Project
Project Status Report Project Sponsor
RAG Status Overall Scope People Time Costs Project Manager
This Period R R A R A
Last Reported G G G G A Reporting Period
1. What did you do this period? 2. What are you going to do next period?
What did you plan to do, but did not?
3. Upcoming Key Meetings and Decisions 4. Escalated Issues and Risks
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Project
Project Status Report Project Sponsor
Project Actual Cost Forecast Cost Cost Variance Project Manager
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Reporting Period
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Project Managers Commentary on Status
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RAG Definition For Project Status
RAG
Green Amber Red
Status
Scope • Clear on deliverables • Major deliverables clear but scope • Significant uncertainty in scope and
• Clear on what's in/out of scope still moving/lack of clarity deliverables
(including significant change
• Interdependencies with other
requests not yet approved)
projects/activities understood and
being managed • Plan in place to address
People • Project team in place, no significant • Gap in resourcing but plan in place • Resource not in place/ roles not
gaps in resourcing to address identified
• No risk to project delivery • Project delivery at risk but • Impact on ability to deliver project
manageable
Time • Clear on timelines/critical path • Task / deliverable slipping against • Progress has slipped behind plan to
• On track to deliver to milestones plan date although not yet missed the point that delivering the overall
any key project milestones that project on schedule is not
would result in a delay in project recoverable without intervention
completion (decision making/funding/resource)
• Plans in place to mitigate risk and
stakeholders aware
Costs • Costs clearly defined and • Remaining uncertainty about costs • Costs not understood
corresponding budget allocated to • Budget identified but not yet signed • Budget not available
the project off • Project has overspent or there is a
• Project forecast to be on • Project is projecting to overspend high likelihood of the risk of
track/under budget by no more than 10% overspending by more than 10%
Overall • No Red sub-categories • No Red sub-categories • One or more Red sub-category
• No more than 1 Amber sub- • More than 1 Amber sub-category • Significant risk or issue without
category with clear plan to bring • Risks and issues exist with plans to appropriate treatment plan
back to Green manage them
• No risk or issue material to project
success