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PM Writing A Project Summary Report

The document outlines the structure and content requirements for a Project Summary Report, which should be concise, ideally three to five pages. It emphasizes the need for a Project Overview detailing the project's background and a Project Analysis comparing baselines to actual outcomes while summarizing lessons learned. Additionally, it suggests including an executive summary for longer reports and highlights the importance of effectively showcasing the project's success and the team's contributions.

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PM Writing A Project Summary Report

The document outlines the structure and content requirements for a Project Summary Report, which should be concise, ideally three to five pages. It emphasizes the need for a Project Overview detailing the project's background and a Project Analysis comparing baselines to actual outcomes while summarizing lessons learned. Additionally, it suggests including an executive summary for longer reports and highlights the importance of effectively showcasing the project's success and the team's contributions.

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Writing a

Project Summary Report


How to document and analyze
your finished project.
Project Summary Report-1
• This report should not be long, no more than
three to five pages.
• This report should contain:
– Project Overview
• Explain the background of the project, including a history of
the project, the start and end dates, goals, deliverables, team
members, sponsor, and major departments involved.
• Present in paragraph (not table) format.
• This section can be a condensed version of your project plan
designed to recap why and how the project was done.
• This data is similar to what you might have included in your
sign-off form. If so, include that is a source document.
Project Summary Report-2
• This report should also contain:
– Project Analysis
• This section compares the project baselines to
actual numbers
• Explains differences
• Summarizes lessons learned
• Generally in paragraph format, though certain data
can be presented in table or Gantt chart form.
Project Summary Report-3
• If your report is more than five pages in length,
include an executive summary that presents the
project in a nutshell version useful to you in
refreshing your memory of the project in the
future and is valuable for the project sponsor
and other managers who don’t need detailed
information.
• If you take extra time writing the intro
paragraphs in your overview and analysis
sections, you can also use them in your
executive summary almost verbatim. Save time!
Project Summary Report-4
• The project summary report is the absolute last
chance you’ll have to toot your own horn as well
as your team’s, so write well!
• If your company is a vendor of project-driven
services or products, project summary reports
can be great sales tools, demonstrating not only
the variety of projects you have completed, but
also documenting your project methodology and
demonstrating your capabilities!

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