Understanding Status Reports

Status reporting is critical for communication within the project team and to the project's customer. Status reports provide visibility into the state of the project and give managers the necessary tools to gain insight and take action to ensure successful project completion.

After you create a project, project managers can designate how often to generate status reports. By setting up reporting periods, project managers determine when status reports begin and end and whether reports are required at the project or activity levels. Project team members then create status reports for each period that the project manager defined.

You can send email notifications to remind project team members that status reports are due, to notify individuals that status reports are overdue, and to customers with a consolidated report.