Team Up Committee training 2013/14

2. By the end of this session, you will
have…
• Explored project management techniques
to plan, organise and deliver activities and
projects
You’re required to:
Complete weekly status reports

3. Brainstorm…
• What are ‘status reports?’
• Why are they important?

4. Status Reports – what are they all
about?
• Means of tracking your progress over time
for the benefit of you and your team
• Document your accomplishments – ‘real
time CV’
• Manage expectations and avoid surprises
• 3 C’s – communication, collaboration and
co-ordination

5. Status reporting as professional
skill
• Status reports are
recognised as key
project management
tool
• Standard practice for
large
organisations, SMEs
and widely used by
freelancers
• Acquiring this skill
early on will impress!

6. Brainstorm…
What would make an effective
status report?

7. We think an effective status report
has…
• Appropriate detail
• Measurable targets
• Honest evaluation
• Tasks which are clear and prioritized

8. Status report case study: Making a
nice cup of tea

9. Lists tasks to
be completed
Documents your progress
with tasks, includes
achievements, and
problems that may have
arisen
Next steps, suggestions
on how to resolve
problems, incomplete
tasks
Person (s)
involved
Red:
Immediate
Priority,
Green:
Done!

10. Over to you!
You’re required to submit weekly status
reports. By a week from today, you are
required to submit your first status report:
• Think about the priority assigned to
individual tasks, or groups of tasks
• Can you start certain tasks right away?
Which tasks are dependent on the
completion of others first?