Milestone Timeline

{
  "$schema": "https://openpresentation.org/schema/opf/v1",
  "name": "Milestone Timeline",
  "description": "A milestone block for showing progress across important dates or releases.",
  "tone": "formal",
  "narrative": "what-so-what-now-what",
  "takeaway": "Show progress across important project or launch milestones.",
  "tags": [
    "content-block",
    "gallery:blocks/milestone-timeline"
  ],
  "design": {
    "colorScheme": "steel-blue",
    "fontScheme": "segoe-ui",
    "background": {
      "type": "solid",
      "color": "#ffffff"
    }
  },
  "slides": [
    {
      "id": "milestone-timeline",
      "layout": "timeline",
      "title": "Progress with visible handoffs",
      "subtitle": "Completed, active, and upcoming milestones.",
      "timeline": {
        "events": [
          {
            "what": "Shipped: beta cohort"
          },
          {
            "what": "Active: integration build"
          },
          {
            "what": "Next: public launch"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "catalogs": {
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      "source": "https://www.pptx.gallery",
      "narratives": {
        "what-so-what-now-what": {
          "name": "What-So What-Now What",
          "summary": "Concise framework that connects information to meaning to action. Perfect for executive audiences.",
          "description": "A concise framework that connects information to meaning to action. Present the facts or findings objectively, explain why they matter to this audience, then state the decisions or next steps they require. The tone is analytical: data-forward and respectful of executive time, with no scene-setting beyond what the facts need. Best for executive briefings, status updates, and research findings; typical decks run 3-6 slides (analytics report, team performance review, strategy update).",
          "audienceFit": [
            "executive",
            "senior-managers",
            "board"
          ],
          "duration": {
            "min": 5,
            "max": 15
          },
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            "executive",
            "briefing",
            "analytical",
            "action"
          ],
          "beats": [
            {
              "id": "what",
              "name": "What",
              "description": "Present the facts, data, or findings objectively and clearly.",
              "instructions": "Present the facts, data, or findings objectively and clearly.",
              "type": "chart",
              "layout": "chart"
            },
            {
              "id": "so-what",
              "name": "So What",
              "description": "Explain the significance. Why should your audience care about this information?",
              "instructions": "Explain the significance. Why should your audience care about this information?",
              "type": "metric",
              "layout": "metrics"
            },
            {
              "id": "now-what",
              "name": "Now What",
              "description": "Define the action required. What decisions or next steps follow from this?",
              "instructions": "Define the action required. What decisions or next steps follow from this?",
              "type": "text",
              "layout": "list"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "tones": {
        "formal": {
          "name": "Formal",
          "summary": "Polished, restrained voice for board, investor, and regulator audiences.",
          "description": "Authoritative without being cold. Use third-person constructions, full sentences, and concrete numbers. Avoid hedges and humor that depend on shared in-jokes; rely on clarity and precision to land.",
          "voiceCues": [
            "Use third person and the corporate 'we' sparingly.",
            "Lead with the recommendation, then evidence.",
            "Quote concrete numbers; avoid round-tripping ranges.",
            "Prefer full sentences to bullet fragments on key claims."
          ],
          "avoid": [
            "Slang, idioms, or in-jokes.",
            "Hedging language ('maybe', 'sort of', 'I think').",
            "Marketing superlatives ('world-class', 'best-in-class').",
            "Excessive emoji or exclamation points."
          ],
          "samplePhrases": [
            "Q4 revenue grew 18% year over year, led by enterprise expansion.",
            "We recommend approving the Series B raise at $30M.",
            "Net retention was 124%; gross retention was 96%."
          ],
          "recommendedNarratives": [
            "board-meeting",
            "qbr",
            "scqa",
            "strategic-narrative"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "business",
            "executive",
            "formal"
          ]
        }
      },
      "colorSchemes": {
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          "name": "Steel Blue",
          "accent1": "#4A66AC",
          "accent2": "#629DD1",
          "accent3": "#297FD5",
          "accent4": "#7F8FA9",
          "accent5": "#5AA2AE",
          "accent6": "#9D90A0",
          "dark1": "#000000",
          "dark2": "#182238",
          "followedHyperlink": "#3EBBF0",
          "hyperlink": "#9454C3",
          "light1": "#FFFFFF",
          "light2": "#EAEDF6",
          "summary": "Cool steel blues for credible, data-forward presentations.",
          "description": "A steel-blue palette that combines credibility, precision, and calm. Useful for analysis-heavy decks.",
          "tags": [
            "calm",
            "precise",
            "measured",
            "professional",
            "analytical"
          ]
        }
      },
      "fontSchemes": {
        "segoe-ui": {
          "name": "Segoe UI",
          "app": "powerpoint",
          "languageFamily": "latin",
          "languages": [],
          "major": "Segoe UI Semibold",
          "minor": "Segoe UI",
          "textSample": "Modern interface font",
          "type": "sans-serif",
          "description": "Segoe UI is a sans serif OPF font scheme for Latin presentations, using Segoe UI Semibold for headings with Segoe UI for body text."
        }
      },
      "layouts": {
        "timeline": {
          "name": "Timeline",
          "summary": "Dated events or a roadmap along one axis, with optional notes.",
          "tags": [
            "Groups of items"
          ],
          "direction": "column",
          "regions": [
            {
              "name": "title"
            },
            {
              "name": "timeline",
              "accepts": [
                "timeline"
              ],
              "role": "primary",
              "flow": "none"
            },
            {
              "name": "notes",
              "size": "auto",
              "accepts": [
                "text",
                "list",
                "metric"
              ],
              "role": "supporting",
              "flow": "auto"
            }
          ],
          "description": "Show events or milestones in chronological order. Label each item with a date or stage and a concise description.",
          "preview": {
            "vectorSrc": "https://www.pptx.gallery/layout-previews/timeline.svg"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}