Steering committee update with a red status
A 9-slide monthly update for an invented ERP rollout that is behind its plan. GenPPT made all 9 slides. The prompt is on this page.
Why this deck works
- The bad news is on slide 2, together with the decision that the team needs.
- Slide 6 gives three options and the recommendation of the team. The committee can decide in the meeting.
- The budget slide shows the cost of the recommendation: $140,000 more than the approved budget.
- Each headline is a full sentence. The nine headlines are a summary of the report.
The prompt that made it
GenPPT prompt
9-slide monthly steering committee update for an ERP rollout at Harrowgate Foods, an invented food distributor. Month: September. Overall status: red. Slide order: 1 title with the month and the overall status, 2 summary and the decision we need, 3 status by workstream (finance, warehouse, purchasing, data, training), 4 milestones against the plan, 5 why the status is red, 6 three options to recover, 7 budget, 8 top five risks, 9 decisions and next steps. Facts to use (all invented): go-live is planned for January 4. The data migration test failed: 8% of product records have the wrong units. The warehouse workstream is 3 weeks late. Finance and purchasing are on plan. Training starts November 10. Option A: keep January 4 and go live with finance only. Option B: move all go-lives to February 15. Option C: add 4 data contractors for 6 weeks and keep January 4, cost $96,000. The team recommends option C. Budget: $2.1M approved, $1.46M spent, forecast $2.24M with option C. Rules: say the bad news on slide 2. One idea per slide. Each headline is a full sentence. Show each status as a colour and a word. Style: serious and clear, dark blue and white, status colours only for status, simple tables and one timeline. No real company names, no real people, no logos.
All 9 slides
1. Title and overall status 
2. Summary and decision 
3. Status by workstream 
4. Milestones 
5. Why the status is red 
6. Options to recover 
7. Budget 
8. Top five risks 
9. Decision and next steps