• Spelling is correct
• Information is clear and concise
• Formatting is good with adequate white space
• Status colours are accurate (green, yellow, or red)
• Executive summary actually summarizes the information in the status report
• Appendix only refers to pretend documents (do not create the actual documents)

Status Report SkillUp

Status Date: July 5, 2021[1]

Status Period: June 1 to 30, 2021 [2]

Executive Summary

Project Name is on schedule, on budget, and within scope.

Add other key information here.

Accomplishments for Reporting Period

• Completed supplier management training
• Started dveloping the course administration materials

Expectations for Next Reporting Period

• Test z

Budget Status

Overall budget comments:

• You must enter comments here

Schedule Status

Overall schedule comments:

• You must enter comments here

Decision Log[6]

Risk Register

Change Log[7]

Appendix A

What other information do your stakeholders need or want in the status report?

For stakeholders involved in quality reviews, quality checklists as an example may be added directly to the status or within an appendix.

Date status report prepared

Can be weekly, bi-weekly, monthly

What is the forecasted budget if project is not complete?

How much has been spent to date?

Is there anything specific that a stakeholder should know about?

Why is the status the way it is?

Any inherent issues, risks tied to this task?

It is important to track decisions on projects so you can refer to them later in the project especially when a decision is being questioned.

Example from a charity fundraiser project: Tablecloths must be green.

Note: The decision is not altering the scope, schedule, or cost of the project so a change request is not required.

List all change requests impacting the scope, schedule, and/or cost of a project. Track if the change has been requested, accepted, declined or deferred.