Great question.... I'm sure that there are many variations of progress reports floating around out there. The problem might be that each report will differ between companies and client requirements. The better progress reports should include important / key milestone status as well as cost data & schedule ...

​For what it's worth my client pays for a service/database provided by a firm "IPA" Capital Projects Services & Consulting | Independent Project Analysis - IPA. This tailored industry-specific data is useful as an educated guess when developing project estimates, cost and schedules. ----------- ...