Commonly used presentation tool for companies who use Google Workspace.
Pitch
Now it's time to sell your program to upper management. You'll need to create a presentation that's persuasive and gets them on your side, a.k.a. a pitch.
This is the best way to communicate your program's goals, timeline, and budget to your stakeholders.
Assemble your answers
Take everything you did in the Assess and Plan phase and consolidate it into one shiny slide deck. As the program manager, you're responsible for not only putting the deck together, but also presenting it to all the teams involved.
Below, you'll see a list of questions that every pitch needs to answer. If you can answer all of them, you'll be well on your way to getting buy-in from your stakeholders.
Below, you'll see a list of questions that every pitch needs to answer. If you can answer all of them, you'll be well on your way to getting buy-in from your stakeholders.
🥅 What are the program's objectives and goals?
Luckily, you already have these. Re-use your goals from Plan.
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📈 How does the program align with our company's strategic goals?
Reference a recent team/department/company strategy doc.
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🎁 What are the expected benefits or ROI for the company?
What exactly will this program do for us?
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💸 What is the budget?
Luckily you already have this also!
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📏 How will the program be measured and evaluated?
What kind of metrics are you going to use to showcase program health and impact?
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⏱️ What is the timeline for the program's implementation?
Again, you luckily you already have this!
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👍🏾 Who are the key stakeholders and their roles in the program?
What cross-functional teams are going to help you launch? Who on their team will help?
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🛑 What risks or challenges have been considered, and how will they be managed?
These don't always get brought up in presentation, but someone will ask, so it's good to have them in your back pocket!
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Build out the deck
Now is the time to put all of your answers in the exercise above into a presentation format. This should be in the form of a standard presentation slide deck. Your company probably already has a template you can use!
Your deck should follow a similar order: 1) overview, goals and impact 2) metrics, budget and timeline, then 3) stakeholder roles and cross-functional collaboration.
Use the above exercise to help build out your talking points and it'll all fall into place!
Your deck should follow a similar order: 1) overview, goals and impact 2) metrics, budget and timeline, then 3) stakeholder roles and cross-functional collaboration.
Use the above exercise to help build out your talking points and it'll all fall into place!
🏀 Suggested Tools
🎮 Pitch Sandbox
TEMPLATE
Add your responses above to this template for a comprehensive look into your program!
