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Headings and Numberings Used in Progress Reports

Using headings and a paragraph numbering system can be helpful in progress reports, especially in periodic progress reports where you may wish to reference a section or paragraph from a previous report.

Below are headings you may use in a progress report:


If you used these headings, the compartments would be:


Remember, for a periodic report, you don't necessarily have to include a Background compartment. The Evidence compartment is optional.

If you wanted to number paragraphs, so that you could easily reference a paragraph in a later report, if needed, you would start by giving the headings a number:

  1. Synopsis

  2. Work Accomplished

  3. Problems Encountered

  4. Scheduling

Consequently, the paragraphs under each heading would also be numbered. For example, the first paragraph under the Work Accomplished heading would be 2.1, the second paragraph would be 2.2, and so on.

Paragraph numbers go to the left of the actual paragraph, as in the snapshot below.


Section Review 1

Below are excerpted paragraphs from a draft of a progress report. Read the paragraph, then choose the compartment or sub-compartment in which the paragraph belongs.

  1. The lobby was painted on July 15 and a large vinyl decal with the company name and logo was hung above the receptionist's desk.

    1. ___ Summary

    2. ___ Work Done

    3. ___ Problems

    4. ___ Plans

  2. To overcome the late delivery of the paint for the floors in the factory, I plan to move up the painting of the offices in Accounting by two weeks and delay the painting of the warehouse floor for two weeks -- thereby, reversing the scheduled times for the painting of the Accounting offices and the warehouse floors. I expect the project to be completed as scheduled on August 12.

    1. ___ Summary

    2. ___ Work Done

    3. ___ Problems

    4. ___ Plans

  3. The project is on schedule. Painting of the lobby is complete, and work has begun on the painting of the walls in Human Resources.

    1. ___ Summary

    2. ___ Work Done

    3. ___ Problems

    4. ___ Plans



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