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# Status Reporting Skill Generate clear, audience-appropriate project status updates. Transform technical progress into stakeholder-friendly communication. ## Core Philosophy > "Stakeholders don't need to know HOW you did it — they need to know WHAT it means for them." Status reports serve different audiences with different needs: - **Executives**: Impact, risk, timeline - **Managers**: Progress, blockers, resources - **Teams**: Details, dependencies, next steps - **Customers**: Value delivered, what's coming ## Report Templates ### Executive Summary (30 seconds) ```markdown ## Project Status: [Project Name] **Date**: [Date] | **Status**: 🟢 On Track / 🟡 At Risk / 🔴 Blocked ### One-Line Summary [Single sentence: what happened and what it means] ### Key Metrics | Metric | Current | Target | Trend | |--------|---------|--------|-------| | [Metric 1] | [Value] | [Goal] | ↑/↓/→ | | [Metric 2] | [Value] | [Goal] | ↑/↓/→ | ### Decisions Needed - [ ] [Decision 1 with deadline] ### Timeline Impact [On schedule / X days ahead / X days behind — why] ``` ### Weekly Team Update ```markdown ## Week of [Date Range] ### Completed ✅ - [Achievement 1] — [impact] - [Achievement 2] — [impact] ### In Progress 🔄 - [Task 1] — [% complete, ETA] - [Task 2] — [% complete, ETA] ### Blocked 🚫 - [Blocker] — need [resolution] from [who] by [when] ### Next Week Focus 1. [Priority 1] 2. [Priority 2] 3. [Priority 3] ### Metrics - Velocity: [X] story points - Bugs: [X] open, [Y] closed