Executive deck

A reporting deck is read, not performed. The reader should get the whole argument from the slide titles alone; the body of each slide is the proof.

Before building

1. Decide the single answer the deck gives. Write it as one sentence. That sentence is the title of slide 2 and the backbone of the whole deck.
2. Read every attached or referenced file fully. Figures, names and dates come only from there. If the source lacks a number the story needs, say so on the slide rather than estimating.
3. Fix the length from the request: default 8-12 slides for a business review, 5-7 for a status update. Fewer slides with a clear line beat more slides with everything.

Structure (pyramid, answer first)