A simple module to wrap a nicer interface around Write-Progress. It allows you to first register each step you're going to perform and then you activate/set each step as you progress through your script.

Progress-Module.ps1

# A simple module to wrap a nicer interface around Write-Progress.
# It allows you to first register each step you're going to perform and
# then you activate/set each step as you progress through your script.

$progress = New-Module -ScriptBlock {
    [string]$title = 'Progress'
    [int]$totalSteps = 0

    function Activity {
        param([string]$activity)
        $script:title = $activity
    }

    function Step {
        param([string]$status)
        $position = $script:totalSteps
        $script:totalSteps += 1
    
        [Func[int]]$getTotal = { return $script:totalSteps }
        $s = New-Module -ArgumentList $title,$status,$position,$getTotal  -ScriptBlock {
            $activity = $args[0]
            $status = $args[1]
            $position = $args[2]
            $getTotal = $args[3]

            function Set {
                $total = $getTotal.Invoke()
                $pos = $position + 1
                Write-Host "Step $pos of ${total}: $status" -ForegroundColor Green -BackgroundColor Black
                $p = $position / $total * 100
                Write-Progress -Activity $script:activity -status $status -percentComplete $p
            }

            Export-ModuleMember -Function Set
        } -AsCustomObject

        return $s
    }

    function Done {
        param([string]$status = "Done")
        Write-Progress -Activity $script:title -status $status -percentComplete 100
    }

    Export-ModuleMember -Function Activity, Step, Done
} -AsCustomObject

# Example usage:

# First register the activity description and steps:
$progress.Activity("Getting the file you need")
$downloading = $progress.Step("Downloading")
$extracting = $progress.Step("Extracting")

# Now set each step along the way:
$downloading.Set()
[System.Threading.Thread]::Sleep(1000)
$extracting.Set()
[System.Threading.Thread]::Sleep(1000)
$progress.Done()
[System.Threading.Thread]::Sleep(1000)