bacoco/useless-report/generate-process-report

generate-process-report

Goal

The process-heavy manager needs to be able to answer "what happened and where is the evidence?" at any time. This report is designed to be the written record — long, structured, traceable. The goal is not to impress them with length, but to give them something they can file, forward, or reference without needing to ask follow-up questions.

This is the report you write so the audit goes smoothly.

Reference

Read ../../archetypes/process-heavy.md for the full communication strategy, signals, and what to avoid.

Input (accept any combination)

• Git commits, PR list, ticket list
• Ticket IDs and their status (opened, closed, in progress)
• Decisions logged (or that should be logged)
• Dependencies on other teams or systems
• Pending confirmations or approvals still awaited
• Any process exceptions that occurred (and why they were justified)

Output structure

## Weekly Activity Report — [Period]
 
### 1. Scope
Period covered: [dates]
Main areas of activity: [2-3 areas]
Team involved: [if relevant]
 
### 2. Summary
[3-4 sentences: what the week accomplished and its significance]
 
### 3. Activity by workstream
 
#### [Workstream A]
- [Activity 1] — Ticket: [ID or "no ticket"]
- [Activity 2] — Ticket: [ID or "no ticket"]
 
#### [Workstream B]
- [Activity 1] — Ticket: [ID or "no ticket"]
 
### 4. Ticket-level progress
| Ticket | Title | Status | Notes |
|--------|-------|--------|-------|
| [ID]   | [title] | Completed / In progress / Blocked | [note] |
 
### 5. Decisions
| Decision | Rationale | Date | Who decided |
|----------|-----------|------|-------------|
| [decision] | [why] | [date] | [who] |
 
### 6. Dependencies
[External blockers or dependencies on other teams, systems, or processes]
 
### 7. Pending confirmations
[Items awaiting approval, response, or documentation from others]
 
### 8. Appendix
[Any reference links, PR URLs, or additional documentation]

Rules

• If no ticket IDs were provided, note "no ticket reference available" in the table rather than omitting the row.
• Decisions should always have a rationale — even a brief one.
• Use tables where possible — they scan faster than paragraphs for this archetype.
• Include the "Pending confirmations" section even if empty: "None pending this week." Absence of content is still content here.
• This report can be long. Length is not a flaw for this archetype.

The controlled verbosity rule

Verbosity serves the reader's need for certainty, not padding.

For this archetype, thoroughness IS the reassurance. Expand freely — but only from facts provided. Never invent ticket IDs or decisions.