Management

Weekly Project Status Update Request

Quick Answer

A project status update request prompts owners to share progress, risks, and blockers every week so stakeholders stay informed without a meeting. Send it every Friday at 3 PM. Automating it with Schedule Message means status never gets skipped during busy sprints.

Copy-paste templates (3 variants)

Hi team 👋

Weekly project status — please share a brief update on [PROJECT NAME]:

📊 Progress: What was completed this week?
⚠️ Risks: Any blockers or risks to the timeline?
📅 Next week: What's the focus for next week?

Please reply in thread by EOD. Thank you!
When to send this

Schedule

Every Friday

Time

3:00 PM

Recurrence

Weekly

Automate it once.Install Schedule Message and set this as a recurring message — it sends itself every time, even when you're offline.
💡

Pro tip: A Friday status update doubles as a natural forcing function for the team to wrap up loose ends and plan the following week — the update itself creates the habit.

Frequently asked questions

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Set it once. It sends itself — every standup, every Monday, every sprint end — automatically, under your name.

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