Q4 • PLANNING HELL

Board deck. Budget deck. Planning deck.
Oh, and weekly status.

Welcome to Q4, where every week has three deadlines and sleep is optional. You signed up for project management, not PowerPoint torture.

Your Q4 Deck Stack

Board of Directors Deck

Annual review, strategic priorities, financial outlook

Due: Oct 15

2025 Budget Proposal

Headcount, tools, training, contingency — justified with data

Due: Nov 1

Annual Planning Deck

OKRs, roadmap, dependencies, risk assessment

Due: Nov 15

Year-End Review

What we shipped, what we learned, what we're planning

Due: Dec 1

Weekly Status (x13)

Oh, these still exist too. Every. Single. Week.

Every Friday
Q4 Deck Math
4
Major decks
+
13
Weekly status
=
17
Decks in 13 weeks

That's a deck every 3.4 business days. For three months straight.

The Q4 Landscape

Oct 1-15
Board deck + status
Oct 16-31
Budget prep + status
Nov 1-15
Budget + Planning + status
Nov 16-30
Year-end prep + status
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