Story Framework

Status Update

Concise progress-report arc for keeping a stakeholder informed: headline, brief, progress, results, plan, feedback. Optimized for short, repeated updates rather than one-time deep dives.

Beat Diagram

1Headlinetitle / text
2Brieftext-1x / text
3Progresstext-1x / text
4Resultstext-1x / text
5Action Plantext-1x / text
6Feedbacktitle / text

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OPF Config

narratives:status-update

Open Presentation Format

{
  "$schema": "https://openpresentation.org/schema/opf/v1",
  "name": "PPTX.gallery — narratives/status-update",
  "narrative": "status-update",
  "tags": [
    "gallery:narratives/status-update"
  ],
  "slides": [
    {
      "id": "gallery-preview-1",
      "layout": "title-slide",
      "title": "Narrative preview",
      "subtitle": "Storyline scaffolded by the \"status-update\" narrative.",
      "design": {
        "contentBox": false,
        "contentAlignment": "center",
        "titleAlignment": "center"
      }
    }
  ]
}

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Pace

5-15 minutes

6 beats

Audience Fit

stakeholdersmanagerscustomersexecutives

Beat-by-Beat Guide

Headline

Open with the single most important sentence the audience needs to know — on track, off track, or shifted. The headline replaces 'how's it going' with a clear answer.

Instruction: Title & date

Brief

State the objective for the period and what was promised. One slide, three lines. Frames the rest of the update so progress is read against a clear bar.

Instruction: Summary/objectives

Progress

Walk through the actions taken since the last update. Specific, attributable, dated. Avoid effort theater — list outcomes and material moves, not activity for its own sake.

Instruction: Explain actions taken

Results

Show the outcomes those actions produced. Metrics, customer signals, decisions made. Keep the comparison crisp — versus plan, versus last period, versus benchmark.

Instruction: Show outcomes

Action Plan

Outline the next steps and who owns them. Be specific about the next decision point and what would have to happen to slip the schedule.

Instruction: Outline next steps

Feedback

Invite the audience to weigh in: where you'd like input, where you need a decision, where help would unblock you. End the update with an open hand, not a closed file.

Instruction: Ask for response