Artifact: Status Report
Status reports provide a snapshot of the health of the project or program against the stated plan.
Work Product Kinds: Project Management Work Products
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Status reports are developed by the team lead, usually the program or project manager, to describe how the project is moving in relation to the stated/approved plan. If the project is progressing ahead of schedule or lagging behind schedule, the accurate status must be described for the consumers of this report.

Whether the project is ahead of schedule and with good quality or the project is behind schedule and suffering in quality, accurate status allows management to direct corporate resources and energy to parts of the organization that will benefit accordingly.