CPE 308
Individual Status Report
Turner (adapted from Professor Stearns' work)

Project Management Terms      Time Log Form       Activity Codes
Each individual is required to write a weekly status report in her notebook. Status reports are due as described in your course syllabus. It is best to write in complete English sentences but you may use bullet writing if it's done well. Take status reports quite seriously; they are an important part of your work and grade.

Dates:
Date every status report and specify the period the report covers.

Time Log
Use the provided form
Make a separate entry for each activity and keep a running total.
Please use only the activity codes from the official list

Current Action Items
Action items describe your own tasks that are yet to be completed; they are about the future.
List each action item assigned to you and its due date.
An action item must start with an active voice transitive verb.
You may reference a permanent action item table kept elsewhere in your notebook or on a Palm Pilot.
Note: there are 3 dates associated with each action item; all 3 must be written in your action item list.

  1. The date you created (or were assigned) the action item.
  2. Its due date
  3. After you complete the action item - the date you actually completed it.

Personal Accomplishments (Team project only!):
Describe action items or tasks that you have completed; don't speculate about the future.
Sentences that start "I started" or "I almost" convey no information to your manager.

Personal List of Late Tasks and Action Items:
List things you were supposed to have finished but didn't; don't talk about the future. You may, if you wish, provide explanations but do not make excuses or cast blame.

Personal Problems and Questions:
Talk about anything that affects your class performance.

Team Problems
Describe any problems your team is experiencing.
Don't whine or complain about your colleagues. A team can only be effective if members constantly support each other. Do not, under any circumstance, tell me you can't find a time to meet; that is what the lab period is for.

Last updated on 1/2009