Microsoft® Office Project Server 2003 Unleashed

Exchanging Textual Information Using Status Reports

Status reports in PWA are a handy way to exchange textual information with your team members about the status of a project or items in addition to task progress, which you update on the Tasks page. The reports can be scheduled and assigned to team members for regular communication. However, in most organizations, this status report feature is not what you would use to inform executives, management, or others about project status if you need special formats, dashboards, or other special status communication methods. Many organizations use this status report feature to cut and paste into their more formal status report formats. Resource managers may also find this feature useful to request status ...