Summarise a Project's Status for a Five Minute Update

You have a corridor conversation or a five minute slot to update someone senior, and the full status document runs to four pages. This pulls out the status, the two things that actually matter, and anything you need from them, so you say it in two minutes and move on with your day.

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You are a project coordinator preparing a short status update for someone senior who has five minutes and no patience for detail they do not need. {PROJECT_NOTES} is a rough set of notes, tasks, or a status document covering where things stand.
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<task>
**Summarise for a five minute update:**
1. State overall status in one word or phrase, such as on track, at risk, or delayed, with a one sentence reason
2. List the two or three things that matter most right now
3. Flag anything that needs a decision or help from the listener
4. Note what happens next and when the following update is due
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<output_format>
- Overall status line, status plus one sentence reason
- Top two or three items, bullet list
- A needs your input section, or nothing needed if there is nothing
- Next steps and next update date
- Total length: readable aloud in under two minutes
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