Reporting Highlights

The Project Board has overall accountability for the outcome of the project, while delegating day-to-day management to the Project Manager. Good reporting structures keep the Project Board informed and involved.

Context

The process produces Highlight Reports to be passed to the Project Board

Process Description

The objective of this process is to provide the Project Board with summary information about the status of the stage and project at the frequency defined by the Project Board.

In order to achieve this objective, various steps have to be undertaken:

	Assemble the information from the Checkpoint Reports and any significant revisions to the Stage Plan from Taking Corrective Action
	Identify any current or potential problems from Reviewing Stage Status
	Produce the Highlight Report
	Distribute the report to the Project Board and any other agreed recipients.

Responsibilities

The Project Manager is responsible, assisted by any project support roles.

Information Needs

Management information	Usage	Explanation
Stage Plan	Input	Information on products delivered and the status of schedule and budget
Plan revisions	Input	Plan revisions resulting from consideration of corrective action
Checkpoint Reports	Input	Information about progress on the project against the plan.
Risk Log	Input	Have any risks changed?
Issue Log	Input	Information about any potential problems which need to be brought to the attention of the Project Board
Action Log	Input	Information about the status of all Actions associated.
Highlight Report	Output	Information formatted as required by the Project Board

Key Criteria

	Has the information been produced in the form requested by the Project Board?
	Is the report being distributed with the agreed frequency?