Leadership Intelligence
Weekly Status Report Template
Send one concise weekly update to stakeholders. Use consistent sections so risk and progress are obvious in 60 seconds.
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Week Ending: 2025-12-31
Owner: Platform Lead
Overall Status: 🟡 Attention Needed
Headline: Multi-region cutover on track; cost attribution slipped 1 week.
Progress (this week)
- ✅ Launched blue-green deployment support to 4 product teams.
- ✅ Reduced incident time by 12% week-over-week via new runbooks.
- 🟡 Cost attribution tagging coverage is 62% (target 80%).
Plan (next week)
- Ship service mesh sidecar defaults to staging (owners: Alex, Priya).
- Close remaining tagging gaps for cost attribution (owner: Diego).
- Run DR automation tabletop with SRE + product teams.
Risks / Blocks
| Risk | Impact | Owner | Mitigation / Ask |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vendor cert delays for mTLS | Medium | Alex | Escalated to security; need approval by Jan 5 |
| Finance sign-off for cost model | Medium | Diego | Meeting booked Jan 2; provide revised projections |
| On-call gaps during holidays | High | Sam | Need contractor coverage for Dec 28-Jan 2 |
Metrics
- Feature delivery: 6/10 Q3 items delivered (60%); target 90%
- Capacity mix: 33% feature / 18% incidents / 22% toil / 15% support / 12% meetings
- Incident response: MTTR 42m (target 45m), P0/P1 count: 2 this week
- Stakeholder satisfaction: Platform NPS +18 → +47 (last two quarters)
Decisions / Asks
- Approve extra budget for holiday on-call coverage (est. $4.5K).
- Confirm priority order if cost attribution slips again (keep vs swap).
Changelog (optional quick hits)
- Docs: Added "Platform runbooks" index and tagging how-to.
- Processes: Instituted Friday risk email (traffic-light per feature).
- People: Embedded SRE with Commerce team for incident shadowing.