How to Create the Perfect Project Status Slide

A Project Status slide is a simple yet effective communication tool that helps bridge the knowledge gap between the project work accomplished and your project stakeholders awareness of the projects status. An organization should have a bi-weekly project status meetings to stay on top of major issues and decision points. These meetings would allow all project managers to come to the table and present their project slides. Each project presentation should take no more than 5 to 10 minutes. It is essential to have a project status slide for every project you manage.

Here are the steps to creating the best Project Status Slides: 

• Create an excel sheet of all the data points that you want to gather for each one of your projects
  • Project Data columns can be:
    • Summary of current Project Status
    • Upcoming Milestones
    • Completed Milestones
    • Overall Project Issues
    • Overall Project Risks
    • Decisions to be escalated
  • Create an individual tab with (date/name) within your excel sheet for each project to avoid cross-contamination of project data
• Verify each data point with your team and provide your leadership with information that you can backup.
• Enter the information from the excel sheet created earlier and add the information on to your slide.
• If you are asked a question that you do not have the answer to, say so, let your key stakeholder know that you will get back to them with a response within 1 business day.
• Keep your Project Status reporting simple, effective and to the point. 

Download the sample slide HERE.

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Mahjooba, Professional Development Coach