Project Status Report Template
A free project status report template that rebuilds itself from your project sheet every week. Progress, blockers and next steps for a class project, a research group or a personal project.
Free to use.
What this report looks like
A good project status report answers four questions: what got done, what is blocked, what is at risk and what is next. SlideMaker turns this into a template that fills itself in from your project sheet.
Each row in the sheet (task, owner, status, blocker, due date) feeds the deck. The report rebuilds on the day you choose, so everyone opens the same link and sees the latest status.
Three ways this gets used
Examples from classes, research groups, clubs and personal projects.
Weekly class project status
A student group updates the teacher every week, and someone has to turn the task list into slides each time.
The group keeps one task sheet. A weekly status report builds itself every Monday and the link goes to the teacher.
Research group
Each lab member sends a separate update before the weekly meeting and someone stitches them together.
Everyone updates their own row in a shared sheet. The status deck rebuilds before the meeting.
Personal project
You are building something on the side and lose track of what is done and what is stuck.
A weekly status report from your task sheet gives you a quick, honest check-in every week.
Set this up in three steps
Two minutes the first time. Zero minutes every time after.
Connect a data source
Point to a Google Sheet tab, upload a CSV, or paste a public web page URL.
Choose a cadence
Daily, weekly, or monthly. Set the time and timezone.
Pick a theme + go
The report rebuilds itself on every run with the latest data. Pause or edit any time.
Common questions
What goes into a project status report template?
Usually a list of tasks with status (on track, at risk, blocked, done), the owner of each, blockers and risks, what was finished this week and the next milestones.
Which project trackers can I connect?
Anything you can get into a Google Sheet or a CSV file. Many task tools can export to a sheet, or you can keep the task list in a sheet directly.
How often does the report update?
Daily, weekly or monthly. Weekly suits most class and research projects.
Can the report show charts?
Yes. The AI can add charts, such as tasks by status, built from the numbers in your sheet.
Other automated report templates
Same feature, different reports.
Set up your project status report in two minutes
Free to use.
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