Muse Spark 1.3: Responsive repairs: in-house team or renewed contract

For the board of trustees of a housing association, including two tenant board members. The decision it supports: whether to approve £1.2m to set up an in-house repairs team or renew the contract.

Verdict: Not presentable
Deck rating: 811
Slides: 7 (brief: 6-9)
Design quality: 57%

Why it is not presentable

Layout defect: something off the slide, colliding, too small or too faint to read
Did not give the analysis's recommendation within the first two slides
Made a material claim the analysis does not support
A slide the judges rated as needing work

In detail

Slide 3: “Reported repairs jumped in October, but ~12% of that is double-counting.” is not supported by the analysis.
Slide 3: “Gap persists even after adjustment.” is not supported by the analysis.
Slide 4: “The chart data show completed within target as 1 in every month from April to March.” is not supported by the analysis.
Slide 4: “Chart data 'Completed within target: Apr 1, May 1, ... Mar 1' plots a flat line. The analysis shows a fall from 81% to 58%.” is not supported by the analysis.
Slide 4: “Completed within target for each month was 1” is not supported by the analysis.
Slide 1: text 5: 11 pt body text.
Slide 2: text 7: 11 pt body text.
Slide 2: text 8: 11 pt body text.

Slide 1Polished The content is concentrated in the upper half, leaving substantial unused space below.
Slide 2Polished The first two KPI cards repeat the same 4,150 figure, so the emphasis is diluted
Slide 3Acceptable The upper section is text-heavy, with the explanation split between a paragraph and a separate callout.The 'Chair's question answered' callout box is half empty, which wastes space
Slide 4Needs work Days and completion percentages share one numeric axis without separate unit-labelled scales.'Completed within target' (a percentage) is plotted on the days axis, so it appears as a flat line near zero and is unreadable
Slide 5Acceptable The bar chart has no local heading or axis label identifying the measure as formal complaints; its meaning is explained only below.The chart has no title or axis label; the reader only learns it shows complaints from the caption below
Slide 6Acceptable The chart lacks a local label specifying annual running cost in £m; viewers must infer the units from the table.The x-axis has no units (£m)
Slide 7Acceptable The three summary cards are much taller than their contents require, leaving large empty areas inside them.The three cards are tall, but the text fills only the top third, leaving large empty areas