Free downloadable weekly status template
Create your weekly activity progress report template
If you are looking to improve the way you write your weekly reports, you can use the tool below to create your own free weekly status report template, and share and download it with your team. Via this tool you can prepare your weekly status report in the recommended layout. This is an easy way to track your weekly progress, challenges, and next steps, and then share and send it in a weekly status report.
The tool shows you how to write your own weekly report, in a standard format/structure, highlighting the parts of the report that people will be interested in. This template focuses mainly on the upcoming milestones, work done in the last week, and any potential blockers/problems that are stopping you from getting work done.
- What you got done last week? Ideally, you should pull in the completed tasks via your project management or progress update tool. Include and highlight recent accomplishments.
- What’s next? Only list the top prioritized items that you are going to work on immediately in the coming week.
- Blockers? This has to be done manually. List out all the potential problems you are facing or think you are going to face.
Update this once a week to keep your weekly progress reporting overhead to a minimum. This is useful for anyone who wants to take a look at what’s going or where you’re going.
Start creating your personal weekly activity status template
Start by going over the work you have done in the last week, and fill out the form fields below. This tool will automatically create a page for you to share your weekly report with anyone you choose. The tool also highlights blockers in red, as problems are something which everyone wants to know and be updated on immediately. If you are creating this end of week report for upper management, do keep it high level.
Everything you need to create your own weekly activity status reports
The template above makes it really easy to create and share your own weekly activity reports. After you fill in the data on the next page you will see the report highlight the work you've done in the week. Do ask feedback from the people receiving your reports on what information is the most useful to them. How can you make your weekly reports better? What do they need to know that is missing? By continously getting feedback and iterating, you can improve your weekly activity status report.
You can repeat this weekly so that it is automated and captures your weekly activity report properly. While it is tempting to write these in detail, it's beneficial to keep them short and specific, as it takes less time for people to read your weekly report. You can even cut/copy from your project management tool and paste it in the fields above.