Use when you need to structure a quarterly performance review before writing any slides.
quarterly-review-deck-outline.md
Outline a quarterly performance review for {{AUDIENCE}}. Structure only, plus the content brief for each slide.
Quarter: {{QUARTER}}
Results against targets: {{RESULTS_VS_TARGETS}}
What we said we would do last quarter: {{PRIOR_COMMITMENTS}}
What we actually did: {{WHAT_WE_DID}}
Next quarter proposal and budget ask: {{NEXT_QUARTER_PLAN}}
For each slide give: slide number, title as it will appear, the single message, the chart or table type and its exact axes, the numbers needed, and the likely challenge from the room with a one-line answer.
Required slides, in this order:
1. Position against target, stated plainly
2. What we committed to last quarter and what happened to each commitment, including the ones that did not happen
3. What worked, with the evidence
4. What did not work, with the evidence and the cost
5. What we learned that changes the plan
6. Next quarter plan with the reasoning
7. The ask, with what it buys and what happens without it
Rules:
- Maximum {{MAX_SLIDES}} slides including appendix.
- Slide 4 must be as detailed as slide 3. Do not shrink the failures.
- Every slide has one message. If a slide needs two, split it or cut one.
- No chart without a stated axis and unit. No metric without a comparison.
- Flag any number you were not given as "needs sourcing" rather than estimating it.
Replace each placeholder with your own detail. The more specific you are, the less the model invents.