Final report

A final report is a document that summarizes the processes and their results after the completion of a project, an investigation or an important process. He will either

• transmitted to the persons or organizations involved,
• or published in print in a suitable form
• or made available on the Internet.

In the case of very extensive agendas or long-term processes, it is useful to precede the report with an overview of the passage of time, the motivation and the organizations involved.

In order to ensure sufficient objectivity, the report is written on behalf of several people or, in the case of individual authors, presented to other employees for review. In the case of a larger group of processors (e.g. a parliamentary committee of inquiry ), there is the possibility of adding a minority report to the majority report if there are opposing views.

In the case of long reporting periods or highly structured processes, it is common for those responsible to write one or more interim reports. For permanent organizations these are often annual reports , for larger companies quarterly reports .

Final reports include a. required for the following agendas:

• Reform projects in politics and administration
• Projects in economy and infrastructure
• large construction projects
• Activity of investigation commissions
• Results of inquiries
• extensive test series
• funded research projects
• temporary cooperation between organizations

See also:

• Activity report
• Report (administration)
• Reporting
• Controlling