Progress Reports

Progress reports are due 1:00 PM on Wednesdays

Do not send WORD or PDF or text documents, use embedded text only]

Progress Report Contents

Email Subject Line: CS 551, (Project Name) (date)

Address to: lbernste@stevens.edu; sprasad@stevens.edu; (customer)

Email body:

Author:

Team members:

Progress Report Sections

1. Customer Interactions and Relations

2. Accomplishments

3. Risks and Contingencies

4. Problems Faced

5. Simplifications

6. Current Estimates

Progress Report Sections

1. Customer Interactions and Relations• Did you meet with your customer?• Do you understand the problem better? • Is your customer happy with your progress?• Do you have a good relationship with your customer?

2. Accomplishments3. Risks and Contingencies4. Problems Faced 5. Simplifications6. Current Estimates

Progress Report Sections

1. Customer Interactions and Relations2. Accomplishments

• What was done since the last progress report, include schedule implications?

• What made the progress possible?

3. Risks and Contingencies4. Problems Faced 5. Simplifications6. Current Estimates

Progress Report Sections

1. Customer Interactions and Relations

2. Accomplishments

3. Risks and Contingencies• What are the project risks?

• How is each risk managed?

4. Problems Faced

5. Simplifications

6. Current Estimates

Progress Report Sections

1. Customer Interactions and Relations2. Accomplishments3. Risks and Contingencies4. Problems Faced

• Any delays encountered since your last report?• Any new problems?

( “A project with no problems is in deep trouble,” Prof. Bernstein)

5. Simplifications6. Current Estimates

Progress Report Sections

1. Customer Interactions and Relations2. Accomplishments3. Risks and Contingencies4. Problems Faced 5. Simplifications

• How did you simplify your design?• How did you simplify your development process?(Quantitatively support each simplification)

6. Current Estimates

Progress Report Sections

1. Customer Interactions and Relations

2. Accomplishments

3. Risks and Contingencies

4. Problems Faced

5. Simplifications

6. Current Estimates• Estimate completion dates.

From Project Gantt Chart create this table

Task Who When Current Estimate

Who: The person in charge of the taskWhen: Task committed completion date

owned by the project managerCurrent Estimate: Task estimated completion date owned by the “Who person”