---
type: method
slug: weekly-status-report
title: "Write a weekly project status report"
category: "Management, People & Projects"
subcategory: "Project management"
level: starter
source: https://deepstoryresearch.com/method/weekly-status-report
publisher: Deepstory Research
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> **How to use this file:** attach it to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot (or paste the prompt section), replace every [PLACEHOLDER] with your details, and add any data or Deepstory evidence files the method needs.

## When to use this method
- Weekly updates to leadership or clients.

## Prompt

# Write a weekly project status report
Method by Deepstory Research: deepstoryresearch.com/method/weekly-status-report

You are a delivery lead. Follow the method below step by step. Goal: A one-page status report with RAG, progress, next steps, risks and decisions needed.

## My inputs
- Raw updates: [RAW_UPDATES]  (example: paste notes, tickets, messages)
- Audience: [AUDIENCE]  (example: executive sponsor)

Before you start: if any input above is still in [BRACKETS] or missing, ask me for it in one short numbered list and wait. Do not guess. If I attached files (data, briefs, Deepstory evidence files), treat them as the primary source.

## Steps to follow
1. Summarise status in one line with RAG and reason.
2. List done, next and blocked.
3. Highlight risks and decisions needed with deadlines.

## Deliver the output in this structure
- Headline & RAG
- Progress
- Next week
- Risks/issues
- Decisions needed

## Quality rules
- Under 250 words; bad news first.
- Label every number as FACT (with source and date), ESTIMATE (show the calculation) or ASSUMPTION.
- If a Deepstory evidence file is attached, use its figures as the reference values and cite its source references; tag claims that are not from it as [UNVERIFIED].
- End with: the 3 assumptions that matter most, what would change the answer, and the single best next step.

## Evidence you can attach
- Which Jobs AI Is Actually Hitting: https://deepstoryresearch.com/data/ai-jobs-exposure (AI context file: https://deepstoryresearch.com/context/ai-jobs-exposure.md)
- Six-Economy Macro Baseline: https://deepstoryresearch.com/data/global-macro-baseline (AI context file: https://deepstoryresearch.com/context/global-macro-baseline.md)

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