Scope Reporting Cycles Overview

The reporting periods for projects are defined by patterns set in reporting cycles. Reporting periods are used as part of the project control process to compare actual progress for scope assignments against the planned progress captured in the project baseline.

Reporting periods for a reporting cycle can be set to occur daily, weekly, semi-monthly, or monthly, depending on the reporting requirements for a project. Factors to be considered when defining reporting cycles include duration, cost, overall risk, and reporting needs of stakeholders involved in the project. For example, if a project is expected to have an overall duration of one month, the reporting period may be daily. In contrast, if a project has an expected duration of five years, then the reporting period may be monthly.

Each project can use only one reporting cycle. Therefore, scope period closeout and store period performance in the same project will both use the same reporting cycle. Scope period closeout takes place on the Period Closeout page of the Scope app, and store period performance closeout occurs on the Activities page of the Schedule app.