Every project reports the same way. The PMO sees instantly where it hurts.
Structured status reports with schedule, cost and performance ratings - pre-filled, approved and rolled straight up into the portfolio cockpit. Reporting that no longer costs anyone half a day.
Next steps
- Finalise the requirements spec
- Provision the test environment
Status reports often feel like wasted time
And in the end, no one reliably knows how the project is actually doing.
Every report looks different
One person writes three sentences, the next writes three pages. It's never comparable - and the PMO is left guessing what „on track, mostly“ is supposed to mean.
Reporting eats your Friday
Copying numbers out of five spreadsheets, hunting for the right wording, remembering deadlines. The status report becomes the chore no one wants.
The last report says nothing about the trend
A single „amber“ doesn't tell you whether things are improving or getting worse. Problems only surface once they've already escalated.
Who actually approved this?
Without a clear approval path, unverified figures land in the steering committee. And no one can say which numbers applied on which date.
A reporting cycle instead of a blank page
Four steps that WORKSPACE.PM mostly handles for you.
Pre-fill
A new report carries over the values from the last report and the current project state. No blank page, no copy-paste.
Rate
Assess schedule, cost and performance with a clear traffic light, then add progress and next steps.
Approve
Draft → submitted → approved. Once approved, the state is cleanly and permanently frozen.
Roll up
Approved reports roll automatically into the portfolio cockpit - a rollup for programme and PMO with zero manual work.
Structured status reports
The same core metrics in every report
Project leads report to the PMO in a structured way - with progress, schedule/cost/performance ratings and next steps. Instead of free-form text, a register you can filter and compare.
- Traffic-light rating for schedule, cost and performance in every report
- Register with filters by status, author, period and search term
- Progress and next steps in a fixed place - never hunt again
- Rating trend per dimension, visible across every report
24
Reports
19
Approved
3
In review
2
Overdue
Draft
created by the project lead
Submitted
submitted to the PMO
Approved
officially valid
Values locked
Frozen once approved - no retroactive polishing.
Two-person approval
An approval process, not just a status label
Every status report moves through draft, submitted and approved. Only approved reports count officially - and once approved, the figures are locked.
- Three stages: draft → submitted → approved
- Once „approved“, report values are locked against later edits
- Domain events on status change and approval - wire them to notifications
- Always traceable which state officially went to the committee
As-of snapshot
The report shows the state as of the reporting date - forever
Flag a project custom field as „show in report“. Every report automatically gets its own snapshot - even when the live value in the project changes later.
- Flag any custom field as a report field with one click
- Automatic snapshot per report, pre-filled from the last state
- A dedicated „Fields“ tab per report for adjustments
- The report documents the reporting date, not today's live value
The report shows the state as of the reporting date - even after the live value in the project drifts on.
0,94
SPI
0,97
CPI
62 %
Progress
Earned value & analytics
Schedule and cost variance - not estimated, calculated
For projects that want to know exactly: capture planned value, earned value and actual cost as of a date. WORKSPACE.PM turns them into an earned-value dashboard with the classic metrics.
- Planned value, earned value and actual cost per reporting date
- SPI and CPI at a glance - schedule and cost index
- Charts embedded right on the status report page
- Classic earned-value management without a separate tool
Deliverables
Agreed results as their own register
What a project has to deliver doesn't belong in a free-text paragraph. A dedicated deliverables register keeps due date, progress, status and owner trackable.
- Register with deliverable, owner, due date, progress and status
- Filter by status - open, in progress, done
- Full create, edit and delete straight from the interface
- No more digging through old reports for who delivers what by when
Portfolio cockpit
rolled up from approved reports
Roll up to the PMO
Many reports become one portfolio view
Approved status reports roll up automatically into the portfolio view. The PMO sees the schedule light per container and the overall status of every project - without opening a single report.
- Approved project and container reports roll into the portfolio cockpit
- Schedule light and schedule health per container, computed server-side
- Project status across the whole portfolio at a glance
- The big picture - without any manual collating
Reporting that doesn't become a burden
The most common objection from project leads: „another report.“ That's why WORKSPACE.PM takes the work out of reporting.
The report makes the first move
Every new report carries over the values from the last report and the current project state. You correct, instead of starting from zero.
It reminds you
Due reports are announced in good time and can trigger workflows. You no longer have to keep deadlines in your head.
Structure once, the same everywhere
Fixed core metrics instead of a new format per project lead. Comparability without extra effort - for everyone involved.
Reports become living metrics
What sits inside status reports doesn't have to end there. The same values feed configurable KPI dashboards - for everyone who prefers to see status live rather than in a document.
Common questions about status reports
What project leads and the PMO want to know before switching.
Yes - and that's the point. Progress plus schedule, cost and performance ratings are fixed parts of every report. Project-specific custom fields can additionally be pinned as report fields without diluting the shared backbone.
Little. Every report is pre-filled from the last report and the current project state, due reports are announced, and pinned fields update as a snapshot automatically. Usually what's left is rating the traffic lights and a short outlook.
Yes. Every report runs through draft, submitted and approved. Once approved, the values are locked, so it's always clear which state applied officially.
Yes. You capture planned value, earned value and actual cost per reporting date; from those, an embedded earned-value dashboard with SPI, CPI and the related charts appears right on the status report page.
Automatically. Approved project and container reports roll up into the portfolio view with a schedule light and overall status per project - with no one collating numbers by hand.
The next status report writes itself, almost
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