Sample Project Status/Schedule Summaries
        In addition to managing a project plan in Microsoft Project, you may also wish to depict 
        the schedule or project status in a more summarized version for Steering Committee 
        meetings, team meetings, project kickoffs, weekly status reports, etc.  These can be 
        tailored to a specific project’s needs: 
        •    Sample 1:  Executive View
        •    Sample 2:  Basic Status Dashboard A
        •    Sample 3:  Basic Status Dashboard B
        •    Sample 4:  Excel (Week by Week View)
                                                                                                                      
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                 Project Status Summary Sample 1
            Key Milestones                                                                                                                                                                                         Summary
          Aug 2011              Sep 2011             Oct 2011             Nov 2011             Dec 2011              Jan 2012             Feb 2012             Mar 2012              Apr 2012                 Project Description: TBD
       Planned
                 1                                              2                       3                                           4                                5            6
              Sept                                            Oct                    Nov                                          Jan                              Mar          Mar
                25                                             20                     29                                           29                               15          30
       Actual/Estimated
                 1                                                      2                            3                                                                            4        5       6
              Sept                                                   Nov                           Dec                                                                           Mar     Apr    May 
                25                                                     1                            16                                                                           30       15       1
          1.     Kickoff Project                                                          4.    Project Phase - TBD
          2.     Project Phase - TBD                                                      5.    Project Phase - TBD
          3.     Project Phase - TBD                                                      6.    Deployment Date - TBD
      Recent Accomplishments                                                                            Upcoming Key Activities                                                                                Scope: 
          TBD                                                                                              TBD                                                                                                   TBD
          TBD                                                                                              TBD                                                                                                   TBD
          TBD                                                                                                                                                                                                     TBD
      Key Risks and Issues                                                                              Required Decisions & Guidance
          TBD                                                                                              TBD
          TBD                                                                                              TBD
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
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   Key Milestone Legend:                     Gray         Originally planned or completed activity        Green On track; will complete as planned                        Yellow        Planned delivery at risk                 Red         Will miss planned delivery
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           Project Status Summary Sample 2
    Project Name:                     Current Phase:
    Project Start:                    Planned/Revised End:
    Baseline Budget:                  % Budget Spent:
    Overall Project Status As of :
     
    Summary of Recent Status:  TBD
    Activities Completed:
                 TBD
                 TBD
                 TBD
    Activities In Progress:
                 TBD
                 TBD
                 TBD
    Issues/Risks:
                 TBD
                 TBD
                 TBD
    Key Deliverables/Milestones:
             Deliverable                 Owner/Signoff                       Status                Planned/Revised Completion Date               Comments
                                                                                                                                                       
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                                                                                                                                               Program Manager: _________________
              Project Status Summary Sample 3                                                                                                  Executive Sponsor: ___________________
     Overall Project Status As of xx/xx/xx
      
                                    Planned Timeline / Major Milestones                                                                       Activities completed since last report
                                                                                                                 1.    Activity 1
          Oct 2012            Nov 2012            Dec 2012            Jan 2013           Feb 2013
                                                                                                                 2.    Activity 2
                     1                                  2     3                          4          5            3.    Activity 3
    1. Milestone 1
    2. Milestone 2                                                                                                                                 Headlines for next two weeks
    3. Milestone 3                                                                                               1.    Headline 1
    4. Milestone 4                                                                                               2.    Headline 2
    5. Milestone 5                                                                                               3.    Headline 3
                                                 Risks/Issues                                                                                         Key Decisions Required
       Risks that impact critical          Status             Issue for R/Y/ Mitigating              Owner                   Risks that impact critical Path                         Owner              Date Req’d
                    Path                   (R/Y/G)                     Strategy
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        Project Status Summary Sample 4
                                                                                                                      
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