Intranet Rollout Status Report
This is a practical guide to building a status report for an intranet rollout project — a periodic summary of progress, issues and next steps, adapted to the realities of launching a company intranet or digital workplace.
What a Status Report is
A status report is a periodic summary of progress, issues and next steps. For the full concept and how it works in general, see Status Report. On an intranet rollout project it plays the same role, tuned to this kind of work.
Why it matters for an Intranet Rollout project
Intranet Rollout projects live or die on launching a company intranet or digital workplace. A well-built status report gives the team a shared, explicit reference for exactly that — reducing ambiguity, aligning stakeholders, and making problems visible early enough to act. Skipping it, or doing it generically, is how intranet rollout projects drift into avoidable delay and cost.
What to include
- Overall RAG status
- Progress vs plan
- Key risks and issues
- Budget/schedule health
- Decisions needed
Intranet Rollout-specific considerations
Tailor the status report to the risks that most often derail intranet rollout projects:
- Content ownership
- Adoption
- Search and information architecture
Example
On a real intranet rollout project, the status report would be shaped by launching a company intranet or digital workplace. In particular, it should explicitly account for the project’s biggest risks — content ownership, adoption, search and information architecture — rather than treating them as afterthoughts.