1. WP-X XFEL Project Progress Report (2014-3)
How to edit the title slide
Upper area: Title of your talk, max. 2 rows of the defined size (55 pt)
Lower area (subtitle): Conference/meeting/workshop, location, date, your name and affiliation, max. 4 rows of the defined size (32 pt)
Change the partner logos or add others in the last row.
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2. Comparison of forecast and achieved progress: July 14  November 14
please use this slide to
list the WP activities, which have been scheduled for the period above
provide information to which extent these activities are completed
this refers to block C) and F) of your Status Report
you can use copy&paste!
Before you start editing the slides of your talk change to the Master Slide view: Menu button “View”, Master, Slide Master:
Edit the following 2 items in the 1st slide: 1) 1st row in the violet header: Delete the existent text and write the title of your talk into this text field 2) The 2 rows in the footer area: Delete the text and write the information regarding your talk (same as on the Title Slide) into this text field.
If you want to use more partner logos position them left beside the DESY logo in the footer area Close Master View

3. Reasons and Impact for schedule deviations July 14  November 14
Only for activities that have been completed much in advance or which are not yet completed:
Please use this slide to provide briefly your assessment, why activities have been completed in advance, resp. why activities got delayed. (e.g. due to sufficient or missing manpower, problems with deliveries, organizational issues etc.)
make sure you list the impact possible delays have
this refers to comments to block C) of your Status Report
you can use copy&paste!

4. Activities and milestones scheduled for the next half year
Please use this slide for a brief overview, which activities and milestones are scheduled for the 6 month period
Remember that you can extract this info from you project plan using the Show Reporting Milestone view
see
and select Howto: extract reporting milestones for presentation
this refers to block C) and G) of your Status Report
you can use copy&paste!

5. WP schedule and critical path
show the critical milestones of your WP plan
in particular include also critical or delayed outgoing milestones
you can use the “Show reporting milestones” view to present a selection of milestones
see “Howto: extract reporting milestones for presentation” on
milestones on the critical path are ♦
the view “Milestone Summary” shows ALL milestones which the critical ones highlighted
make sure to not include more milestones on 1 slide than readable on the beamer
comment, if your schedule is compatible with the top-level milestones
if not, point out recovery possibilities

6. this refers to block H) and I) of your Status Report
Open Issues
List issues which are important or urgent for your WP and need to be resolved
pending decisions, organizational issues, missing requirements, missing input from other WPs / Project Board
If possible give due dates for the resolution and consequences (in schedule, cost, functionality/scope) if the issue is not resolved
indicate if you think, this point should be followed up by the XFEL Project Board
this refers to block H) and I) of your Status Report
you can find all listed issues on the most recent issue list discussed during the TC Meeting:
or the Top-Level Milestones section of the Global Schedule
comment if these issues are still open, closed etc.