Business Writing

Status Report Template

Communicate project or team status to stakeholders.

When to use

Weekly or bi-weekly project updates.

Audience: Project sponsors, dependent teams.

Template structure

  1. Step 1
    Overall Status

    Red/Yellow/Green with one-sentence justification.

  2. Step 2
    This Period

    What was accomplished.

  3. Step 3
    Next Period

    What is planned.

  4. Step 4
    Risks

    What might derail the plan.

  5. Step 5
    Asks

    What you need from stakeholders.

Example

Status: YELLOW. Auth migration on track; CDN migration blocked on vendor SLA...

Best practices

  • Don't lie with status colors.
  • Lead with risk, not progress.
  • Keep it short — long status reports get ignored.

Customization guidance

Treat this template as a starting structure, not a script. Adapt the section order to match how your audience expects information — for example, lead with the recommendation for time-pressed executives, or with context when writing to less-familiar stakeholders. Replace placeholder language with specifics from your situation; substitute jargon with the vocabulary your reader actually uses; and shorten or expand sections based on the decision weight of the communication. The structure exists to ensure you have covered what matters, not to constrain how you communicate.

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