Reporting on progress up to level 1 is a waste of everyone's time. It's either done or it's not. It ships when it ships. If the team has committed to delivering

Reporting on progress up to level 1 is a waste of everyone's time. It's either done or it's not. It ships when it ships. If the team has committed to delivering by a date then just let them get on with doing that. Blockers and setbacks should be actively communicated up the stack if they will affect the deliverable, but otherwise it should be assumed things are on track. Management are always salivating for details, but we know what always happens: we drop a technical term one time and management goes around repeating that like they know what they're talking about. They use these like weapons to keep other people off their back: basically say something that nobody understands and they'll leave you to it. Some managers will push for more fodder, but it's not your job to provide this. It's your job to deliver.