# Project status report builder with RAG status: write the weekly update in minutes

> Turn project facts into a concise RAG update with movement, risks, next steps and decisions.

A useful status report lets a reader act. Give every colour a reason, name the next move and separate decisions from general information.

## How it works

RAG is a summary, not the evidence. Choose the colour using your team’s agreed definition, then write the schedule, scope or dependency behind it.

One bullet should express one fact. Give risks an owner or next action, and put requests for decisions in their own section.

## Sources

- [UK Infrastructure and Projects Authority annual report 2023–24](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/infrastructure-and-projects-authority-annual-report-2023-24)
- [PlexiDesk live web views](/help/share-live-web-view)

## Questions

### What should Amber mean?

Agree it with your team. A practical Amber statement names a real threat and the action intended to recover it.

### Can colour stand alone?

No. It is ambiguous and inaccessible on its own, so the report always prints the status word and asks for the explanation.

### Is anything sent to Plexii?

No. Generation and download happen in this browser tab.