The one-page status report: RAG and what changed
A good status report is short, honest and built from facts. Sen builds the facts. You add the words.
These are the eight planning threads the Krong course is built around. The highlighted ones are covered here. What are the planning threads?
What belongs on one page
- An overall status, with a colour and a word.
- RAG by area: schedule, cost, risk, issues, scope and change.
- What changed since the last report.
- Decisions made, and decisions needed.
- Milestones due soon.
Where the colours come from
| Area | Rule in Sen |
|---|---|
| Schedule | SPI: green from 0.95, amber from 0.85, otherwise red |
| Cost | CPI on the same bands |
| Risk | Red if any critical risk, amber if any high |
| Issues | Red if a critical issue is open, amber if a high one |
| Scope and change | Amber if requests wait or the finish has slipped from baseline |
You can override the overall status with your own call. A colour is a judgement, and a planner may know something the numbers do not.
What changed since last week
Sen lists the changes recorded since a date you choose: durations, owners, predecessors, risk scores and decisions. This is the section sponsors read first, and the one that is hardest to write from memory.
Print it
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Questions people ask
Can I change the thresholds?
The bands are fixed in this version. You can override the overall status.
Where do the changes come from?
From the change log, which records edits with an optional reason.
Does it replace a status meeting?
No. It gives the meeting a shared set of facts.
See it in a real plan
Open Sen and explore the Caldera Freight example. Every figure on this page comes from it. Copy it, change a task, and watch the plan move together.
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