Project Reporting: examples (continued)
This is a typical cover sheet for a project manager’s report. It may not be much fun, but project managers must report on performance metrics of all the combined tasks of a project, then analyze the data to advise the stakeholders of problems and corrective actions.

In this report, the PM shows full Earned Value Management (EVM) data: CV, SV, and EAC. The subsequent sections show Problem Analysis, Corrective Action Plan, and EAC Impact (the projection of cost at the end of the project).

The section on Impact requires discussion on the effect of problems on this project’s tasks and on other projects in the company’s portfolio.

Managers and other stakeholders read the first page of reports, and scan the rest. The first page must “report by exception.”