← Back to home

Weekly status report template

Updated on October 28, 2026

A good weekly report takes two minutes to read and answers three questions: is it on track, what was delivered and where do you need help. This template starts with the summary and leaves the details below, for anyone who wants to dig in.

Week 46 report · New Website project

Status: on track
Summary: main pages are done; copy review and mobile testing are left.

Delivered this week

  • Home page published to staging
  • Contact form working
  • Pricing page (moved to next week)

Next week

  • Copy review with marketing
  • Testing on phone and tablet

Risks and delays

  • Product photos have not arrived yet: if they slip further, the launch date moves

I need help with

  • Final pricing approval by Thursday (leadership)

Numbers

  • Tasks completed: 12 of 18

How to use it

  1. On Friday afternoon, create this week’s note with "Use this template", in a project folder (project/reports/2026-w46).
  2. Start with the status in one word (on track, at risk or late) and a one-line summary.
  3. List what was delivered and what comes next. Anything planned that did not happen stays on the list, unticked, with the reason.
  4. Send the link to whoever follows the project. People who only need to read it can get the read-only link (⋮ menu).

Tips

  • Be direct about delays. An "at risk" on Tuesday is far more useful than a "late" the following Friday.
  • Under "I need help with", write the request, from whom and by when. Vague requests rarely get answered.
  • Always use the same structure: weekly readers learn where to look and find the information in seconds.
  • If you run the daily standup in writing, the week’s deliverables are already there: just copy what was finished.

What to leave out

The report is not a diary of everything you did. Meetings, emails and small tasks only go in if they changed something in the project. You do not need to account for every hour either: readers care about results, next steps and risks. If someone asks for details on a point, answer separately, or create a subnote with the detail and put its address in the report.

Reports kept in notes by address can be opened by anyone with the link. Do not include contract values, customer data or confidential strategic information.

Read also