Question 1

What is a daily report?

Accepted Answer

A daily report isn't rocket science - it's a quick recap of your day and what you accomplished. The goal is to keep stakeholders and others in the loop on your accomplishments, so you can spend less time in meetings and more time doing great work. You can also use this routine for your own personal productivity - it's like a journal for work.

Question 2

Why should my team do a daily report?

Accepted Answer

For individuals, a daily report is a nice chance to reflect on your day and prioritize the future. This daily checkpoint helps you take a step back and be more intentional about where you are spending your time. For team leaders, you are responsible for the output of your team. While it's critical that you know what's going on with your team, many people choose to hold meetings to gather this information. We think this is massively inefficient. You could share this information asynchronously instead.

Question 3

What questions should I ask my team in the daily report?

Accepted Answer

We recommend the following questions in your daily report: How did you feel about today? (emoji question) What did you accomplish today? (open ended) What are your priorities for tomorrow? (open ended) As you roll out this process, you can add and remove questions over time. If you use the Friday workflow builder, you can customize a variety of questions, like emojis, open-ended responses, and more.

Question 4

How do I write a daily report to my boss?

Accepted Answer

The purpose of the daily report to your boss is to inform your team lead of what has happened during your workday.  Include:  • Tasks that you completed and worked on • Progress towards major goals • Any blockers getting in your way from further progress. This could include decisions you're waiting on, or other work from colleagues, or other process-oriented problems (i.e. the new software hasn't been installed yet).  • Any other issues? Also, alert them to other issues or items.  Friday includes daily and weekly report templates to help keep your boss or manager informed. Friday can also gather feedback from your whole team.

Question 5

Can I customize the daily report in Friday?

Accepted Answer

Yes, this is completely customizable. For example, you can change the following options: Who should fill it out - choose people who should give an update Questions - pick from a variety of types like sentiment, emojis, yes/no, open-ended, and more Timing - time of day Notifications - where should the daily responses be sent? Prompts - ask people for updates over Slack, Microsoft Teams, or email. The Friday workflow builder makes it easy to run virtually any communication habit you can think of - retrospectives are one of unlimited options you can choose. You see other examples on our routines page.

Question 6

Who can see the report responses?

Accepted Answer

You could select one of the following options: Just you (the team leader) Everyone on the team Everyone in the company Friday automatically generates reports that you can share as well.

Question 7

How much does Friday cost?

Accepted Answer

You can get started running daily reports for free. We are a business, so we can't give everything away, so premium features are $6/person per month and include: Sending according to someone's timezone See more than 3 weeks of data Unlimited integrations Easily run reports and track completion rate over time Export data to CSV/PDF and more!

Question 8

What else can Friday do?

Accepted Answer

Friday is an asynchronous remote operating system that helps you and your team create better routines at work. We can help improve your daily standups, 1-1 meetings, and improve the efficiency of your routine communication.

The best daily report template to share team progress

Automate daily reports & check-ins

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Pick questions & prompts for a daily report

Add a daily cadence

Sit back and relax

Complete the daily report

See automatic reports

Push the daily reports into workplace chat

Rinse and repeat each day.

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