You have been asked to present your data findings and decision-making modeling to the leadership team for feedback before the stakeholder meeting presentation. The leadership team wants to preview the charts and graphs that will be included in your presentation based on the research you have conducted. The team would like to see how you will use the data to support your recommendation and how you will tell the story using data.
This BUS 225 project asks you to present data findings and decision modeling to leadership — the charts and graphs that will support your recommendation and tell the story with data. Choose clear visuals and connect them to a decision.
Key takeaways
- Select charts that make your findings obvious to leadership.
- Match chart type to the data and the message.
- Use the visuals to support a specific recommendation.
- Tell a coherent data story, not a pile of graphs.
- Keep visuals clean, labeled, and honest.
Choose the right visuals
Pick charts that fit your data and message: line charts for trends, bar charts for comparisons, scatter plots for relationships. Each chart should answer a question leadership cares about.
Support the recommendation
Show how the data leads to your recommendation — connect each visual to the decision it supports, and make the logical chain explicit.
Tell the story
Sequence the visuals as a narrative: situation → findings → insight → recommendation. Keep them clean, labeled, and free of distortion so leadership can preview exactly what the stakeholders will see.
Format
Follow the rubric and explain your charting choices.