Weekly Progress Report: Fill & Download for Free

It's an interesting question that doesn't have one clear answer. It depends on how big your team is.Working in a team of 10 people, we try to have a weekly progress update meeting where everyone can share their plans and progress. But we also use a weekly progress reporting tool to make sure we always have an idea of what's going on.1-on-1 meetings are also important but you don't actually have the time to do them with everyone every week.The main thing about any meeting, including one-on-ones, is to face them prepared. Before the scheduled meeting, have a plan. Know what you're walking into. Be ready to ask questions and offer advise.Remember that one-on-one meetings are part of two-way communication. You are not only giving feedback to your employees but getting feedback from them.

I use Weekdone for both progress reporting and Objectives and Key Results. As it is a versatile program that allows you to see both weekly progress and how it relates to long term plans.According to Weekdone's manager survey, the biggest values Weekdone offers to managers are:Weekdone is easy to use;Weekdone keeps goals in view;Weekdone allows to give feedback to employees.Interestingly, most managers valued our weekly reporting tools and quarterly goal-setting systems equally important. That shows that managers understand the need for both long- and short-term planning.

Background:I'm a final year B.E computer science student in an Engineering college in Bangalore. We need to submit a project as part of our 8th sem syllabus.Event: Project approvalWe(team of four) did a little something as a proof of concept for our project. Our judge panel there were 3 professors and Our HOD ( Head of department) and they gave it a go for our project. Our HOD was assigned as our project guide and our project coordinator told us that he(HOD) only volunteered to be our project guide.these incidents happened recently. here is a list of facepalm moments.The first week of our projectwe had to get our HOD's , guide's , Project coordinator's and Class teacher's signatures( yeah! that's a lot of work.. sigh) as part of our "progress check" routine.we went to our HOD's office to get his signatures. Following conversation took place between us in his office..HOD: enappa? en beku?(what you need?)Us: Sir, progress report alli signature bekithu(we need your signature on progress report?)he signs in the HOD column, and gets back to his workUs: sir, you didn't sign in guide column..HOD: naan a nim guide?(I'm your guide? )Us: haudu sir ( yes sir)HOD: naan yako nim guide aade?(Why did i become your guide?)Us: sir... ( speechless!)we didn't go for his signatures for few weeks because we were either too busy or too lazy (mostly lazy)After few weeks, we couldn't find our progress report so we got a new one and had to get all previous week's signatures.. In HOD's office again..HOD: enappa?(what you need?)Us: sir, progress report alli signature bekithu(we need your signature on progress report?)HOD: yen ella empty ide? elli previous week's signatures?(why is every column empty? where are previous week's signatures?)Us: sir, actually progress report misplace agide(sir, we have misplaced our progress report)he gave us an angry expression, thenHOD: first nim guide du signatures hakiskond banni(first get your guide's signature)Us:neeve sir nam guide(sir, you are our guide..)HOD: naan nim guide a?(I'm your guide?)Us: yes sir...then we were convinced he will remember us...We had Project Open house for project exhibition yesterday (May 6th)we got second prize for our project, ironically our HOD was called to give us the prize. After a little photo session, on our way back to our seats,HOD: guide yaru?(who's your guide?)Us:neeve sir.. (you, sir)We still need to get his signatures on our project report, and we still "hope" he will remember us!