Project status report

Send a weekly project update with status, key numbers, and what happens next.

File types: PDF
Size: A4 PDF
Use case: Project updates
Licence: Free to copy and use in your own templates
Source: Made by thirds.ai with the open-licence Instrument Sans font, original graphic marks, and fictional sample names.

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What you can make with it.

Keep a client or manager up to date each week on one page. It shows the status in big letters, a short summary, four quick facts, a milestone table, and boxes for risks and next steps. Update the milestones and risks as the work moves.

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Project nameA short text.
ClientA short text.
PeriodA short text.
OwnerA short text.
StatusA short text.
SummaryA longer text with more than one line.
MetricsA list of items. Each item has label and value.
MilestonesA list of items. Each item has name, state and detail.
RisksA longer text with more than one line.
Next stepsA longer text with more than one line.
FooterA short text.

{
  "project_name": "Northstar app onboarding refresh",
  "client": "Fieldnote Labs",
  "period": "Week ending 16 October 2026",
  "owner": "Sam Taylor",
  "status": "On track",
  "summary": "The new welcome flow is built and ready for the client review on Friday. Content, screens, and handover notes are in place, and the budget is where we planned it to be.",
  "metrics": [
    {
      "label": "Brief",
      "value": "Signed off"
    },
    {
      "label": "Screens",
      "value": "12 of 14"
    },
    {
      "label": "Client review",
      "value": "23 Oct"
    },
    {
      "label": "Budget used",
      "value": "£18,400"
    }
  ],
  "milestones": [
    {
      "name": "Content map",
      "state": "Done",
      "detail": "Signed off by the Fieldnote product lead on 2 October"
    },
    {
      "name": "Wireframes",
      "state": "Done",
      "detail": "Approved after the second workshop, with two small sign-up changes"
    },
    {
      "name": "Prototype",
      "state": "Review",
      "detail": "Design panel feedback due Friday"
    },
    {
      "name": "Copy pass",
      "state": "Review",
      "detail": "Final tone check with the brand lead, then one round of edits"
    },
    {
      "name": "Accessibility check",
      "state": "Next",
      "detail": "Booked with the audit partner for 27 October"
    },
    {
      "name": "Handover",
      "state": "Next",
      "detail": "Source files, font licences, and a short guide for the in-house team"
    },
    {
      "name": "Launch",
      "state": "Planned",
      "detail": "Release to all new customers in the first week of November"
    }
  ],
  "risks": "Late feedback on the prototype could move the handover by two or three working days.",
  "next_steps": "Run Friday's review, log every decision in the tracker, and update the source pack.",
  "footer": "Fieldnote Labs · Northstar onboarding · Weekly status report 07 of 10"
}

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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: project-status-report-1" \
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          "project_name": "Northstar app onboarding refresh",
          "client": "Fieldnote Labs",
          "period": "Week ending 16 October 2026",
          "owner": "Sam Taylor",
          "status": "On track",
          "summary": "The new welcome flow is built and ready for the client review on Friday. Content, screens, and handover notes are in place, and the budget is where we planned it to be.",
          "metrics": [
            {
              "label": "Brief",
              "value": "Signed off"
            },
            {
              "label": "Screens",
              "value": "12 of 14"
            },
            {
              "label": "Client review",
              "value": "23 Oct"
            },
            {
              "label": "Budget used",
              "value": "£18,400"
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            {
              "name": "Content map",
              "state": "Done",
              "detail": "Signed off by the Fieldnote product lead on 2 October"
            },
            {
              "name": "Wireframes",
              "state": "Done",
              "detail": "Approved after the second workshop, with two small sign-up changes"
            },
            {
              "name": "Prototype",
              "state": "Review",
              "detail": "Design panel feedback due Friday"
            },
            {
              "name": "Copy pass",
              "state": "Review",
              "detail": "Final tone check with the brand lead, then one round of edits"
            },
            {
              "name": "Accessibility check",
              "state": "Next",
              "detail": "Booked with the audit partner for 27 October"
            },
            {
              "name": "Handover",
              "state": "Next",
              "detail": "Source files, font licences, and a short guide for the in-house team"
            },
            {
              "name": "Launch",
              "state": "Planned",
              "detail": "Release to all new customers in the first week of November"
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