Delivery Status Tracking - Evidence-Based Progress Reporting

Foundational Principle

Every status report must be grounded in repository evidence, not estimates.

Creating status reports without evidence creates:

• False sense of progress (looks good, actually behind)
• Hidden blockers discovered too late
• Inaccurate projections that break trust
• Decisions based on incomplete data

Status reports answer: What is actually done vs what was planned? Status reports never answer: What do people say is done (that's hearsay).

Mandatory Workflow