What each slide does

1. 01CoverThe verdict as the title beside one status visual (a ring of parts done and to do); the period and audience under the title.
2. 02AgendaThe sections of the deck, three to five, in the order they come.
3. 03Since last timeThree panels: one win, one thing to watch, one decision needed — each a headline and one line.
4. 04In briefOne column of text: a lead sentence, two short paragraphs, and one number beside them.
5. 05Where we standA section divider: the part's number and a title that states its point.
6. 06NumbersThree headline numbers, each with a small trend line, its target and the direction.
7. 07BudgetA native line chart with plan against actual, a title that states the trend and a legend; beside it, the two numbers that matter and why.
8. 08WorkstreamsOne bar per workstream: a status colour, owner, progress against plan and the next milestone.
9. 09MilestonesOne track of milestones: done ones filled, the planned date of a late one as a ghost, the slip as a dashed line; when two sit close together, give every other one class "up" so labels do not collide.
10. 10Free layoutA free slide: only the header, title and footer, the body empty. Design it for content no other layout fits.
11. 11LessonsWhat worked beside what we would change: two cards in opposite status colours (class "good" and "change"), each with its mark, a label, a heading, a sentence and two points.
12. 12Risks and decisionA section divider before the risks and the decision.
13. 13RisksA likelihood × impact heatmap with numbered risks, and beside it each risk with its mitigation and owner.
14. 14What it changesThree columns of text: each a label, a heading and one or two sentences.
15. 15Free layoutA free slide: only the header, title and footer, the body empty. Design it for content no other layout fits.
16. 16The decisionTwo or three option cards side by side with date, cost and risk; the recommended one raised and marked.
17. 17From the floorOne sentence from someone affected, with who said it.
18. 18What happens nextA section divider before the plan.
19. 19NextNow, next and later: what happens in each horizon, two items each.
20. 20Budget detailA table with the detail behind a number: one row per line item, a total row.
21. 21Next stepsThe decision in one sentence (what it costs, what it keeps), then the dated steps after it. No contact list here.
22. 22ContactsWho to call between meetings: two or three people with role, email and phone.
23. 23AppendixAn appendix divider: detail goes after it, not into the main story.
24. 24DefinitionsAppendix detail: how each number in the deck is measured, and where it comes from.

What makes it work

• Put the verdict in the title: what is on track, what is not, and what you need.
• Open with what changed since last time: one win, one thing to watch, one decision.
• One status per workstream, and its colour must match its progress.
• Show plan against actual: baselines, targets and budgets beside the numbers.
• Every risk has a place on the heatmap, a mitigation and an owner.
• Ask for one decision with options side by side, your recommendation raised, and the date it is needed.