A progress report: A. Monitors and controls production, sales, shipping, service, or related business processes.

B. Makes recommendations to management and becomes a tool to solve problems and make decisions.

C. Discusses competing products with an analysis of relative advantages and disadvantages.

D. Documents and indicates the extent to which a product is within established compliance parameters.

A. Monitors and controls production, sales, shipping, service, or related business processes.

Explanation:

The Progress Report is the main tool for checking project status. It shows how much work still needs to be done on the project. This is done by estimating the effort required to complete each of the Work Items to be addressed in the project and showing how the estimated effort is evolving from one iteration to another. The Project Progress Report should be updated at the end of each iteration.

It is through the progress report that it is possible to monitor and control the production, sales, shipping, service, or related business processes.