Annual Planning: One-Slide Overview

Three priority decisions and the work that could inform them

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Annual Planning template with project context and a table linking decisions to existing evidence, additional evidence and individual contributions.

Filling the Slide

Use the opening lines for the project, planning period, intended outcome and the assumption most likely to change the plan. Keep the main table to three choices that need attention. Each row connects a decision with its evidence and a specific contribution.

• Decision: the choice, current position, decision owner and deadline.
• Existing evidence: the most informative source and its main limitation.
• Additional evidence: the analysis or new data needed, with the date it becomes usable. Flag evidence that will arrive too late.
• My contribution: the question you can answer and the output you will deliver. Include critical review where that is the useful work.

The bottom line asks for the result that would change the highest-priority choice and the immediate commitment. Use the worksheet for decision criteria, tradeoffs, dependencies and the full evidence plan. Speaker notes in the PowerPoint carry the same filling guidance.