What each slide does

1. 01CoverThe recommendation as the title, the decision and its deadline under it, and the recommended option stamped in a box.
2. 02On one pageThe decision on one page: the recommendation across the top, then the question, three reasons, the cost and the ask, in boxes.
3. 03Why nowWhy the decision is needed now: a native line chart of demand against capacity over time, and beside it when they cross.
4. 04Cost of waitingWhat doing nothing costs, as a native bar chart of the loss by year, with the total beside it.
5. 05CriteriaThe criteria agreed before scoring: each with what it means and its weight shown as a row of blocks and a percentage.
6. 06OptionsEvery real option side by side as cards, doing nothing included: a letter, an icon, the name, one line, and cost, time and value; the recommended one outlined.
7. 07ScoringEvery option scored on every criterion as a heat table, weights shown, the weighted total underneath and the winner in the accent.
8. 08ValueThe value of each option as a native bar chart, with the two numbers that explain the ranking beside it.
9. 09CashCumulative cash for each option as a native line chart, so the payback year is visible; the recommended line in the accent.
10. 10Risk and returnOptions as bubbles on risk against return, each sized by its cost, the low-risk, high-return corner shaded; beside it, what the map says.
11. 11What moves itWhat moves the answer most, as a tornado chart: one bar per driver, downside to the left and upside to the right of the base case, the biggest at the top.
12. 12RobustnessEach option in each possible future: a grid with a tick, a dash or a cross in each cell, coloured; the recommended row in the accent.
13. 13The recommendationA section divider: the part's number and a title that states its point.
14. 14What changesThe recommended option made concrete, drawn as a process: today's steps in one row, the changed ones outlined in the accent with an icon, and the gains under it.
15. 15What it takesWhat the recommendation needs: the money as one bar split by use with a key under it, then people, time and disruption as three tiles.
16. 16Decide laterWhat is decided now and what later, as a decision tree: a square for each decision, a circle for each uncertainty with its probability, and the outcome at each end.
17. 17PlanThe plan for the recommendation by quarter: a native stacked bar of spend, with the milestones in the aside.
18. 18RisksThe risks of the recommendation in a table: the risk, how likely, the impact, and what we do about it.
19. 19Not chosenThe options not chosen, each struck through: why it was rejected, and what would make you reconsider it.
20. 20Where people standWhere people stand: portrait places along a line from against to for, each with name and role, and two quotes underneath.
21. 21The decisionThe decision box: what the board is asked to approve, as items to tick, with signature lines underneath.
22. 22Free layoutA free slide: only the header, title and footer, the body empty. Design it for content no other layout fits.
23. 23Next stepsWhat happens after the decision, as dated steps.
24. 24AssumptionsAppendix detail: the assumptions behind the numbers, with their values and sources.

What makes it work

• Put the recommendation and the decision needed on the first page.
• Agree the criteria and their weights before showing how options score.
• Always include doing nothing as an option, and price it.
• Stress-test the answer: what moves it most, and does it hold in every future?
• Keep what you can decide later open, and say when and on what evidence.
• Show what you rejected and why, and where people stand.