Project Timeline — Hand-drawn Arrows

Slide Content

The slide presents a project timeline with hand-drawn arrows indicating the duration and sequence of ten different projects. Projects are listed vertically on the left, while time is charted horizontally, spanning from the first quarter of 2024 to the fourth quarter of 2025. Two key milestones are highlighted using vertical dashed lines, labeled as "Milestone 1" and "Milestone 2". The arrows' lengths and placements signal the starting and ending points of the respective projects, with varied blue tones for distinction, and one project arrow is in red, perhaps to emphasize a particular project or differentiate it due to its importance or status.

Graphical Look

• The slide background is white.
• The title of the slide is in bold, black font, centered at the top of the slide.
• A horizontal timeline runs across the top of the slide, marked with the quarters of the years 2024 and 2025.
• Ten rows are labeled "Project 1" through "Project 10" in white text on dark blue rectangles on the left side of the slide.
• Hand-drawn arrows extend from the start of each project to its projected end. Each arrow varies in shade of blue except for one in red.
• Two vertical dashed lines, labeled as "Milestone 1" and "Milestone 2," intersect the timeline, with small red circles at their intersection points.
• Timeline years and quarters are denoted in black text aligned with each column.

The overall look of the slide is clean and professionally designed, with a clear visual hierarchy that facilitates easy comprehension of project timelines. The hand-drawn style of the arrows adds a personal touch to the graphic, making it appear less rigid and more dynamic.

Use Cases

• To present a visual overview of multiple projects and their timeframes during a status update meeting.
• As a part of a project planning presentation to illustrate projected timelines for project initiation, progress, and completion.
• To visually emphasize key milestones in a project portfolio during executive briefings or stakeholder meetings.
• For tracking and communicating the progress of work streams in a program management office (PMO) setting.