Overview
The name tells you what this report does: summarizes
your progress on a long-term project. On the job, a progress report
reassures managers that a project is moving towards completion. It
also provides advance warning of any problems or delays. For this
class, a progress report indicates what's going well and where you
could use some help. It also lets your instructor preview your sources,
to see if you need more sources or more credible information.
Hints for Writing a Progress
Report
Memo To: Ms. Munzenmaier
From: Your
First/Last Name
Date: Month
Day, 2006
Re: Progress
on Research Paper
Begin with a summary of what you're doing and why. For example, "I've
always wondered why..., so that's the topic I've chosen to
research."
Then write at least one paragraph for each of these headings:
Work Completed (what you've done so far)
Next Steps (what you have left to do and how you plan to
do it)
Problems/Concerns (anything that's confusing you or that may make
it diffcult for you to finish researching and writing your
argument paper on time. If everything is going well, just
state when you expect to finish.)
Sources Append a list of the sources you plan to use. You
may attach the tracking
form developed
by Susan Jellinger or follow an annotated
bibliography format. This list is to
give your instructor an idea of whether you have enough good
quality sources to write a good paper. You are not locked
into it; if you find other, better sources, use them.
[Note: You may use any standard memo format. You may also change the
order of the headings if it's more logical to talk about
problems before what you plan to do next.]
Internet
Resources
 Sample
Progress Report (.doc)
Grading
Criteria for Progress Report (.doc)
Tracking
Tool for Sources (.doc)
Guidelines
for Writing a Progress Report (overview; includes model report)
Online
Technical Writing: Progress Reports (covers everything from what
to include to revision; provides model reports)
Writing
Tip # 19: Writing and Planning a Research Paper (University of
Colorado at Boulder; discusses how your topic changes as you find
more information)
Framing
Your Research Question (OhioLINK)
Planning
and Writing a Research Paper (tutorial from the University of Wisconsin-Madison)
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