Before & After Process Change template for PowerPoint & Google Slides

Before and After Comparison Slide for Process Improvement Presentations

This is the slide you need when you’re presenting a process change and someone asks “what’s actually different now?” The left column holds the old way, the right column holds the new way, and the arrows in the middle show where the transformation happened. Six steps on each side, four process conversion points in between.

Operations teams present this after a Lean or Six Sigma project to show how a workflow went from slow to fast. The numbered steps on each side make it concrete. Instead of saying “we improved the process,” you’re saying “step 3 used to take X, now it takes Y, and here’s the process change that made it happen.”

IT teams use it when rolling out a new system. The left side shows the old manual workflow, the right side shows what happens after automation. Software teams use it for before/after architecture changes. Consultants use it in client deliverables to justify their recommendations with a clear visual of what changed and why.

The four colored arrows in the middle are the key part of this layout. Each one represents a specific change or process step that bridges old to new. Label them with the actual changes you made: new software, policy update, automation step, team restructure, whatever drove the improvement. That’s what turns this from a generic comparison into a useful process change document.

Replace the placeholder text on both sides with your actual before and after steps. Rename the process nodes in the middle with the specific changes that caused the improvement. Add or remove steps if your process has more or fewer than six.