About this PowerPoint template
The Project Phases PowerPoint Template is a complete 20-slide presentation: a practical guide to framing, planning, delivering, and learning. Every slide is fully editable in PowerPoint and Google Slides, so you can change the text, colours, charts and icons to fit your brand in minutes.
Inside, the slides walk through topics such as “Five phases organize the project lifecycle”, “Resolve important assumptions early” and “Closeout makes completion verifiable”, with ready-made layouts for each step. It is part of our Project Management presentations.
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What's included
- 20 professionally designed 16:9 widescreen slides
- 100% editable text, shapes, icons, tables and charts (no flat images)
- Works in Microsoft PowerPoint (Windows and Mac) and Google Slides
- Clean, consistent layout that follows your theme colours and fonts
- Delivered as a single ZIP file containing the .pptx presentation
What to include in a project management presentation
A simple structure that works for most audiences, mapped to the slides in this deck:
| Part | What goes there | Slide in this deck |
|---|---|---|
| Objectives and scope | What the project delivers, what is in and out of scope | Slide 9 |
| Success criteria | How you will know the project worked, agreed upfront | Slide 3 |
| Plan and timeline | Phases, milestones and the critical path | Slides 3, 4, 5 |
| Team and roles | Who does what, with a RACI if needed | Slides 3, 19 |
| Budget and resources | Cost, people and tools | Use any content slide |
| Risks and issues | Top risks, owners and responses | Use any content slide |
Key numbers: Project management
Research figures you can quote on your slides. Each one names the study it comes from, so your audience can check it.
| Finding | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Average project performance rate (completed projects that met business goals) | 73.8% | PMI Pulse of the Profession (2025) |
| Success rate of projects that navigate complexity well vs poorly | 88% vs 14% | PMI Pulse of the Profession (2026) |
| Success rate with a structured framework vs without | 72% vs 61% | PMI Pulse of the Profession (2026) |
| Projects that define success criteria upfront succeed at | nearly 2× the rate | PMI Pulse of the Profession (2025) |
Sources: PMI Pulse of the Profession 2026 (press release) · PMI report coverage, PM Global · Project statistics summary (PMI 2025), Breeze. Figures are from the editions named; check for a newer edition before you present.
Slide-by-slide outline
| Slide | What it covers |
|---|---|
| 1 | Title slide: Project Phases |
| 2 | Frame the work |
| 3 | Each phase answers a different management question. Deliverables show progress, while review points help… |
| 4 | Five phases organize the project lifecycle |
| 5 | Shared terms prevent phase confusion |
| 6 | Clarify the need, identify the sponsor, set initial boundaries, and authorize further planning. |
| 7 | A concise charter aligns the project |
| 8 | Test viability before detailed planning |
| 9 | Define scope, sequence work, estimate capacity and timing, and prepare for uncertainty. |
| 10 | Planning artifacts connect decisions to delivery |
| 11 | Resolve important assumptions early |
| 12 | Coordinate people and work, produce outputs, share progress, and adapt within approved boundaries. |
| 13 | Execution turns plans into accepted outputs |
| 14 | Clear accountability keeps work moving |
| 15 | Monitoring compares progress with the plan |
| 16 | Change requests need a deliberate decision |
| 17 | Verify acceptance, transfer remaining work, close records, and capture lessons. |
| 18 | Closeout makes completion verifiable |
| 19 | What supported delivery? Which practices helped the team succeed? |
| 20 | Apply phase thinking to your next project: clarify decisions, ownership, outputs, and learning. |
Tips for a project management presentation
- Agree success criteria before kickoff; PMI found projects that do this succeed at nearly twice the rate.
- Show the critical path, not every task.
- Give each risk a named owner and a next step.
- Use one slide per decision you need from the audience.
Mistakes to avoid
- Too much task detail for an executive audience
- No clear owner for risks
- Scope that is never written down
Checklist before you present
- Are objectives and scope stated clearly?
- Are success criteria agreed?
- Are milestones and dates realistic?
- Are roles and owners named?
- Are top risks listed with responses?
Great for
- Project kickoff meetings
- Weekly and monthly status reports
- Steering committee and governance updates
- Agile sprint planning and reviews
How to customise it
- Download the ZIP file and unzip it to get the .pptx presentation.
- Open it in PowerPoint, or upload it to Google Drive and open it with Google Slides.
- Replace the sample text and numbers with your own; charts update from their data sheets.
- Change the theme colours once to recolour the whole deck, then delete any slides you don't need.
Questions about a project management presentation
What should a project kickoff deck include?
Objectives, scope, success criteria, timeline, team roles, ways of working and the first decisions or actions needed.
How many slides is right for a project update?
For executives, 5 to 8 slides is usually enough: status, milestones, risks, decisions needed and next steps.
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Template details
| Template | Project Phases PowerPoint Template |
|---|---|
| Categories | Business PowerPoint Templates, Project Management |
| File format | PowerPoint (.pptx), delivered as a .zip file |
| Number of slides | 20 fully editable slides |
| File size | 2.7 MB |
| Slide size | 16:9 widescreen |
| Preview images | 20 |
| Editable | Yes: text, colours, shapes, icons and charts |
| Works with | PowerPoint 2010 and later, PowerPoint for Mac, Google Slides |
| Licence | Royalty-free, yours to keep using after your plan ends (terms of use apply) |
| Price | Included in every SlideVilla plan |
| Added | 28 Dec 2024 |
Questions about this template
Can I edit the Project Phases PowerPoint Template?
Yes. Every part of the Project Phases PowerPoint Template is made with native PowerPoint shapes and text boxes, so you can change the wording, colours, fonts and sizes, move or delete elements, and swap icons without losing quality.
Does the Project Phases PowerPoint Template work in Google Slides?
Yes. Download the .zip file, unzip it to get the .pptx, upload it to Google Drive and open it with Google Slides. The layout, shapes and text stay editable there too.
Is the Project Phases PowerPoint Template free?
It is a premium template, included in every SlideVilla plan together with the rest of the library. See plans and pricing.
What size and format is it?
It is a PPTX file in 16:9 widescreen format with 20 slides, 2.7 MB (downloaded as a .zip; unzip it to get the presentation), with 20 preview images shown above.
How to use this template
- Step 1DownloadClick Download, then unzip the .zip file to get the .pptx presentation.
- Step 2OpenOpen it in PowerPoint, or upload it to Google Slides from your Drive.
- Step 3Make it yoursChange text, colours, icons and charts. Every element is fully editable.
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