Write your status reports as a mini story

Writing status reports is hard. Too often we write them from the author’s point of view, and do not consider the reader who may not be familiar with all the details.

- Fixed Jira issues PROD-123, PROD-465, and TEST-967.
- The Chalupa feature works.
- Met with product management about the Flying Pigs project.
- Helped support with BigCo support issue.

This list reads like a snapshot a person checked off from their to-do list. They do not provide an update on how things are going. The context is missing, as is the conclusion. The…

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