“In order to help in the continuous planning (and replanning) of a project, we believe that the writing of progress and planning reports can be a good tool. We can list several reasons for this, and perhaps there are more:
A) Assist in the analyses of performed work and how to use that experience in future work and thus assist in the planning of future work.
B) These reports may form the basis for future, more extended reports to
C) This is how project work is evaluated in industry - but perhaps with reports on an even shorter time base than suggested here.
D) Inform the board and the scientific management group about the progress of the work.