Reporting / v1.0 clean-room
Highlight Report
Give sponsors a short, honest view of progress, risks, decisions, and support needed.
When to use
Use at the agreed reporting cadence and before governance meetings.
Minimum version
- Overall status
- Progress this period
- Next period
- Key risks/issues
- Decisions needed
Fuller version
- Tolerance forecast
- Change summary
- Benefits confidence
- Financial update
- Assurance notes
Field guide
- RAG
- Narrative
- Milestones
- RAID
- Decisions
- Help needed
- Forecast
Tailoring notes
- Keep to one page unless governance needs evidence
- Use amber early when intervention is useful
Common mistakes
- Reporting activity instead of control insight
- Hiding blocked decisions below the fold