[whpalmer4]

If you have some stock phrases that recur in your descriptions, especially at the end, why not abbreviate them?

has been updated -> HBU or upd.
has been implemented -> HBI or impl.

or just strip out the "has been" — you don't have much display space, so don't waste it on things that provide no useful information. If you plan to use this to generate a report later, using a consistent set of abbreviations will allow you to return to the verbose form with ease.