Operational cadence
The Executive Reporting Playbook
Turn raw P6 data into a management-ready story your stakeholders understand.
What every weekly meeting should answer
Executives need three things: what happened last week, what is slipping, and what top risks to push first.
- What happened last week?
- Are we slipping, and by how much?
- What are the top 10 actions with owners and due dates?
Step 1: The Health Check (5 minutes)
Open the health section of the Baseline Brief PDF and call out the largest risks first. Keep it practical:
- Missing logic/open ends.
- Activities with large float (often scheduling quality issue).
- Negative float paths and dependencies requiring recovery.
Step 2: Variance Review (5 minutes)
Use the milestone variance section to anchor progress against your approved baseline.
If a key milestone is late by 10+ days, make the recovery plan part of your action tracker in the same meeting.
Step 3: 3-Week Lookahead Focus (10 minutes)
Review the near-critical window and assign owners before leaving the meeting.
Questions to force accountability:
- Does critical path recovery need resources now?
- Are handoff constraints blocking the most critical sequence?
- What is the single constraint likely to impact finish earliest?
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