The weekly report
The report is the part of the pod you see every week. It is written in your format and is meant to be passed up as it is.
What is in it
- Status against the quarter
- Where each deliverable stands against the scope agreed for the quarter.
- Risks
- Each risk has an owner and a date.
- Decisions needed from you
- What we need decided, so it does not wait unseen.
- What is at stake
- A revenue line: what is at stake if the next delivery slips.
Binary status
Status is binary, with no yellow middle level, and it is written towards delivery. That is what lets a publisher put the report in front of its own board without rewriting it.
The lead writes it. The same report is the basis of the pod's monthly internal review.
A sample report
Constructed to show the shape. It is not a client report, and the figures are placeholders: a real report carries the title's own numbers.
1. Status against the quarter
| Deliverable | Date agreed | Status | One sentence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season content: [feature] complete to cert | [date] | Green | On the date agreed. Cert submission booked. |
| Economy rebalance for [system] | [date] | Red | Telemetry access arrived [n] days late; the first read is now [date]. Recoverable inside the quarter if decision 1 lands this week. |
| Live event tooling handover | [date] | Green | Documentation delivered; your team ran one event unaided. |
2. Risks
| Risk | Owner | Decision needed by | If no decision |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platform certification window for the season build | Your release manager | [date] | The launch date moves by one submission cycle. |
| One pod senior rotating off at quarter end | Pod lead | [date] | Replacement named and onboarded; no change to dates. |
3. Decisions needed from you
- Economy rebalance: ship the [system] change in the season build, or hold it for the first patch. Both are costed in the attached brief; the season date holds either way only if decided by [date].
- Confirm the named recipient for this report after your reorganization on [date].
4. What is at stake
A slip of [weeks] on the season launch moves [amount] of expected month-one revenue by the same interval. The figures are the title's own, from the last two seasons. Unchanged since last week.
Constructed sample. Every bracket is a placeholder for a figure a real report takes from the client's data.