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Creating a Daily Progress Report (+ 2 Free Templates)

Daily progress report is a great tool to track the progress of interns, new employees, trainees, and others.

 

 

As the name suggests, a daily progress report at the end of each working day heavily weighs on how tasks develop or on how an individual was able to demonstrate an improvement towards developing mastery of a skill or task assigned to him. It’s a useful tool for supervisors to track employees based on how much they complete.

On the other hand, employees will also find this particular report useful for them as well, since it allows them to see their own progress—whether they deserve to be proud of what they have accomplished so far or whether they need to double their efforts to work on the areas they need to improve.

 

Part 1

Here are a 4 best practices on writing a daily progress report:

  1. Know the Purpose and the Nature of the Daily Progress Report

    First of all, progress reports are about ‘progress’ and you should figure out what type of progress the report is after. Is it to track completion of a project or task, or is it to monitor an individual’s development? Knowing this will help the report writer focus on the needed information and exclude unnecessary data.

  2. Determine the Organization’s Preferred Type of Reporting

    Some progress reports are written in the narrative, especially those which cater to an individual’s development and are usually written in a first-person perspective. On the other hand, a progress report on a project or task may be written using bullet-points since the main purpose here is to see the individual’s accomplishments and on what tasks he was able to cover so far. However, both forms of reporting have uses for both types of a progress report, and both have their own sets of advantages and disadvantages.

  3. Add in Some Graphs, Tables, and Charts

    These will give the progress report more substance and readability. It will also help the readers have a quick grasp of what the report is all about or how the project or the individual progressed on that day by merely looking at the lines or bars of a graph.

  4. Ensure That the Report Stays on Topic

    A writer of a report may easily redirect because of his emotions, especially if he writes about something which he feels strongly about. For example, he may have finally executed a task on his own or he was able to figure out a solution to a problem which has been hindering him from completing his assignment. Be objective as possible. Writing about how an employee felt about his work will surely have its own medium.

 

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Part 2

Daily Progress Report Template: Free Download Section

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You can also use the following templates on ProsperForms:

daily huddle form template

Edit and use this template

 

daily progress report form template

Edit and use this template

 

daily sales report form template

Edit and use this template

ProsperForms — receive reports from your team members on autopilot. 100+ forms available: reports, logbooks, requests, etc. or build your own. View and manage data on Timeline and Dashboard screens, generate consolidated PDF reports. Get Started

 

daily status update form template

Edit and use this template

 

end of day report form template

Edit and use this template

 

simple daily or weekly status report form template

Edit and use this template

 

construction daily log form template

Edit and use this template

 

construction daily report form template

Edit and use this template

 

Part 3

Additional Downloads

  1. How to Write a Business Progress Report + Free Template Download
  2. How to Write a Simple Weekly Progress Report + Free Template Download
  3. How to Write a Project Progress Report + Free Template Download