Status Updates Nobody Reads: Four Reasons, Four Fixes
Four diagnostic questions for an update that gets ignored, with the specific repair for each — and the fourth reason, which no rewrite will fix.
Weekly-Update
Your Weekly Update, Written for Someone Who Skims
One weekly update to a manager, shown before and after a rewrite for a reader who reads the first line and stops. The rewrite is mostly reordering.
The Status Update That Replaces the Standup
A written status update that does the standup's job: filled in for a late project, stripped down for a quiet week, and shown in the version that failed.