The Project Report and Other Documentation

Any organization that is serious about completing projects to specifications, on time and within budget, makes a project report mandatory. Written by the project manager, this report explains how the project was done and why specific procedures were used. The information in the report is helpful to anyone using the project's product, and it serves as resource material for a project manager embarking on a similar project in the future.

The project manager's diary, notes from the milestone meetings, the original statement of work, the operation Gantt chart, and the task notes held in Gantt chart software become the principle sources for the information in the project report. One copy of this report goes ...

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