executive summary

[Oby]

hi, i need to write an executive summary report of a project, and i have never done one before, can it be likened to just a summary report? if no, please can you give me some tips? I actuall have done one but need some advice.please let me know if i shld post it to you, its very short
Regards, Oby

 

[Mark Durrenberger]

Is this summary before the project starts, or after it has started?

Try:

1 Brief product description - what is the product of the project
2 Justification - why are we doing this project (usually make or save money)
3 Major deliverables - how do you know when the project is done? When all
the major deliverables are done
4 Success Criteria (objectives) How will we measure the project's success
(not the product's success) (Usually performance to schedule and budget,
often stakeholder satisfaction, sometimes projected product performance) all
are measureable during the life of the project or at its completion.

Mark

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hi, i need to write an executive summary report of a project, and i have

never done one before, can it be likened to just a summary report? if no,
please can you give me some tips? I actuall have done one but need some
advice.please let me know if i shld post it to you, its very short.

 

[Steve House]

What os the prupose of the report - getting a project approved, reporting
progress to date for one underway, a "lessons learned" for a project that's
wrapping up?

An executive summary report would be just like any other report except that
it is very brief and to the point, no more than one page.


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Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer/Consultant
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hi, i need to write an executive summary report of a project, and i have

never done one before, can it be likened to just a summary report? if no,
please can you give me some tips? I actuall have done one but need some
advice.please let me know if i shld post it to you, its very short.